State roster

Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1958 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 14,060 North Dakota births in 1958 across 481 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.

#59Kristioutside the national top 200
#67Joleneoutside the national top 200
#76Lyleoutside the national top 200
#77Kimoutside the national top 200
#82Renaeoutside the national top 200
#84Lynetteoutside the national top 200
#88Shellyoutside the national top 200
#88Lynnoutside the national top 200
#74Marlene#185 nationally
#91Luannoutside the national top 200
#91Wadeoutside the national top 200
#71Allan#180 nationally

Girls

#1Mary217US #1
#2Susan189US #2
#3Julie181US #23
#4Karen154US #4
#5Nancy137US #12
#6Debra130US #6
#7Linda122US #3
#8Barbara115US #9
#9Kathy114US #14
#10Pamela113US #11
#11Cynthia110US #8
#12Lori105US #30
#13Cindy100US #25
#14Cheryl98US #13
#15Brenda94US #16
#16Sandra92US #15
#17Patricia87US #5
#18Carol81US #20
#19Debbie81US #24
#20Peggy78US #42
#21Deborah77US #7
#22Kimberly75US #39
#23Diane71US #18
#24Connie67US #50
#25Donna65US #10
#26Kathleen63US #21
#27Janet62US #28
#28Denise61US #27
#29Bonnie60US #63
#30Kim58US #40
#31Tammy56US #44
#32Sharon51US #17
#33Vicki51US #57
#34Jane49US #61
#35Laurie49US #70
#36Michelle46US #56
#37Judy43US #36
#38Rebecca43US #41
#39Renee42US #105
#40Janice41US #35
#41Sheila40US #59
#42Joan39US #68
#43Kathryn38US #58
#44Wanda38US #66
#45Elizabeth37US #22
#46Cathy36US #34
#47Lisa36US #19
#48Valerie36US #64
#49Gail35US #72
#50Carla34US #126
#51Rhonda34US #48
#52Terri33US #51
#53Rita32US #88
#54Colleen31US #116
#55Jill31US #98
#56Margaret31US #31
#57Becky30US #111
#58Jean30US #73
#59Kristi30
#60Laura30US #29
#61Paula30US #53
#62Tamara30US #127
#63Marilyn29US #96
#64Ann28US #47
#65Annette28US #76
#66Betty28US #54
#67Jolene28
#68Teresa28US #26
#69Joann26US #122
#70Charlene25US #138
#71Joyce25US #46
#72Penny25US #124
#73Roberta25US #133
#74Marlene24US #185
#75Sherry24US #67
#76Catherine23US #38
#77Jennifer23US #81
#78Judith23US #62
#79Theresa23US #33
#80Beth22US #95
#81Beverly22US #55
#82Renae22
#83Kay21US #169
#84Lynette21
#85Ruth21US #90
#86Dawn20US #84
#87Patti20US #137
#88Shelly20
#89Anita19US #82
#90Lois19US #154
#91Luann19
#92Pam19US #139
#93Carrie18US #155
#94Darlene18US #49
#95Jan18US #153
#96Joni18
#97Karla18
#98Marcia18US #128
#99Marie18US #106
#100Paulette18

Boys

#1David317US #2
#2Mark255US #7
#3Michael230US #1
#4James223US #3
#5Robert205US #4
#6Kevin188US #20
#7Steven179US #10
#8Jeffrey164US #21
#9John161US #5
#10Richard155US #8
#11Timothy147US #13
#12Randy139US #32
#13Scott138US #25
#14Brian129US #24
#15Paul129US #15
#16Douglas116US #30
#17Gary114US #17
#18Terry105US #33
#19Thomas105US #9
#20Bruce101US #36
#21Daniel97US #16
#22William93US #6
#23Gregory88US #23
#24Dean87US #97
#25Ronald84US #19
#26Larry82US #22
#27Kenneth73US #14
#28Donald68US #18
#29Dennis66US #29
#30Wayne66US #48
#31Bradley65US #108
#32Duane65US #136
#33Keith64US #37
#34Rodney62US #65
#35Charles61US #11
#36Dale61US #46
#37Jay57US #86
#38Joseph54US #12
#39Craig53US #53
#40Mike49US #40
#41Todd49US #116
#42Patrick47US #42
#43Roger47US #47
#44Jeff43US #68
#45Ricky41US #34
#46Rick40US #77
#47Curtis39US #82
#48Jerry39US #35
#49Gerald37US #58
#50Allen36US #92
#51Jim36US #87
#52Joel36US #120
#53Kent36US #144
#54Steve36US #44
#55Peter35US #41
#56Bryan33US #101
#57Russell32US #54
#58Tim32US #74
#59Alan30US #49
#60Jon30US #117
#61Kelly30US #148
#62Tom30US #96
#63Brad29US #151
#64Randall29US #62
#65Stephen29US #26
#66Barry27US #79
#67Jeffery27US #59
#68Eric26US #50
#69Jerome26US #129
#70Lee26US #114
#71Allan25US #180
#72Leslie25US #161
#73Perry25US #132
#74Dan24US #109
#75Greg24US #105
#76Lyle24
#77Kim23
#78Daryl22US #170
#79Edward22US #28
#80Danny21US #45
#81Kurt21US #134
#82Mitchell21US #127
#83Brent20US #159
#84Philip19US #67
#85Vernon19US #164
#86Dwight18US #175
#87George18US #31
#88Lynn18
#89Micheal18US #91
#90Raymond18US #43
#91Wade18
#92Doug17
#93Anthony16US #27
#94Bill16US #99
#95Dana16US #184
#96Darrell16US #90
#97Glenn16US #76
#98Howard16US #95
#99Kirk16US #147
#100Loren16

On the move since 1957

Rising

↑47Michelle#36
↑45Terri#52
↑44Jim#51
↑43Todd#41
↑41Mike#40
↑29Lisa#47
↑24Stephen#65
↑23Tammy#31

Falling

↓39Glenn#97
↓38Kim#77
↓36Beverly#81
↓35Dawn#86
↓33Karla#97
↓31Wade#91
↓29Lynn#88
↓24Dwight#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1957 rankings.