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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1948 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 14,044 North Dakota births in 1948 across 443 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.

#48Lyleoutside the national top 200
#60Myronoutside the national top 200
#62Terranceoutside the national top 200
#66Bonitaoutside the national top 200
#67Daryloutside the national top 200
#68Marlysoutside the national top 200
#74Lorenoutside the national top 200
#83Lelandoutside the national top 200
#24Duane#140 nationally
#47Colleen#161 nationally
#87Darreloutside the national top 200
#91Claytonoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda460US #1
#2Mary315US #2
#3Sandra193US #6
#4Carol176US #8
#5Barbara172US #3
#6Sharon167US #9
#7Patricia162US #4
#8Susan162US #5
#9Karen155US #12
#10Diane124US #19
#11Kathleen116US #10
#12Judith111US #15
#13Nancy108US #7
#14Cheryl106US #25
#15Donna96US #11
#16Judy96US #16
#17Shirley86US #20
#18Janice81US #23
#19Beverly75US #31
#20Connie74US #43
#21Bonnie69US #34
#22Margaret67US #13
#23Cynthia66US #27
#24Marilyn63US #33
#25Betty62US #18
#26Darlene62US #77
#27Pamela62US #22
#28Deborah60US #30
#29Jean59US #47
#30Janet58US #24
#31Peggy58US #38
#32Gloria57US #28
#33Elaine54US #53
#34Joyce51US #21
#35Joan50US #37
#36Elizabeth49US #26
#37Jane48US #39
#38Dianne44US #86
#39Kathryn44US #54
#40Eileen42US #91
#41Phyllis41US #46
#42Paulette40US #123
#43Rita38US #59
#44Virginia38US #36
#45Vicki36US #81
#46Dorothy35US #29
#47Colleen34US #161
#48Julie34US #117
#49Marlene34US #109
#50Ann33US #44
#51Carolyn33US #14
#52Diana33US #48
#53Joann33US #94
#54Sheila33US #71
#55Helen32US #40
#56Charlotte31US #69
#57Alice30US #49
#58Catherine30US #41
#59Marcia30US #79
#60Roberta30US #101
#61Ruth30US #45
#62Gail29US #51
#63Gayle29US #141
#64Lois29US #70
#65Constance28US #93
#66Bonita27
#67Arlene26US #125
#68Marlys26
#69Lynda25US #84
#70Sheryl25US #144
#71Audrey24US #157
#72Joanne24US #65
#73Sherry24US #61
#74Geraldine23US #83
#75Jo23US #56
#76Paula23US #52
#77Rose23US #62
#78Anita21US #102
#79Claudia21US #122
#80Kathy21US #55
#81Rebecca21US #50
#82Frances20US #42
#83Jeanette20US #129
#84Doris18US #64
#85Marie18US #60
#86Marjorie18US #110
#87Yvonne18US #112
#88Jennifer17US #151
#89Katherine17US #68
#90Lynn17US #80
#91Maureen17US #88
#92Faye16US #200
#93Jacqueline16US #58
#94Lavonne16
#95Loretta16US #115
#96Lorraine16US #96
#97Wanda16US #57
#98Lana15US #188
#99Louise15US #99
#100Maxine15US #181

Boys

#1James330US #1
#2Robert293US #2
#3David290US #5
#4Richard251US #7
#5Gary242US #12
#6John233US #3
#7Larry224US #11
#8Dennis222US #17
#9Michael197US #6
#10Ronald181US #10
#11Donald160US #14
#12Thomas155US #8
#13Kenneth145US #15
#14William135US #4
#15Roger116US #24
#16Gerald107US #30
#17Dale100US #56
#18Douglas100US #33
#19Steven100US #23
#20Charles92US #9
#21Terry91US #26
#22Bruce89US #28
#23Wayne85US #34
#24Duane77US #140
#25Paul77US #18
#26Daniel76US #22
#27Keith73US #89
#28Timothy71US #38
#29Jerry69US #21
#30Mark65US #29
#31Rodney61US #92
#32Curtis53US #101
#33Alan52US #46
#34Gregory52US #32
#35Joseph51US #13
#36Raymond50US #27
#37Patrick49US #48
#38Edward46US #19
#39Jerome45US #110
#40Allen43US #72
#41Lawrence43US #31
#42Marvin42US #90
#43Darrell40US #121
#44George40US #16
#45Gene38US #111
#46Stephen36US #20
#47Eugene35US #61
#48Lyle34
#49Dean32US #143
#50Vernon32US #136
#51Glenn31US #73
#52Jeffrey31US #58
#53Stanley31US #65
#54Gordon30US #112
#55Jack30US #43
#56Leroy30US #97
#57Leslie29US #129
#58Allan28US #132
#59Lynn27US #157
#60Myron27
#61Frank26US #25
#62Terrance26
#63Danny25US #39
#64Francis25US #80
#65Peter25US #37
#66Craig24US #82
#67Daryl24
#68Steve24US #60
#69Harold23US #36
#70Clifford22US #105
#71Neil22US #165
#72Ralph22US #51
#73Arthur21US #44
#74Loren21
#75Russell21US #67
#76Dwight20US #153
#77Lee20US #93
#78Mike20US #68
#79Norman20US #85
#80Jon19US #128
#81Alvin18US #124
#82Edwin18US #116
#83Leland18
#84Leo18US #151
#85Randy18US #99
#86Brian17US #95
#87Darrel17
#88Earl17US #83
#89Ricky17US #155
#90Warren17US #109
#91Clayton16
#92Don16US #91
#93Harvey16US #138
#94Jay16US #123
#95Leonard16US #71
#96Roy16US #49
#97Tom16US #94
#98Walter16US #35
#99Howard15US #63
#100Arnold14US #154

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑54Deborah#28
↑35Vicki#45
↑30Terrance#62
↑27Arthur#73
↑26Cynthia#23
↑24Jo#75
↑24Stanley#53
↑23Pamela#27

Falling

↓39Tom#97
↓36Russell#75
↓36Leonard#95
↓34Kathy#80
↓28Loretta#95
↓27Jacqueline#93
↓26Jeanette#83
↓24Lois#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.