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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1952 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 14,506 North Dakota births in 1952 across 452 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.

#65Myronoutside the national top 200
#66Lyleoutside the national top 200
#71Terranceoutside the national top 200
#75Daryl#193 nationally
#37Renee#154 nationally
#86Lorenoutside the national top 200
#49Paulette#163 nationally
#95Marlysoutside the national top 200
#30Duane#131 nationally
#67Lynn#167 nationally
#100Perry#196 nationally
#72Kent#164 nationally

Girls

#1Linda284US #1
#2Mary270US #2
#3Deborah196US #4
#4Susan172US #5
#5Barbara170US #6
#6Patricia160US #3
#7Nancy159US #7
#8Debra155US #9
#9Sandra155US #10
#10Kathleen147US #11
#11Karen146US #8
#12Carol137US #12
#13Pamela109US #17
#14Diane108US #16
#15Sharon103US #14
#16Cynthia98US #18
#17Cheryl89US #31
#18Donna80US #13
#19Peggy76US #43
#20Judith71US #25
#21Judy70US #26
#22Connie67US #44
#23Janice65US #23
#24Brenda64US #15
#25Beverly61US #35
#26Jane61US #42
#27Margaret61US #21
#28Bonnie60US #41
#29Rebecca59US #30
#30Vicki56US #61
#31Kathryn55US #48
#32Janet53US #19
#33Julie53US #85
#34Joan49US #37
#35Wanda49US #54
#36Elizabeth48US #22
#37Renee47US #154
#38Marilyn46US #38
#39Betty45US #32
#40Shirley45US #28
#41Jean44US #50
#42Joyce44US #27
#43Kathy44US #29
#44Colleen43US #108
#45Sheila42US #64
#46Gail41US #39
#47Gloria41US #36
#48Darlene39US #77
#49Paulette39US #163
#50Ann37US #45
#51Ruth35US #57
#52Elaine34US #73
#53Catherine33US #34
#54Paula33US #47
#55Jacqueline32US #58
#56Katherine30US #59
#57Carla29US #138
#58Claudia29US #111
#59Constance29US #92
#60Virginia29US #49
#61Victoria28US #74
#62Yvonne28US #103
#63Denise27US #33
#64Lois27US #86
#65Valerie27US #87
#66Cathy26US #56
#67Marlene26US #117
#68Marsha26US #75
#69Arlene25US #147
#70Marcia25US #80
#71Vickie25US #76
#72Charlene24US #106
#73Diana24US #51
#74Helen24US #63
#75Joann24US #116
#76Rhonda24US #95
#77Dianne23US #96
#78Rita23US #66
#79Sherry22US #68
#80Gayle21US #135
#81Laurie21US #115
#82Lynn21US #71
#83Phyllis21US #65
#84Roberta21US #88
#85Theresa21US #60
#86Audrey20US #168
#87Candace20US #171
#88Charlotte20US #89
#89Dorothy20US #46
#90Jennifer20US #107
#91Kay20US #133
#92Laura20US #53
#93Jill19US #118
#94Marie19US #82
#95Marlys19
#96Teresa19US #52
#97Alice18US #69
#98Christine18US #20
#99Eileen18US #100
#100Carolyn17US #24

Boys

#1David344US #5
#2Robert303US #2
#3James276US #1
#4John237US #3
#5Michael224US #4
#6Richard199US #7
#7Gary191US #10
#8Steven185US #11
#9Thomas177US #8
#10Mark168US #17
#11Dennis153US #18
#12Ronald153US #15
#13Donald146US #13
#14Kenneth146US #16
#15Timothy143US #27
#16Larry135US #14
#17Douglas132US #28
#18Gregory121US #24
#19Daniel115US #20
#20William113US #6
#21Bruce110US #25
#22Terry102US #29
#23Dale99US #46
#24Paul95US #19
#25Wayne94US #38
#26Roger93US #30
#27Charles88US #9
#28Rodney79US #84
#29Keith78US #49
#30Duane76US #131
#31Gerald76US #39
#32Jeffrey75US #31
#33Jerry64US #26
#34Randy59US #41
#35Curtis57US #86
#36Kevin52US #43
#37Dean51US #103
#38Stephen50US #21
#39Joseph47US #12
#40Brian46US #64
#41Allen45US #78
#42Jerome41US #105
#43Scott41US #54
#44Alan40US #42
#45Craig40US #59
#46Randall40US #63
#47Patrick38US #37
#48Edward37US #23
#49Raymond37US #33
#50Russell37US #70
#51Leslie36US #125
#52Bradley35US #141
#53Darrell34US #109
#54George34US #22
#55Eugene33US #71
#56Allan31US #146
#57Barry30US #69
#58Dwight30US #123
#59Kim30US #126
#60Lawrence30US #35
#61Neil29US #147
#62Lee28US #92
#63Glenn27US #61
#64Gordon27US #110
#65Myron27
#66Lyle26
#67Lynn26US #167
#68Danny25US #40
#69Marvin25US #95
#70Stanley25US #58
#71Terrance25
#72Kent24US #164
#73Jay22US #106
#74Joel22US #132
#75Daryl21US #193
#76Frank21US #32
#77Gene21US #138
#78Melvin21US #91
#79Ricky21US #81
#80Warren21US #117
#81Anthony20US #34
#82Francis20US #89
#83Jack20US #52
#84Jon20US #135
#85Leonard20US #83
#86Loren20
#87Leroy19US #116
#88Vernon19US #137
#89Peter18US #36
#90Ralph18US #56
#91Theodore18US #100
#92Micheal17US #94
#93Steve17US #85
#94Clyde16US #143
#95Harold16US #51
#96Howard16US #73
#97Arthur15US #47
#98Clifford15US #99
#99Leon15US #124
#100Perry15US #196

On the move since 1951

Rising

↑35Carla#57
↑29Renee#37
↑29Stanley#70
↑28Vickie#71
↑27Russell#50
↑25Danny#68
↑23Barry#57
↑22Yvonne#62

Falling

↓41Harold#95
↓39Eileen#99
↓33Dorothy#89
↓32Rita#78
↓28Joann#75
↓28Peter#89
↓24Candace#87
↓24Charlotte#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1951 rankings.