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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1943 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,050 North Dakota births in 1943 across 393 distinct names.

Distinctively North Dakota

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say North Dakota more than they say America.

#36Marlysoutside the national top 200
#52Myrnaoutside the national top 200
#53Myronoutside the national top 200
#70Mavisoutside the national top 200
#56Lyle#185 nationally
#73Lorenoutside the national top 200
#74Ardisoutside the national top 200
#78Claytonoutside the national top 200
#16Duane#138 nationally
#81Bonitaoutside the national top 200
#39Dwight#158 nationally
#79Garry#194 nationally

Girls

#1Sharon230US #8
#2Mary214US #1
#3Carol165US #5
#4Karen153US #15
#5Linda152US #4
#6Janice143US #26
#7Judith123US #7
#8Diane109US #24
#9Sandra108US #6
#10Barbara102US #2
#11Judy96US #13
#12Donna95US #17
#13Shirley95US #12
#14Patricia94US #3
#15Betty90US #10
#16Bonnie70US #34
#17Kathleen68US #22
#18Darlene66US #73
#19Margaret64US #14
#20Joyce60US #16
#21Beverly59US #32
#22Joan59US #21
#23Janet56US #20
#24Jean55US #36
#25Nancy54US #9
#26Marilyn51US #27
#27Dorothy50US #19
#28Carolyn47US #11
#29Virginia45US #25
#30Marlene44US #104
#31Phyllis44US #39
#32Susan42US #18
#33Elaine41US #46
#34Dianne40US #88
#35Lois40US #43
#36Marlys40
#37Connie39US #59
#38Joann38US #60
#39Delores37US #99
#40Ruth36US #33
#41Rose34US #50
#42Elizabeth33US #23
#43Gloria33US #30
#44Joanne33US #49
#45Jeanette32US #110
#46Doris31US #40
#47June31US #111
#48Cheryl30US #102
#49Jane30US #44
#50Marie30US #45
#51Marjorie30US #79
#52Myrna30
#53Alice29US #38
#54Arlene29US #90
#55Helen29US #28
#56Loretta29US #89
#57Kay28US #81
#58Peggy26US #41
#59Eileen25US #68
#60Carole24US #42
#61Evelyn24US #53
#62Frances24US #31
#63Lorraine24US #94
#64Rita24US #52
#65Ann23US #37
#66Irene23US #85
#67Charlotte22US #47
#68Norma22US #58
#69Louise20US #70
#70Mavis20
#71Paulette20US #166
#72Yvonne20US #141
#73Sheila19US #92
#74Ardis17
#75Ellen17US #67
#76Geraldine17US #51
#77Katherine17US #78
#78Sylvia17US #77
#79Bernice16US #143
#80Gail16US #55
#81Bonita15
#82Faye15US #163
#83Kathy15US #136
#84Vivian15US #122
#85Caroline14US #171
#86Diana14US #62
#87Lillian14US #116
#88Marcella14
#89Pauline14US #112
#90Catherine13US #48
#91Gayle13US #168
#92Kathryn13US #75
#93Lavonne13
#94Marian13US #149
#95Marion13US #129
#96Maureen13US #105
#97Constance12US #109
#98Eunice12
#99Jeanne12US #113
#100Laura12US #117

Boys

#1James294US #1
#2Robert270US #2
#3Richard222US #5
#4David202US #6
#5John198US #3
#6Ronald181US #9
#7Larry174US #12
#8Gary173US #16
#9Dennis158US #20
#10Donald155US #11
#11William134US #4
#12Kenneth118US #15
#13Gerald115US #23
#14Roger108US #24
#15Thomas82US #8
#16Duane81US #138
#17Dale76US #59
#18Jerry73US #17
#19Paul73US #19
#20Michael70US #10
#21Wayne68US #41
#22Charles67US #7
#23Douglas67US #28
#24Raymond63US #22
#25Marvin54US #66
#26Eugene53US #47
#27Jerome51US #109
#28Allen48US #76
#29George46US #14
#30Joseph46US #13
#31Vernon45US #117
#32Curtis41US #100
#33Harold41US #27
#34Leroy41US #74
#35Rodney40US #118
#36Bruce39US #51
#37Edward39US #18
#38Daniel38US #25
#39Dwight36US #158
#40Keith36US #108
#41Lawrence33US #32
#42Gordon31US #98
#43Jack30US #34
#44Norman30US #56
#45Leonard29US #55
#46Howard28US #48
#47Leo28US #133
#48Lynn28US #147
#49Peter28US #39
#50Darrell27US #140
#51Gene27US #89
#52Henry26US #31
#53Myron26
#54Melvin25US #63
#55Clifford24US #94
#56Lyle24US #185
#57Frank23US #21
#58Allan22US #136
#59Dean22US #142
#60Jim22US #75
#61Ralph22US #40
#62Clarence21US #68
#63Earl21US #60
#64Jon21US #127
#65Patrick21US #69
#66Roy21US #38
#67Terry21US #49
#68Francis19US #64
#69Russell19US #73
#70Albert18US #43
#71Arthur18US #30
#72Lloyd18US #104
#73Loren18
#74Mark18US #101
#75Stanley18US #54
#76Arnold17US #131
#77Bill17US #65
#78Clayton17
#79Garry17US #194
#80Lee17US #91
#81Joe16US #35
#82Victor16US #97
#83Walter16US #26
#84Warren16US #102
#85Alvin15US #113
#86Carl15US #33
#87Leslie15US #121
#88Timothy15US #99
#89Bernard14US #92
#90Edwin14US #107
#91Ernest14US #61
#92Lester14US #125
#93Wesley14US #155
#94Bob13US #110
#95Fred13US #45
#96Glenn13US #85
#97Philip13US #57
#98Alan12US #67
#99Danny12US #88
#100Darrel12

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑51Keith#40
↑42Cheryl#48
↑40Dean#59
↑29Irene#66
↑29Norma#68
↑28Leo#47
↑28Lynn#48
↑28Peter#49

Falling

↓30Ernest#91
↓29Carole#60
↓29Terry#67
↓27Geraldine#76
↓25Lyle#56
↓25Stanley#75
↓25Philip#97
↓24Catherine#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.