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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1945 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,917 North Dakota births in 1945 across 376 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.

#48Myronoutside the national top 200
#50Marlysoutside the national top 200
#58Bonitaoutside the national top 200
#53Lyle#194 nationally
#74Lorenoutside the national top 200
#86Lowelloutside the national top 200
#24Duane#138 nationally
#92Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#93Leonaoutside the national top 200
#84Dianna#182 nationally
#98Bernadette#196 nationally
#28Jerome#122 nationally

Girls

#1Mary227US #1
#2Sharon207US #8
#3Carol198US #5
#4Linda183US #2
#5Karen166US #16
#6Judy134US #13
#7Judith118US #9
#8Sandra118US #6
#9Shirley106US #14
#10Barbara105US #3
#11Diane104US #22
#12Patricia100US #4
#13Janice99US #24
#14Susan95US #10
#15Betty86US #11
#16Donna78US #17
#17Marilyn76US #27
#18Darlene74US #71
#19Cheryl71US #32
#20Kathleen69US #19
#21Gloria65US #23
#22Bonnie61US #35
#23Margaret58US #15
#24Connie51US #47
#25Dorothy50US #21
#26Jean48US #38
#27Elaine47US #44
#28Phyllis47US #40
#29Beverly45US #37
#30Jane44US #36
#31Carolyn42US #12
#32Janet42US #20
#33Marlene42US #110
#34Joyce40US #18
#35Lois40US #48
#36Joann39US #80
#37Joan38US #25
#38Nancy38US #7
#39Ruth38US #33
#40Virginia38US #28
#41Dianne34US #72
#42Elizabeth34US #26
#43Diana31US #43
#44Delores30US #112
#45Geraldine30US #56
#46Arlene29US #99
#47Eileen29US #70
#48Joanne29US #53
#49Loretta27US #107
#50Marlys27
#51Rita27US #59
#52Sheila27US #89
#53Alice26US #41
#54Doris26US #46
#55Helen26US #31
#56Kathryn25US #65
#57Marjorie25US #94
#58Bonita24
#59Paulette24US #148
#60Rosemary24US #79
#61Marcia23US #88
#62Jeanette22US #122
#63Kathy22US #101
#64Kay22US #91
#65Marie22US #49
#66Peggy22US #45
#67Ellen21US #61
#68Pamela21US #42
#69Ann20US #39
#70Charlotte20US #55
#71Claudia20US #127
#72Gayle20US #156
#73Roberta20US #75
#74Sylvia20US #83
#75Carole19US #51
#76Constance19US #109
#77Irene19US #97
#78Norma19US #74
#79Rose19US #54
#80Lorraine18US #87
#81Audrey17US #143
#82Evelyn17US #57
#83Faye17US #169
#84Dianna16US #182
#85Gail16US #52
#86June16US #121
#87Sally16US #64
#88Theresa16US #96
#89Wanda16US #58
#90Catherine15US #50
#91Frances15US #34
#92Lavonne15
#93Leona15
#94Lillian15US #124
#95Maxine15US #162
#96Julie14US #155
#97Katherine14US #82
#98Bernadette13US #196
#99Cynthia13US #90
#100Esther13US #160

Boys

#1James327US #1
#2Robert277US #2
#3Richard227US #5
#4Gary204US #13
#5Larry204US #11
#6David202US #6
#7John191US #3
#8Dennis167US #19
#9Ronald159US #10
#10Donald129US #12
#11Thomas109US #8
#12Kenneth107US #16
#13William105US #4
#14Roger104US #22
#15Gerald90US #25
#16Michael87US #9
#17Paul79US #17
#18Charles72US #7
#19Wayne64US #35
#20Jerry60US #20
#21Terry60US #33
#22Raymond57US #23
#23Douglas56US #29
#24Duane56US #138
#25Dale50US #61
#26George49US #15
#27Daniel45US #24
#28Jerome43US #122
#29Joseph42US #14
#30Leroy40US #83
#31Marvin40US #80
#32Lawrence37US #30
#33Eugene36US #50
#34Rodney36US #105
#35Curtis35US #97
#36Edward34US #18
#37Jim33US #68
#38Bruce30US #48
#39Dwight30US #126
#40Gordon30US #109
#41Keith30US #108
#42Timothy30US #70
#43Allen29US #74
#44Harold29US #28
#45Jack27US #32
#46Melvin27US #78
#47Vernon27US #118
#48Myron25
#49Russell25US #64
#50Stanley25US #59
#51Francis24US #76
#52Glenn24US #93
#53Lyle24US #194
#54Patrick24US #63
#55Alan23US #52
#56Jon23US #112
#57Arthur22US #34
#58Leo22US #139
#59Mark22US #72
#60Peter22US #38
#61Clifford21US #99
#62Darrell21US #141
#63Earl21US #71
#64Ralph21US #44
#65Steven21US #43
#66Dean19US #136
#67Don19US #73
#68Gene19US #100
#69Howard19US #54
#70Neil19US #157
#71Harvey18US #116
#72Henry18US #37
#73Lloyd18US #103
#74Loren18
#75Tom18US #89
#76Arnold17US #147
#77Lee17US #87
#78Leonard17US #57
#79Leslie17US #115
#80Mike17US #69
#81Norman17US #65
#82Stephen17US #26
#83Wesley16US #163
#84Alvin15US #120
#85Harry15US #47
#86Lowell15
#87Warren15US #106
#88Alfred14US #88
#89Bernard14US #98
#90Frank14US #21
#91Randy14US #162
#92Walter14US #27
#93Andrew13US #86
#94Joe13US #36
#95Martin13US #90
#96Albert12US #49
#97Bill12US #66
#98Carl12US #39
#99Clyde12US #121
#100Garry12US #165

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑33Alan#55
↑30Rosemary#60
↑30Howard#69
↑29Claudia#71
↑28Sheila#52
↑27Marcia#61
↑27Ellen#67
↑27Stanley#50

Falling

↓38Carl#98
↓37Frank#90
↓37Albert#96
↓29Gene#68
↓28Charlotte#70
↓28Lorraine#80
↓26Kay#64
↓26Gail#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.