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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1951 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 14,558 North Dakota births in 1951 across 456 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.

#59Lyleoutside the national top 200
#60Myronoutside the national top 200
#65Terranceoutside the national top 200
#66Daryl#196 nationally
#73Lorenoutside the national top 200
#74Renaeoutside the national top 200
#78Terrence#193 nationally
#68Kent#182 nationally
#77Bonita#190 nationally
#63Candace#173 nationally
#41Paulette#148 nationally
#94Fayeoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda313US #1
#2Mary250US #2
#3Susan209US #6
#4Patricia186US #3
#5Deborah179US #4
#6Kathleen169US #10
#7Karen168US #8
#8Sandra158US #9
#9Barbara148US #5
#10Carol145US #11
#11Diane129US #15
#12Pamela121US #16
#13Nancy119US #7
#14Debra104US #18
#15Sharon103US #13
#16Donna101US #12
#17Bonnie89US #37
#18Cheryl88US #30
#19Margaret85US #17
#20Cynthia84US #20
#21Connie75US #44
#22Judy71US #26
#23Judith68US #25
#24Shirley68US #27
#25Janice66US #21
#26Beverly63US #33
#27Peggy63US #40
#28Betty61US #29
#29Joyce61US #28
#30Jane57US #43
#31Gail56US #36
#32Rebecca56US #32
#33Janet53US #19
#34Brenda51US #14
#35Vicki51US #58
#36Darlene49US #79
#37Joan48US #39
#38Marilyn48US #41
#39Gloria47US #31
#40Kathryn47US #45
#41Paulette47US #148
#42Jacqueline45US #56
#43Jean43US #49
#44Colleen41US #114
#45Elizabeth40US #23
#46Rita40US #61
#47Joann39US #104
#48Kathy39US #35
#49Julie37US #99
#50Lois35US #85
#51Catherine34US #34
#52Wanda34US #52
#53Ann33US #46
#54Dianne33US #90
#55Sheila32US #69
#56Dorothy31US #42
#57Elaine30US #66
#58Ruth30US #53
#59Constance29US #86
#60Eileen29US #95
#61Marlene29US #118
#62Virginia29US #47
#63Candace28US #173
#64Charlotte28US #84
#65Joanne28US #73
#66Renee28US #164
#67Marcia27US #74
#68Roberta27US #92
#69Diana25US #50
#70Geraldine25US #108
#71Katherine24US #55
#72Phyllis24US #57
#73Paula23US #51
#74Renae23
#75Lynn21US #72
#76Valerie21US #100
#77Bonita20US #190
#78Claudia20US #123
#79Ellen20US #68
#80Lorraine20US #102
#81Marjorie20US #128
#82Michelle20US #151
#83Teresa20US #63
#84Yvonne20US #101
#85Charlene19US #103
#86Gayle19US #124
#87Jo19US #67
#88Loretta19US #135
#89Sheryl19US #161
#90Arlene18US #134
#91Audrey18US #168
#92Carla18US #147
#93Carolyn18US #22
#94Faye18
#95Jeanne18US #98
#96Marlys18
#97Rose18US #65
#98Sally18US #77
#99Vickie18US #87
#100June17US #142

Boys

#1David319US #5
#2James315US #1
#3Robert299US #2
#4Michael262US #4
#5Richard230US #7
#6Thomas230US #8
#7John216US #3
#8Gary201US #10
#9Steven183US #13
#10Dennis159US #17
#11Mark156US #20
#12Ronald153US #12
#13Kenneth151US #16
#14Larry147US #11
#15William136US #6
#16Donald135US #15
#17Douglas134US #27
#18Timothy130US #28
#19Gregory121US #25
#20Bruce115US #26
#21Roger109US #29
#22Daniel105US #21
#23Paul92US #18
#24Wayne91US #37
#25Rodney86US #84
#26Charles83US #9
#27Keith80US #59
#28Terry78US #30
#29Gerald77US #36
#30Dale76US #49
#31Duane66US #130
#32Dean63US #105
#33Jerry57US #24
#34Patrick57US #39
#35Craig54US #63
#36Allen50US #72
#37Stephen49US #19
#38Jeffrey48US #35
#39Joseph47US #14
#40Eugene46US #65
#41Alan45US #40
#42Randy45US #56
#43Curtis44US #91
#44Kevin42US #53
#45Edward41US #23
#46George37US #22
#47Raymond37US #32
#48Scott36US #68
#49Jerome35US #103
#50Darrell31US #109
#51Joel31US #129
#52Bradley30US #146
#53Marvin29US #96
#54Harold28US #46
#55Brian27US #75
#56Glenn27US #58
#57Gordon27US #108
#58Lawrence27US #33
#59Lyle27
#60Myron27
#61Peter27US #38
#62Lynn26US #155
#63Neil26US #149
#64Randall26US #66
#65Terrance26
#66Daryl25US #196
#67Dwight25US #134
#68Kent24US #182
#69Leslie23US #124
#70Gene22US #126
#71Jack22US #48
#72Lee22US #92
#73Loren22
#74Allan21US #137
#75Anthony21US #34
#76Leroy21US #111
#77Russell21US #73
#78Terrence21US #193
#79Warren21US #118
#80Barry20US #71
#81Frank20US #31
#82Leonard20US #80
#83Randolph20US #160
#84Steve20US #86
#85Theodore20US #99
#86Glen19US #127
#87Jay19US #116
#88Ricky19US #102
#89Vernon19US #131
#90Alvin18US #121
#91Leon18US #122
#92Ralph18US #51
#93Danny17US #41
#94Francis17US #85
#95Micheal17US #97
#96Philip17US #55
#97Arnold16US #177
#98Jon16US #138
#99Stanley16US #54
#100Albert15US #60

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑38Joyce#29
↑36Kevin#44
↑34Joann#47
↑33Dianne#54
↑30Paulette#41
↑30Ann#53
↑30Myron#60
↑23Paula#73

Falling

↓39Stanley#99
↓25Audrey#91
↓24Bonita#77
↓24Carolyn#93
↓24Frank#81
↓23Katherine#71
↓23Sally#98
↓21Charlotte#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.