State roster

Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1976 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,067 North Dakota births in 1976 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.

#53Wadeoutside the national top 200
#65Cody#200 nationally
#75Karlaoutside the national top 200
#76Grantoutside the national top 200
#82Janelleoutside the national top 200
#89Darcyoutside the national top 200
#89Brockoutside the national top 200
#90Hopeoutside the national top 200
#52Katie#162 nationally
#91Joleneoutside the national top 200
#94Darinoutside the national top 200
#70Brooke#175 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer206US #1
#2Melissa136US #3
#3Amy128US #2
#4Heather125US #4
#5Jessica106US #8
#6Angela100US #5
#7Sarah86US #15
#8Nicole84US #13
#9Michelle64US #6
#10Rebecca64US #12
#11Sara63US #27
#12Lisa62US #9
#13Amanda59US #10
#14Shannon58US #17
#15Julie51US #21
#16Stephanie51US #11
#17Dawn50US #35
#18Kimberly49US #7
#19Heidi43US #70
#20Jill42US #52
#21Jodi40US #102
#22Kelly40US #19
#23Tara40US #42
#24Andrea39US #25
#25Jamie38US #18
#26Mary37US #22
#27Stacy34US #38
#28Tanya34US #61
#29Laura33US #20
#30Erin32US #24
#31Rachel32US #23
#32Kari31US #127
#33Tracy31US #37
#34Leah30US #119
#35Amber29US #49
#36Christina29US #14
#37Crystal29US #36
#38Elizabeth29US #16
#39Susan29US #40
#40Tina29US #48
#41Wendy29US #39
#42Holly27US #56
#43Melanie27US #53
#44Mandy26US #100
#45Carrie25US #28
#46Stacey25US #51
#47Christine24US #26
#48Kristi24US #104
#49Tammy24US #41
#50Danielle21US #33
#51Jaime21US #29
#52Katie21US #162
#53Tonya21US #58
#54Brandi20US #79
#55Jenny20US #109
#56Katherine20US #57
#57Lori20US #47
#58Erica19US #54
#59Kara19US #138
#60Misty19US #46
#61Allison18US #67
#62April18US #30
#63Brenda18US #77
#64Teresa18US #66
#65Emily17US #50
#66Robin17US #75
#67Sherry17US #111
#68Ann16US #108
#69Beth16US #114
#70Brooke16US #175
#71Rhonda16US #107
#72Tamara16US #91
#73Tiffany16US #32
#74Nichole15US #148
#75Karla14
#76Kristin14US #74
#77Leslie14US #65
#78Shelly14US #145
#79Deanna13US #128
#80Denise13US #69
#81Jacqueline13US #99
#82Janelle13
#83Joy13US #132
#84Karen13US #31
#85Michele13US #63
#86Nancy13US #87
#87Paula13US #121
#88Samantha13US #85
#89Darcy12
#90Hope12
#91Jolene12
#92Kathryn12US #88
#93Kristina12US #97
#94Sheila12US #143
#95Valerie12US #83
#96Anne11US #124
#97Cheri11
#98Laurie11US #137
#99Patricia11US #43
#100Renee11US #86

Boys

#1Jason258US #2
#2Michael234US #1
#3Christopher157US #3
#4Jeremy135US #14
#5Ryan135US #16
#6Chad130US #29
#7Eric116US #13
#8Matthew106US #9
#9Joshua105US #18
#10Travis105US #46
#11Brian100US #8
#12John98US #6
#13James96US #5
#14David95US #4
#15Robert95US #7
#16Scott89US #24
#17Daniel81US #10
#18Nathan78US #39
#19Steven75US #20
#20Jeffrey71US #17
#21Justin68US #33
#22Aaron64US #30
#23Kevin62US #15
#24Shawn61US #34
#25Paul58US #28
#26Shane54US #57
#27Brent53US #78
#28Bradley52US #51
#29Mark52US #25
#30Jonathan51US #31
#31William51US #11
#32Andrew47US #27
#33Joseph47US #12
#34Thomas47US #23
#35Jesse46US #55
#36Troy46US #73
#37Cory44US #83
#38Timothy44US #21
#39Benjamin43US #32
#40Corey40US #64
#41Dustin36US #82
#42Adam33US #36
#43Gregory33US #35
#44Jamie33US #62
#45Anthony32US #22
#46Brandon31US #40
#47Richard31US #19
#48Kyle30US #80
#49Craig29US #61
#50Patrick28US #41
#51Charles27US #26
#52Todd27US #50
#53Wade27
#54Kelly26US #158
#55Casey25US #123
#56Derek23US #84
#57Jared22US #90
#58Jon22US #111
#59Keith21US #48
#60Russell21US #87
#61Bryan20US #43
#62Joel19US #72
#63Samuel18US #59
#64Terry18US #75
#65Cody17US #200
#66Dennis17US #66
#67Donald17US #47
#68Jay16US #126
#69Peter16US #54
#70Curtis15US #105
#71Douglas15US #56
#72Stephen15US #37
#73Brett14US #109
#74Edward14US #45
#75Erik14US #94
#76Grant14
#77Jacob14US #63
#78Jeremiah14US #93
#79Kenneth14US #38
#80Darren13US #147
#81Lance13US #144
#82Lee13US #138
#83Ronald13US #49
#84Sean13US #42
#85Seth13US #128
#86Trevor13US #182
#87Philip12US #89
#88Tyler12US #179
#89Brock11
#90Gary11US #52
#91Jeffery11US #76
#92Randy11US #79
#93Wayne11US #131
#94Darin10
#95Shannon10US #98
#96Wesley10US #119
#97Bobby9US #96
#98Dale9US #161
#99Kory9
#100Larry9US #60

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑39Leah#34
↑35Mandy#44
↑32Allison#61
↑32Russell#60
↑29Kelly#22
↑29Erica#58
↑26Ann#68
↑25Curtis#70

Falling

↓53Patricia#99
↓41Karen#84
↓35Sheila#94
↓32Shannon#95
↓29Nichole#74
↓29Anne#96
↓29Darin#94
↓26Lori#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.