State roster

Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1961 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,782 North Dakota births in 1961 across 488 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.

#45Jodi#197 nationally
#54Karla#195 nationally
#65Karioutside the national top 200
#75Roxanneoutside the national top 200
#78Kristioutside the national top 200
#79Lynetteoutside the national top 200
#81Lyleoutside the national top 200
#82Martyoutside the national top 200
#69Dwight#185 nationally
#87Allanoutside the national top 200
#89Jasonoutside the national top 200
#34Shelly#145 nationally

Girls

#1Mary182US #1
#2Lori172US #14
#3Susan157US #3
#4Brenda149US #11
#5Julie132US #23
#6Karen131US #5
#7Lisa111US #2
#8Linda108US #4
#9Nancy98US #16
#10Sandra97US #9
#11Pamela91US #15
#12Laurie88US #43
#13Patricia78US #6
#14Diane77US #26
#15Michelle77US #34
#16Kathy74US #25
#17Barbara71US #12
#18Tammy71US #28
#19Debbie68US #31
#20Debra68US #13
#21Connie67US #50
#22Kim67US #36
#23Cynthia66US #8
#24Donna66US #7
#25Cheryl64US #20
#26Cindy63US #33
#27Kimberly63US #22
#28Carol61US #24
#29Deborah56US #10
#30Denise56US #30
#31Dawn55US #49
#32Laura54US #21
#33Kathleen52US #29
#34Shelly52US #145
#35Sharon50US #17
#36Janet46US #32
#37Kelly45US #45
#38Jacqueline42US #37
#39Carla41US #77
#40Elizabeth41US #19
#41Jane41US #72
#42Rebecca41US #44
#43Teresa41US #18
#44Bonnie40US #75
#45Jodi40US #197
#46Jill39US #74
#47Peggy38US #88
#48Rhonda38US #46
#49Theresa38US #35
#50Ann37US #54
#51Beth37US #65
#52Colleen35US #106
#53Janice35US #52
#54Karla35US #195
#55Sherry35US #53
#56Renee34US #79
#57Robin34US #27
#58Joan33US #89
#59Tamara33US #125
#60Tracy33US #64
#61Sheila32US #59
#62Annette31US #73
#63Roberta31US #162
#64Judy28US #58
#65Kari28
#66Paula28US #60
#67Kathryn27US #93
#68Penny27US #101
#69Tami26US #174
#70Wanda26US #70
#71Jean25US #92
#72Jennifer25US #47
#73Joann25US #137
#74Marie25US #109
#75Roxanne24
#76Terri24US #51
#77Christine23US #39
#78Kristi23
#79Lynette23
#80Lynn23US #71
#81Melanie23US #123
#82Vicki23US #76
#83Becky22US #115
#84Amy21US #69
#85Catherine21US #48
#86Jackie21US #112
#87Kay21US #192
#88Pam21US #144
#89Wendy21US #61
#90Beverly20US #66
#91Carrie20US #139
#92Rita20US #105
#93Shelley20US #180
#94Cathy19US #55
#95Jeanne19US #138
#96Joyce19US #62
#97Margaret19US #40
#98Marilyn19US #122
#99Ruth19US #96
#100Sandy19US #135

Boys

#1David304US #2
#2Mark265US #6
#3Michael249US #1
#4James223US #4
#5Robert217US #5
#6Kevin200US #14
#7John185US #3
#8Jeffrey162US #11
#9Steven154US #10
#10Scott153US #19
#11Timothy147US #15
#12Todd145US #46
#13Brian131US #20
#14Richard118US #8
#15Paul113US #18
#16Daniel111US #17
#17Thomas103US #9
#18William98US #7
#19Douglas95US #28
#20Randy94US #33
#21Gregory91US #23
#22Bradley83US #87
#23Dean82US #84
#24Keith82US #35
#25Bruce78US #40
#26Craig78US #43
#27Dale76US #58
#28Ronald74US #24
#29Kenneth69US #16
#30Terry69US #32
#31Jay64US #81
#32Donald63US #22
#33Charles60US #13
#34Gary59US #21
#35Jeff59US #49
#36Kelly58US #125
#37Wayne58US #61
#38Larry57US #30
#39Dennis55US #34
#40Mike55US #36
#41Roger55US #47
#42Jon48US #93
#43Curtis47US #75
#44Randall42US #63
#45Kent41US #147
#46Patrick41US #39
#47Tim41US #65
#48Rodney40US #72
#49Joseph38US #12
#50Gerald36US #62
#51Alan35US #51
#52Jerry35US #37
#53Ricky34US #44
#54Brent33US #137
#55Duane32US #132
#56Greg32US #77
#57Joel31US #110
#58Peter31US #42
#59Bryan30US #82
#60Mitchell30US #118
#61Steve29US #45
#62Barry28US #66
#63Eric28US #38
#64Jeffery28US #50
#65Allen27US #96
#66Lee27US #122
#67Russell26US #55
#68Tom26US #88
#69Dwight25US #185
#70Jerome23US #136
#71Raymond23US #48
#72Andrew21US #52
#73Anthony21US #25
#74Danny21US #54
#75Jim21US #78
#76Perry21US #154
#77George20US #31
#78Dan19US #115
#79Glenn19US #64
#80Kirk19US #140
#81Lyle19
#82Marty19
#83Bill18US #104
#84Kerry18US #161
#85Kurt18US #129
#86Stephen18US #27
#87Allan17
#88Darren17US #174
#89Jason17
#90Troy17US #100
#91Darryl16US #80
#92Daryl16US #184
#93Matthew16US #59
#94Kim15
#95Randal15
#96Rick15US #108
#97Terrance15
#98Wesley15US #163
#99Brad14US #142
#100Christopher14US #26

On the move since 1960

Rising

↑48Jodi#45
↑40Jacqueline#38
↑28Michelle#15
↑27Kathryn#67
↑19Laura#32
↑18Ann#50
↑18Gerald#50
↑18Marty#82

Falling

↓30Wanda#70
↓30Brad#99
↓29Vicki#82
↓29Rick#96
↓28Beverly#90
↓27Judy#64
↓25Robin#57
↓24Joan#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1960 rankings.