State roster

Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1971 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,925 North Dakota births in 1971 across 381 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.

#49Darin#193 nationally
#63Wadeoutside the national top 200
#44Kari#179 nationally
#71Renaeoutside the national top 200
#77Tamioutside the national top 200
#83Darlaoutside the national top 200
#85Lynetteoutside the national top 200
#39Cory#150 nationally
#52Jody#162 nationally
#91Leannoutside the national top 200
#94Jaredoutside the national top 200
#91Darrin#197 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer155US #1
#2Michelle142US #2
#3Lisa136US #3
#4Amy105US #5
#5Melissa91US #7
#6Angela73US #6
#7Dawn69US #14
#8Kimberly69US #4
#9Lori66US #25
#10Julie63US #10
#11Tammy61US #8
#12Shannon57US #21
#13Stephanie57US #11
#14Nicole54US #27
#15Tanya50US #72
#16Susan47US #17
#17Brenda46US #43
#18Stacy46US #32
#19Tracy46US #13
#20Mary43US #9
#21Heather40US #12
#22Kristi40US #113
#23Nancy40US #52
#24Tina39US #20
#25Wendy39US #29
#26Laura38US #16
#27Sarah37US #58
#28Elizabeth35US #19
#29Heidi35US #77
#30Rebecca35US #23
#31Kelly34US #22
#32Stacey34US #41
#33Tamara33US #80
#34Denise32US #36
#35Cynthia30US #24
#36Jodi30US #94
#37Rhonda30US #46
#38Holly29US #76
#39Sandra29US #31
#40Shelly29US #103
#41Karen28US #15
#42Paula28US #63
#43Kristin27US #71
#44Kari26US #179
#45Sara26US #114
#46Tricia26US #109
#47Jill25US #59
#48Deborah24US #33
#49Patricia24US #26
#50Jacqueline23US #75
#51Ann22US #78
#52Jody22US #162
#53Melanie22US #66
#54Christine21US #18
#55Linda21US #42
#56Michele21US #39
#57Sheila21US #81
#58Theresa21US #61
#59Andrea20US #35
#60Becky20US #163
#61Cindy20US #70
#62Pamela20US #28
#63Teresa20US #34
#64Beth19US #100
#65Robin19US #51
#66Kristen18US #87
#67Kristine18US #120
#68Sherry17US #60
#69Dana16US #44
#70Kim16US #101
#71Renae16
#72Stacie16US #131
#73Valerie16US #102
#74Anne15US #122
#75Christina15US #30
#76Jessica15US #64
#77Tami15
#78Tiffany15US #62
#79Tonya15US #45
#80Barbara14US #47
#81Carrie14US #55
#82Catherine14US #65
#83Darla14
#84Laurie14US #96
#85Lynette14
#86Rachel14US #54
#87Sheri14US #152
#88Cheryl13US #50
#89Donna13US #38
#90Kathy13US #91
#91Leann13
#92Margaret13US #86
#93Anna12US #106
#94April12US #56
#95Carla12US #107
#96Christy12US #89
#97Deanna12US #95
#98Janelle12
#99Kelli12US #135
#100Krista12US #134

Boys

#1Jason234US #8
#2Michael226US #1
#3Scott183US #10
#4David150US #3
#5Chad149US #29
#6Brian119US #9
#7Mark115US #13
#8James113US #2
#9Christopher111US #6
#10John105US #4
#11Robert94US #5
#12Jeffrey92US #12
#13Steven92US #16
#14Todd90US #30
#15Paul83US #24
#16Shawn78US #28
#17Eric70US #18
#18Kevin68US #14
#19Thomas67US #17
#20Troy67US #46
#21Daniel65US #20
#22William65US #7
#23Matthew58US #19
#24Timothy58US #21
#25Shane57US #60
#26Bradley53US #58
#27Richard52US #11
#28Ryan49US #51
#29Travis48US #61
#30Jeremy46US #45
#31Craig45US #43
#32Corey42US #77
#33Aaron37US #41
#34Gregory35US #26
#35Kenneth35US #25
#36Patrick35US #35
#37Brent34US #73
#38Jonathan34US #40
#39Cory33US #150
#40Jamie33US #96
#41Dean31US #137
#42Donald30US #34
#43Charles29US #22
#44Douglas29US #39
#45Jay28US #114
#46Joseph28US #15
#47Terry27US #56
#48Andrew26US #33
#49Darin26US #193
#50Keith26US #37
#51Joel25US #86
#52Jon25US #78
#53Kelly25US #136
#54Sean25US #36
#55Stephen25US #27
#56Anthony24US #23
#57Dennis24US #49
#58Kyle24US #116
#59Nathan24US #104
#60Peter23US #47
#61Randy22US #67
#62Shannon22US #106
#63Wade21
#64Darren20US #100
#65Lance19US #98
#66Lee19US #128
#67Ronald19US #31
#68Russell19US #64
#69Gary18US #38
#70Derek17US #63
#71Wayne17US #92
#72Chris16US #68
#73Justin16US #103
#74Larry16US #44
#75Brett15US #90
#76Curtis15US #89
#77Gerald15US #83
#78Jeffery15US #53
#79Roger15US #71
#80Bryan14US #48
#81Dustin14US #181
#82Kirk14US #159
#83Micheal14US #124
#84Alan13US #99
#85Bruce13US #108
#86Dale13US #125
#87Duane13US #167
#88Erik13US #97
#89Frank13US #54
#90Danny12US #82
#91Darrin12US #197
#92Jody12US #161
#93Edward11US #32
#94Jared11
#95Rodney11US #59
#96Allen10US #120
#97Greg10US #163
#98Jerry10US #50
#99Joshua10US #80
#100Kent10

On the move since 1970

Rising

↑60Sarah#27
↑52Holly#38
↑43Linda#55
↑40Jeremy#30
↑35Deborah#48
↑34Jacqueline#50
↑33Ryan#28
↑32Heather#21

Falling

↓40Dale#86
↓38Pamela#62
↓37Sheila#57
↓36Kathy#90
↓34Barbara#80
↓33Darren#64
↓32Jerry#98
↓29Laurie#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1970 rankings.