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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1964 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,784 North Dakota births in 1964 across 442 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.

#23Karla#182 nationally
#52Wadeoutside the national top 200
#56Kristioutside the national top 200
#60Jodyoutside the national top 200
#64Karioutside the national top 200
#69Chadoutside the national top 200
#72Roxanneoutside the national top 200
#90Lorenoutside the national top 200
#81Kyle#191 nationally
#89Leslie#197 nationally
#93Lynetteoutside the national top 200
#93Darinoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Lisa153US #1
#2Lori138US #15
#3Mary133US #2
#4Susan132US #3
#5Julie124US #17
#6Brenda117US #18
#7Karen101US #4
#8Nancy81US #26
#9Kimberly75US #6
#10Michelle72US #23
#11Patricia71US #5
#12Tammy71US #10
#13Pamela67US #11
#14Linda62US #8
#15Sandra62US #13
#16Barbara59US #19
#17Debra59US #24
#18Carol58US #36
#19Donna55US #7
#20Cindy53US #47
#21Denise52US #25
#22Diane52US #32
#23Karla51US #182
#24Cheryl50US #29
#25Kim49US #42
#26Rhonda49US #43
#27Cynthia47US #9
#28Sheila45US #51
#29Laurie44US #59
#30Robin44US #27
#31Sharon44US #20
#32Shelly44US #101
#33Teresa44US #21
#34Bonnie43US #89
#35Dawn43US #33
#36Jacqueline43US #37
#37Laura43US #14
#38Theresa43US #38
#39Annette42US #68
#40Beth40US #65
#41Paula40US #45
#42Wendy39US #55
#43Connie38US #64
#44Jennifer37US #31
#45Kathy37US #39
#46Jill36US #61
#47Jodi36US #145
#48Kelly36US #35
#49Ann35US #60
#50Deborah35US #12
#51Tracy34US #40
#52Carla33US #78
#53Colleen33US #94
#54Joan33US #99
#55Kathleen33US #30
#56Kristi33
#57Janet31US #48
#58Tamara31US #108
#59Elizabeth29US #16
#60Jody29
#61Amy28US #44
#62Angela28US #22
#63Debbie28US #52
#64Kari28
#65Peggy28US #106
#66Jackie27US #128
#67Tina27US #34
#68Rebecca26US #46
#69Sherry26US #50
#70Renee25US #71
#71Wanda25US #81
#72Roxanne24
#73Stephanie24US #57
#74Suzanne24US #67
#75Valerie24US #66
#76Carmen23US #164
#77Melanie23US #105
#78Penny23US #96
#79Sherri23US #86
#80Anita22US #85
#81Becky22US #131
#82Christine22US #28
#83Jane22US #93
#84Kathryn22US #84
#85Charlene21US #144
#86Lynn21US #72
#87Catherine20US #54
#88Darla20US #185
#89Holly20US #121
#90Michele20US #58
#91Stacy20US #123
#92Judy19US #74
#93Lynette19
#94Vicki19US #112
#95Dana18US #70
#96Darlene18US #80
#97Terri18US #62
#98Darcy17
#99Gail17US #125
#100Janelle17

Boys

#1David257US #3
#2Michael234US #1
#3James212US #4
#4Mark195US #6
#5Robert190US #5
#6Scott185US #14
#7Todd185US #28
#8John183US #2
#9Steven161US #12
#10Jeffrey154US #10
#11Brian138US #20
#12Kevin137US #13
#13Thomas114US #9
#14Richard108US #8
#15Paul104US #16
#16Daniel103US #19
#17Timothy88US #15
#18Gary73US #26
#19Douglas72US #31
#20Patrick72US #30
#21Bradley69US #77
#22Randy69US #38
#23Dean65US #85
#24William61US #7
#25Gregory55US #22
#26Ronald55US #24
#27Jay54US #84
#28Troy53US #57
#29Dale52US #72
#30Kenneth51US #18
#31Charles49US #17
#32Joseph49US #11
#33Donald48US #25
#34Craig47US #48
#35Terry47US #35
#36Brent45US #125
#37Dennis44US #42
#38Keith42US #34
#39Bruce40US #46
#40Curtis40US #75
#41Kelly39US #132
#42Mike39US #47
#43Rodney39US #59
#44Larry36US #36
#45Wayne36US #61
#46Bryan35US #70
#47Jeff35US #52
#48Duane34US #130
#49Jon34US #79
#50Shawn33US #88
#51Eric32US #32
#52Wade32
#53Kent31US #146
#54Steve30US #51
#55Greg28US #95
#56Jerry27US #40
#57Joel27US #110
#58Danny25US #56
#59Jeffery25US #45
#60Mitchell25US #137
#61Tim25US #82
#62Alan24US #53
#63Roger24US #49
#64Russell24US #58
#65Ricky23US #54
#66Gerald22US #60
#67Kirk22US #147
#68Stephen22US #29
#69Chad21
#70Allen20US #93
#71Christopher20US #23
#72Jim20US #101
#73Kurt20US #109
#74Matthew20US #43
#75Randall20US #66
#76Andrew19US #37
#77Barry19US #69
#78Daryl19US #181
#79Edward19US #27
#80Tom19US #107
#81Kyle18US #191
#82Peter18US #39
#83Perry17US #178
#84Darrell16US #96
#85Frank16US #41
#86Chris15US #65
#87Jonathan15US #83
#88Kerry15US #176
#89Leslie15US #197
#90Loren15
#91Raymond15US #44
#92Anthony14US #21
#93Darin14
#94George14US #33
#95Jason14US #155
#96Lance14US #157
#97Shane14
#98Aaron13US #138
#99Blaine13
#100Brad13US #143

On the move since 1963

Rising

↑44Jacqueline#36
↑37Carla#52
↑34Theresa#38
↑31Rhonda#26
↑27Tamara#58
↑24Jennifer#44
↑24Patrick#20
↑23Annette#39

Falling

↓43Jane#83
↓39Terri#97
↓35Gail#99
↓34Penny#78
↓28Christine#82
↓27Sherry#69
↓27Barry#77
↓25Darla#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1963 rankings.