State roster

Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1970 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,519 North Dakota births in 1970 across 387 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.

#40Karla#196 nationally
#42Kari#194 nationally
#42Wade#189 nationally
#47Darin#188 nationally
#81Lynnoutside the national top 200
#45Cory#164 nationally
#83Kentoutside the national top 200
#86Trentoutside the national top 200
#94Tamioutside the national top 200
#30Kelly#135 nationally
#96Joannoutside the national top 200
#97Kristy#197 nationally

Girls

#1Michelle157US #4
#2Lisa134US #2
#3Jennifer121US #1
#4Melissa96US #7
#5Kimberly90US #3
#6Amy81US #5
#7Julie78US #11
#8Susan72US #15
#9Jodi62US #95
#10Angela59US #6
#11Dawn59US #16
#12Tammy57US #8
#13Nicole54US #30
#14Tracy52US #10
#15Laura51US #13
#16Lori51US #23
#17Mary43US #9
#18Stephanie43US #17
#19Kelly42US #20
#20Sheila42US #75
#21Stacey41US #48
#22Stacy41US #42
#23Nancy40US #50
#24Pamela40US #26
#25Patricia40US #24
#26Shannon40US #22
#27Brenda39US #40
#28Kristi38US #123
#29Tanya38US #76
#30Karen37US #12
#31Kristin37US #63
#32Heidi36US #81
#33Christine35US #14
#34Rhonda34US #46
#35Wendy34US #28
#36Tamara33US #79
#37Andrea32US #43
#38Ann32US #62
#39Jill32US #52
#40Karla32US #196
#41Tina32US #21
#42Kari31US #194
#43Rebecca30US #29
#44Teresa30US #34
#45Denise29US #36
#46Barbara28US #41
#47Paula28US #57
#48Sara28US #126
#49Shelly28US #103
#50Tricia28US #124
#51Michele26US #31
#52Traci26US #100
#53Heather25US #19
#54Kathy25US #77
#55Laurie25US #88
#56Beth23US #92
#57Elizabeth23US #18
#58Kim23US #78
#59Suzanne23US #87
#60Carrie22US #73
#61Cynthia22US #25
#62Debra22US #47
#63Jody22US #153
#64Cheryl21US #44
#65Melanie21US #91
#66Rachel21US #58
#67Sandra21US #27
#68Sheri21US #140
#69Sherri21US #122
#70Diane20US #70
#71Kathleen20US #45
#72Kristen20US #83
#73Lynn20US #119
#74Robin20US #51
#75Renee19US #68
#76Tonya19US #49
#77Valerie19US #97
#78Becky18US #161
#79Carla18US #94
#80Christina18US #35
#81Cindy18US #72
#82Janet18US #96
#83Deborah17US #33
#84Jacqueline17US #66
#85Jessica17US #98
#86Kristie17US #181
#87Sarah17US #65
#88Carol16US #71
#89Donna16US #32
#90Holly16US #74
#91Connie15US #116
#92Dana15US #54
#93Kristine15US #109
#94Tami15
#95Colleen14US #117
#96Joann14
#97Kristy14US #197
#98Linda14US #38
#99Monica14US #56
#100Sherry14US #60

Boys

#1Michael259US #1
#2Jason186US #13
#3Scott166US #12
#4David155US #3
#5James145US #2
#6John143US #4
#7Chad135US #51
#8Brian127US #8
#9Robert124US #5
#10Steven114US #15
#11Mark106US #9
#12Todd105US #28
#13Paul102US #23
#14Jeffrey98US #11
#15Christopher95US #6
#16Daniel90US #19
#17Thomas80US #17
#18Troy78US #41
#19Richard75US #10
#20Timothy72US #20
#21Kevin71US #14
#22Shawn71US #34
#23Eric64US #18
#24William64US #7
#25Shane60US #64
#26Bradley54US #47
#27Brent51US #74
#28Patrick49US #33
#29Matthew47US #24
#30Kelly46US #135
#31Darren44US #75
#32Gregory44US #26
#33Corey40US #84
#34Douglas39US #36
#35Charles37US #21
#36Craig37US #39
#37Kenneth37US #25
#38Donald35US #30
#39Randy35US #59
#40Dean34US #112
#41Jay34US #97
#42Wade34US #189
#43Anthony32US #22
#44Travis32US #69
#45Cory31US #164
#46Dale31US #110
#47Darin31US #188
#48Jon31US #68
#49Andrew30US #32
#50Joseph30US #16
#51Kyle30US #120
#52Ronald30US #29
#53Jonathan29US #42
#54Keith28US #38
#55Joel27US #82
#56Lance27US #76
#57Peter26US #44
#58Russell26US #58
#59Bryan24US #53
#60Dennis24US #46
#61Ryan24US #140
#62Bruce23US #94
#63Nathan23US #130
#64Aaron22US #52
#65Gary22US #35
#66Jerry22US #45
#67Terry22US #54
#68Rodney21US #55
#69Chris19US #63
#70Jeremy19US #70
#71Edward18US #31
#72Jamie18US #125
#73Shannon18US #128
#74Wayne18US #80
#75Curtis17US #88
#76Sean17US #37
#77Stephen17US #27
#78Brett16US #99
#79Allen15US #113
#80Duane15US #163
#81Lynn15
#82Roger15US #61
#83Kent14
#84Larry14US #43
#85Lee14US #118
#86Trent14
#87Carl13US #66
#88Gerald13US #67
#89Marc13US #60
#90Mike13US #136
#91Erik12US #101
#92Jody12US #184
#93Justin12US #138
#94Neil12US #178
#95Jeffery11US #50
#96Randall11US #100
#97Alan10US #91
#98Brad10US #139
#99Darrin10US #180
#100Frank10US #48

On the move since 1969

Rising

↑54Andrea#37
↑47Traci#52
↑47Kyle#51
↑43Ann#38
↑40Sheila#20
↑40Laurie#55
↑38Nicole#13
↑36Tanya#29

Falling

↓49Linda#98
↓43Jacqueline#84
↓37Deborah#83
↓36Cindy#81
↓36Sherry#100
↓33Carol#88
↓33Donna#89
↓31Kristine#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1969 rankings.