State roster

Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1973 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,250 North Dakota births in 1973 across 375 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.

#17Kari#172 nationally
#52Darinoutside the national top 200
#54Wade#198 nationally
#67Karlaoutside the national top 200
#46Becky#170 nationally
#82Danaoutside the national top 200
#87Trevoroutside the national top 200
#56Dean#168 nationally
#93Janelleoutside the national top 200
#58Sheri#165 nationally
#94Kentoutside the national top 200
#49Kelly#147 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer213US #1
#2Michelle126US #3
#3Lisa89US #5
#4Stephanie88US #9
#5Melissa87US #6
#6Amy85US #2
#7Nicole76US #11
#8Heather74US #8
#9Rebecca73US #10
#10Kimberly72US #4
#11Angela67US #7
#12Heidi51US #65
#13Julie49US #12
#14Dawn47US #21
#15Lori43US #28
#16Tammy42US #15
#17Kari40US #172
#18Tracy40US #20
#19Wendy39US #29
#20Shannon38US #22
#21Andrea37US #30
#22Sarah37US #35
#23Tanya37US #50
#24Tina36US #24
#25Stacy33US #32
#26Teresa32US #45
#27Christine31US #17
#28Sara31US #89
#29Stacey31US #41
#30Brenda30US #53
#31Jodi30US #100
#32Kristi30US #108
#33Jessica29US #34
#34Kristen29US #58
#35Melanie29US #43
#36Karen26US #23
#37Kelly26US #18
#38Elizabeth25US #13
#39Tara25US #37
#40Carrie24US #46
#41Mary24US #14
#42Rachel24US #42
#43Holly22US #54
#44Rhonda22US #70
#45Shelly22US #104
#46Becky21US #170
#47Tonya21US #36
#48Kristin20US #78
#49Patricia20US #27
#50Sheila20US #101
#51Christina19US #16
#52Michele19US #44
#53Paula19US #87
#54Denise18US #38
#55Ann17US #93
#56Dana17US #59
#57Jill17US #62
#58Sheri17US #165
#59Susan17US #25
#60Tamara17US #66
#61Theresa17US #69
#62Tiffany17US #52
#63Kristine16US #133
#64Laura16US #19
#65Crystal15US #48
#66Diane15US #115
#67Karla15
#68Kristie15US #161
#69Nancy15US #77
#70Sandra15US #39
#71Anita14US #142
#72Cynthia14US #26
#73Deanna14US #111
#74Deborah14US #56
#75Monica14US #40
#76Nichole14US #160
#77Cindy13US #92
#78Jody13US #163
#79Laurie13US #106
#80Pamela13US #47
#81April12US #33
#82Beth12US #117
#83Brandy12US #82
#84Carmen12US #156
#85Cheryl12US #74
#86Christy12US #73
#87Connie12US #144
#88Lynn12US #145
#89Melinda12US #72
#90Natalie12US #140
#91Toni12US #189
#92Debra11US #84
#93Janelle11
#94Kathryn11US #107
#95Kelli11US #157
#96Krista11US #143
#97Kristina11US #97
#98Leah11US #175
#99Sherry11US #76
#100Stacie11US #150

Boys

#1Michael217US #1
#2Jason209US #3
#3Chad160US #25
#4Christopher154US #2
#5Brian120US #8
#6David110US #5
#7Ryan110US #30
#8Robert107US #7
#9Scott106US #18
#10James91US #4
#11John91US #6
#12Mark76US #15
#13Daniel72US #11
#14Travis72US #53
#15Matthew70US #10
#16Steven65US #20
#17Eric62US #13
#18Paul62US #24
#19Jeffrey59US #17
#20Shawn59US #27
#21Todd57US #35
#22Aaron55US #34
#23Kevin55US #14
#24Brent53US #80
#25Jeremy53US #33
#26Thomas52US #19
#27William52US #9
#28Timothy51US #22
#29Shane48US #54
#30Richard44US #16
#31Justin42US #51
#32Troy42US #59
#33Joseph37US #12
#34Jamie36US #70
#35Anthony35US #21
#36Cory35US #128
#37Corey34US #89
#38Bradley32US #62
#39Jonathan32US #31
#40Patrick32US #37
#41Joshua31US #42
#42Charles29US #23
#43Gregory29US #26
#44Nathan29US #63
#45Gary28US #44
#46Jon28US #94
#47Craig27US #48
#48Joel26US #73
#49Kelly26US #147
#50Andrew25US #29
#51Bryan24US #43
#52Darin23
#53Terry23US #65
#54Wade23US #198
#55Darren22US #113
#56Dean22US #168
#57Randy22US #79
#58Jay21US #118
#59Kenneth21US #28
#60Douglas20US #47
#61Lee20US #123
#62Ronald20US #40
#63Donald19US #38
#64Jared19US #155
#65Peter19US #52
#66Sean19US #36
#67Brett17US #88
#68Erik17US #86
#69Shannon17US #100
#70Tracy17US #126
#71Wayne17US #107
#72Dennis16US #56
#73Jesse16US #75
#74Keith16US #41
#75Larry16US #50
#76Benjamin15US #55
#77Dale15US #141
#78Derek15US #69
#79Edward15US #39
#80Stephen15US #32
#81Brandon14US #58
#82Dana13
#83Jerry12US #57
#84Kyle12US #110
#85Roger12US #84
#86Russell12US #77
#87Trevor12
#88Adam11US #45
#89Alan11US #115
#90Billy11US #76
#91Casey11US #183
#92Curtis11US #98
#93Jeffery11US #64
#94Kent11
#95Lance11US #148
#96Micheal11US #106
#97Nicholas11US #85
#98Raymond11US #60
#99Clinton10US #161
#100Greg10US #181

On the move since 1972

Rising

↑45Joshua#41
↑41Becky#46
↑39Kristen#34
↑37Tara#39
↑29Kelly#49
↑29Terry#53
↑27Christina#51
↑26Andrew#50

Falling

↓36Susan#59
↓35Laura#64
↓33Pamela#80
↓31Curtis#92
↓27Keith#74
↓26Denise#54
↓24Mary#41
↓24Kyle#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1972 rankings.