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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1946 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,662 North Dakota births in 1946 across 409 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.

#45Lyle#200 nationally
#48Marlysoutside the national top 200
#58Myronoutside the national top 200
#65Colleenoutside the national top 200
#79Lowelloutside the national top 200
#21Duane#142 nationally
#77Bonita#198 nationally
#83Terranceoutside the national top 200
#91Myrnaoutside the national top 200
#93Reneeoutside the national top 200
#95Daryloutside the national top 200
#97Lorenoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary295US #1
#2Carol220US #5
#3Linda199US #2
#4Sharon184US #9
#5Patricia170US #3
#6Sandra156US #6
#7Karen155US #15
#8Diane132US #19
#9Barbara126US #4
#10Donna126US #13
#11Judy121US #11
#12Judith120US #10
#13Susan120US #8
#14Janice104US #22
#15Shirley97US #18
#16Betty94US #14
#17Kathleen86US #16
#18Cheryl80US #27
#19Bonnie77US #33
#20Marilyn74US #29
#21Joyce71US #20
#22Darlene70US #71
#23Beverly69US #30
#24Margaret66US #17
#25Nancy65US #7
#26Connie56US #45
#27Elaine56US #47
#28Jane55US #35
#29Jean53US #37
#30Gloria52US #26
#31Joan51US #28
#32Virginia49US #31
#33Dorothy47US #23
#34Lois45US #55
#35Janet43US #21
#36Elizabeth42US #25
#37Carolyn41US #12
#38Dianne40US #76
#39Phyllis39US #41
#40Paulette38US #117
#41Peggy37US #43
#42Marlene36US #112
#43Rita36US #56
#44Ruth36US #38
#45Eileen35US #80
#46Joann35US #90
#47Helen34US #36
#48Marlys34
#49Diana32US #42
#50Pamela31US #34
#51Ann30US #40
#52Ellen30US #58
#53Geraldine30US #66
#54Kay30US #101
#55Sheila29US #70
#56Arlene28US #113
#57Gail28US #49
#58Alice27US #44
#59Charlotte27US #64
#60Joanne27US #57
#61Sylvia26US #82
#62Doris25US #51
#63Jeanette25US #121
#64Lorraine25US #93
#65Colleen24
#66Kathy24US #79
#67Claudia23US #124
#68Frances23US #39
#69Jeanne23US #83
#70Rose23US #60
#71Sally23US #67
#72Delores22US #115
#73Kathryn21US #63
#74Carole20US #72
#75Irene20US #102
#76Marie20US #54
#77Bonita19US #198
#78Marcia19US #89
#79Marjorie19US #106
#80Gayle18US #141
#81Rosemary18US #74
#82Sheryl18US #165
#83Audrey17US #149
#84Charlene17US #107
#85Cynthia17US #46
#86Julie17US #128
#87June17US #116
#88Sherry17US #73
#89Constance16US #100
#90Evelyn16US #65
#91Myrna16
#92Rebecca16US #68
#93Renee16
#94Roberta16US #86
#95Wanda16US #59
#96Yvonne16US #118
#97Bernice15US #179
#98Catherine15US #48
#99Laura15US #75
#100Loretta15US #111

Boys

#1James306US #1
#2Robert286US #2
#3Richard281US #5
#4Larry250US #11
#5John246US #3
#6Gary231US #12
#7David222US #6
#8Ronald181US #10
#9Dennis166US #17
#10Donald154US #13
#11Kenneth150US #15
#12Michael130US #7
#13Roger127US #23
#14William120US #4
#15Thomas111US #8
#16Charles104US #9
#17Wayne100US #29
#18Gerald91US #27
#19Paul91US #18
#20Jerry86US #20
#21Duane85US #142
#22Terry85US #26
#23Dale77US #62
#24Douglas67US #34
#25Bruce60US #32
#26Rodney54US #93
#27Curtis51US #99
#28George48US #16
#29Allen47US #74
#30Daniel46US #21
#31Leroy46US #90
#32Lawrence43US #31
#33Raymond43US #25
#34Eugene42US #57
#35Steven42US #28
#36Dean41US #132
#37Jerome41US #114
#38Timothy41US #60
#39Marvin38US #88
#40Edward36US #19
#41Harold35US #33
#42Joseph35US #14
#43Patrick35US #59
#44Jack34US #35
#45Lyle33US #200
#46Alan31US #49
#47Keith31US #96
#48Dwight30US #137
#49Russell29US #66
#50Glenn28US #81
#51Frank27US #22
#52Mark27US #58
#53Gordon26US #111
#54Peter26US #38
#55Roy26US #43
#56Bill25US #72
#57Gene25US #98
#58Myron25
#59Leonard24US #67
#60Mike24US #64
#61Norman24US #76
#62Stephen24US #24
#63Tom24US #87
#64Francis23US #80
#65Jim23US #73
#66Leslie23US #119
#67Gregory22US #56
#68Lynn22US #154
#69Philip22US #61
#70Vernon22US #130
#71Lloyd21US #106
#72Steve21US #69
#73Melvin20US #86
#74Warren20US #105
#75Howard19US #55
#76Stanley19US #65
#77Alvin18US #126
#78Clifford18US #100
#79Lowell18
#80Ralph18US #48
#81Jay17US #115
#82Ronnie17US #54
#83Terrance17
#84Arnold16US #153
#85Arthur16US #36
#86Barry16US #68
#87Bernard16US #102
#88Calvin16US #128
#89Darrell16US #131
#90Edwin16US #112
#91Neil16US #161
#92Theodore16US #101
#93Walter16US #30
#94Allan15US #124
#95Daryl15
#96Henry15US #41
#97Loren15
#98Victor15US #120
#99Clarence14US #89
#100Tim14US #171

On the move since 1945

Rising

↑41Bill#56
↑39Frank#51
↑30Steven#35
↑30Dean#36
↑28Gail#57
↑25Peggy#41
↑23Frances#68
↑20Mike#60

Falling

↓51Loretta#100
↓28Delores#72
↓28Jim#65
↓28Arthur#85
↓27Melvin#73
↓27Darrell#89
↓26Stanley#76
↓24Henry#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1945 rankings.