State roster

Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1975 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,865 North Dakota births in 1975 across 371 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.

#57Wade#197 nationally
#65Joleneoutside the national top 200
#65Darinoutside the national top 200
#63Becky#193 nationally
#82Rossoutside the national top 200
#83Tyleroutside the national top 200
#84Bryceoutside the national top 200
#88Janelleoutside the national top 200
#21Kari#129 nationally
#45Nichole#153 nationally
#93Tracyoutside the national top 200
#98Renaeoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer205US #1
#2Amy146US #2
#3Heather123US #3
#4Melissa105US #4
#5Michelle100US #6
#6Lisa99US #8
#7Angela97US #5
#8Nicole91US #10
#9Rebecca73US #11
#10Sarah66US #17
#11Kimberly63US #7
#12Jessica61US #13
#13Stephanie61US #9
#14Heidi60US #66
#15Julie55US #18
#16Sara47US #54
#17Laura45US #20
#18Tracy44US #24
#19Tanya43US #50
#20Dawn42US #23
#21Kari42US #129
#22Jill40US #46
#23Tara39US #41
#24Shannon38US #21
#25Jodi37US #94
#26Wendy37US #33
#27Andrea36US #28
#28Kristi36US #109
#29Stacy36US #34
#30Stacey33US #44
#31Lori32US #39
#32Mary31US #19
#33Carrie30US #29
#34Christine30US #22
#35Amanda29US #14
#36Rachel29US #26
#37Christina28US #12
#38Erin28US #38
#39Tina28US #35
#40Teresa27US #61
#41April26US #25
#42Holly26US #55
#43Karen26US #27
#44Melanie25US #52
#45Nichole25US #153
#46Patricia25US #36
#47Susan25US #32
#48Amber24US #59
#49Elizabeth24US #15
#50Tiffany24US #37
#51Kelly22US #16
#52Brenda21US #67
#53Robin21US #65
#54Tammy21US #31
#55Misty20US #47
#56Danielle19US #42
#57Jenny19US #135
#58Kristen19US #60
#59Sheila19US #134
#60Crystal18US #43
#61Denise18US #64
#62Tonya18US #45
#63Becky17US #193
#64Brandi17US #88
#65Jolene17
#66Tamara17US #77
#67Anne16US #124
#68Cheryl16US #97
#69Katherine16US #58
#70Jacqueline15US #90
#71Joy15US #123
#72Kristina15US #103
#73Leah15US #132
#74Pamela15US #70
#75Shelly15US #113
#76Angie14US #140
#77Brandy14US #57
#78Kristy14US #141
#79Mandy14US #106
#80Rhonda14US #93
#81Stacie14US #146
#82Tricia14US #148
#83Barbara13US #83
#84Cindy13US #112
#85Dana13US #62
#86Emily13US #48
#87Erica13US #63
#88Janelle13
#89Jody13US #162
#90Kristine13US #169
#91Rachael13US #185
#92Traci13US #155
#93Allison12US #89
#94Ann12US #104
#95Kristin12US #74
#96Leslie12US #71
#97Paula12US #108
#98Renae12
#99Shana12
#100Shawna12US #161

Boys

#1Jason255US #2
#2Michael235US #1
#3Christopher164US #3
#4Chad147US #27
#5Ryan141US #23
#6David119US #5
#7Jeremy117US #24
#8Matthew114US #9
#9Scott102US #17
#10Travis100US #51
#11Brian97US #8
#12James93US #4
#13John91US #7
#14Daniel90US #11
#15Eric88US #13
#16Jeffrey76US #14
#17Robert76US #6
#18Steven75US #18
#19Aaron64US #32
#20Joshua58US #26
#21Justin57US #37
#22Kevin57US #15
#23Timothy56US #22
#24Bradley55US #52
#25Joseph55US #12
#26Shawn54US #31
#27William54US #10
#28Nathan51US #45
#29Troy50US #69
#30Corey48US #71
#31Mark48US #19
#32Paul46US #29
#33Shane44US #57
#34Jonathan43US #30
#35Brent41US #79
#36Andrew39US #28
#37Benjamin38US #36
#38Thomas38US #20
#39Todd37US #43
#40Jamie36US #62
#41Bryan35US #47
#42Jesse34US #64
#43Patrick34US #39
#44Anthony31US #21
#45Dustin30US #96
#46Cory28US #99
#47Peter27US #54
#48Kelly26US #150
#49Adam25US #38
#50Charles25US #25
#51Richard25US #16
#52Kyle24US #88
#53Brandon23US #44
#54Craig23US #58
#55Gregory23US #33
#56Jay23US #117
#57Wade22US #197
#58Jon21US #102
#59Keith21US #49
#60Sean21US #40
#61Derek20US #83
#62Jared20US #100
#63Shannon20US #101
#64Casey19US #130
#65Darin19
#66Darren19US #126
#67Randy19US #78
#68Kenneth18US #35
#69Terry17US #67
#70Dennis16US #59
#71Stephen16US #34
#72Joel15US #74
#73Lance15US #163
#74Wayne15US #120
#75Jacob14US #75
#76Chris13US #132
#77Ronald13US #46
#78Trevor13US #180
#79Brad12US #98
#80Donald12US #42
#81Larry12US #56
#82Ross12
#83Tyler12
#84Bryce11
#85Douglas11US #55
#86Erik11US #87
#87Gary11US #50
#88George11US #53
#89Jerry11US #65
#90Mitchell11US #191
#91Nicholas11US #81
#92Russell11US #82
#93Tracy11
#94Brett10US #92
#95Curtis10US #113
#96Jeffery10US #70
#97Lee10US #137
#98Philip10US #85
#99Tony10US #80
#100Blaine9

On the move since 1974

Rising

↑45Robin#53
↑42Teresa#40
↑37Becky#63
↑34Peter#47
↑33Corey#30
↑30Amber#48
↑26Erin#38
↑26Misty#55

Falling

↓46Kristin#95
↓41Ann#94
↓40Douglas#85
↓35Paula#97
↓31Lee#97
↓30Russell#92
↓27Donald#80
↓26Erik#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1974 rankings.