State roster

Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1972 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,578 North Dakota births in 1972 across 372 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.

#31Kari#186 nationally
#48Wadeoutside the national top 200
#56Darinoutside the national top 200
#72Janelleoutside the national top 200
#60Jody#172 nationally
#89Renaeoutside the national top 200
#91Kentoutside the national top 200
#27Cory#136 nationally
#92Terioutside the national top 200
#79Jared#187 nationally
#95Donovanoutside the national top 200
#90Robyn#193 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer196US #1
#2Lisa125US #3
#3Michelle122US #2
#4Amy106US #5
#5Melissa98US #7
#6Nicole93US #10
#7Kimberly73US #4
#8Julie69US #12
#9Stephanie64US #8
#10Angela58US #6
#11Tammy57US #11
#12Heather56US #9
#13Tina56US #18
#14Heidi54US #64
#15Tracy53US #19
#16Dawn44US #20
#17Mary43US #13
#18Shannon43US #22
#19Stacy42US #33
#20Christine41US #16
#21Stacey41US #41
#22Rebecca40US #14
#23Susan40US #24
#24Jodi39US #97
#25Kristi39US #102
#26Tanya39US #54
#27Brenda38US #44
#28Denise36US #35
#29Laura36US #17
#30Melanie36US #42
#31Kari35US #186
#32Andrea31US #30
#33Wendy29US #29
#34Karen28US #21
#35Kelly28US #23
#36Sarah28US #49
#37Jill26US #62
#38Kristin26US #67
#39Lori26US #28
#40Michele26US #36
#41Sheila26US #90
#42Rachel25US #40
#43Teresa25US #39
#44Jessica24US #46
#45Carrie23US #53
#46Holly23US #71
#47Pamela22US #34
#48Sara22US #101
#49Ann21US #91
#50Elizabeth21US #15
#51Paula21US #72
#52Robin21US #55
#53Sandra21US #31
#54Cynthia20US #25
#55Donna20US #45
#56Laurie20US #98
#57Nancy20US #63
#58Shelly20US #94
#59Dana19US #52
#60Jody19US #172
#61Tamara19US #84
#62Linda18US #51
#63Rhonda18US #60
#64Tonya18US #37
#65Barbara17US #58
#66Cindy17US #80
#67Kristine17US #127
#68Patricia17US #27
#69Theresa17US #68
#70Tiffany17US #61
#71Tricia17US #120
#72Janelle16
#73Kristen16US #85
#74Leslie16US #75
#75Nichole16US #146
#76Tara16US #38
#77Carmen15US #144
#78Christina15US #26
#79Danielle15US #73
#80Gina15US #78
#81Leah15US #179
#82Debra14US #66
#83Diane14US #105
#84Kathy14US #108
#85Renee14US #77
#86Sherry14US #70
#87Becky13US #165
#88Kim13US #118
#89Renae13
#90Robyn13US #193
#91Sharon13US #50
#92Teri13
#93Beth12US #113
#94Carla12US #106
#95Jacqueline12US #79
#96Kathryn12US #103
#97Melinda12US #81
#98Monica12US #47
#99Tami12
#100Tracey12US #88

Boys

#1Jason221US #7
#2Michael197US #1
#3Christopher182US #2
#4Chad175US #25
#5Brian125US #8
#6David117US #4
#7Scott115US #11
#8John109US #5
#9James101US #3
#10Mark96US #18
#11Ryan95US #39
#12Shawn79US #28
#13Daniel75US #15
#14Jeffrey73US #17
#15Robert73US #6
#16Steven73US #19
#17Kevin68US #13
#18Troy64US #49
#19Paul63US #24
#20Matthew60US #10
#21Eric56US #16
#22Travis55US #57
#23Timothy53US #21
#24Thomas51US #20
#25Todd50US #31
#26Aaron48US #40
#27Cory48US #136
#28William48US #9
#29Richard46US #14
#30Shane45US #55
#31Jeremy43US #42
#32Corey42US #95
#33Craig40US #46
#34Brent38US #77
#35Patrick38US #35
#36Bradley37US #61
#37Joseph36US #12
#38Nathan36US #79
#39Gregory35US #26
#40Douglas34US #43
#41Jonathan34US #37
#42Justin31US #60
#43Charles28US #23
#44Donald27US #36
#45Jamie27US #72
#46Jon27US #89
#47Keith27US #38
#48Wade27
#49Anthony26US #22
#50Bryan26US #45
#51Kenneth26US #27
#52Rodney24US #65
#53Sean24US #33
#54Peter23US #48
#55Shannon23US #94
#56Darin22
#57Dean22US #156
#58Darren21US #106
#59Jay21US #115
#60Kyle21US #113
#61Curtis20US #92
#62Jesse20US #88
#63Ronald20US #32
#64Wayne20US #103
#65Joel19US #78
#66Brett18US #80
#67Chris18US #82
#68Dennis18US #52
#69Gary18US #41
#70George18US #44
#71Randy17US #70
#72Derek16US #67
#73Lance16US #126
#74Tracy16US #111
#75Alan15US #110
#76Andrew15US #30
#77Jeffery15US #58
#78Kelly15US #140
#79Jared14US #187
#80Larry14US #47
#81Raymond14US #54
#82Terry14US #62
#83Brandon13US #63
#84Lee13US #125
#85Russell13US #69
#86Joshua12US #59
#87Mitchell12US #179
#88Dale11US #131
#89Erik11US #86
#90Jody11US #181
#91Kent11
#92Roger11US #76
#93Adam10US #51
#94Allen10US #123
#95Donovan10
#96Duane10US #158
#97Frank10US #56
#98Frederick10US #116
#99Greg10US #173
#100Jerome10US #166

On the move since 1971

Rising

↑44Rachel#42
↑43Rodney#52
↑36Carrie#45
↑34Christine#20
↑34Donna#55
↑32Jessica#44
↑31Justin#42
↑30Bryan#50

Falling

↓45Jacqueline#95
↓35Terry#82
↓34Nancy#57
↓30Lori#39
↓29Beth#93
↓28Tamara#61
↓28Andrew#76
↓27Becky#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1971 rankings.