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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1977 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,802 North Dakota births in 1977 across 394 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.

#63Wadeoutside the national top 200
#65Renaeoutside the national top 200
#67Brockoutside the national top 200
#69Deanoutside the national top 200
#75Darinoutside the national top 200
#65Cody#183 nationally
#85Joleneoutside the national top 200
#48Kelly#162 nationally
#76Mitchell#186 nationally
#91Rossoutside the national top 200
#23Kari#130 nationally
#96Koryoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer260US #1
#2Jessica128US #4
#3Angela119US #6
#4Sarah118US #11
#5Melissa117US #2
#6Heather112US #5
#7Amy103US #3
#8Amanda85US #9
#9Michelle84US #7
#10Nicole84US #15
#11Sara83US #27
#12Lisa75US #12
#13Kelly66US #10
#14Rebecca58US #17
#15Stephanie58US #14
#16Andrea56US #24
#17Shannon55US #19
#18Heidi53US #81
#19Jill51US #41
#20Tara51US #35
#21Kimberly49US #8
#22Julie46US #22
#23Kari46US #130
#24Dawn45US #43
#25Holly45US #52
#26Jamie45US #18
#27Elizabeth43US #13
#28Laura42US #20
#29Amber41US #33
#30Stacy41US #42
#31Erin38US #23
#32Rachel38US #26
#33Carrie34US #28
#34Mary34US #21
#35Stacey33US #56
#36Wendy32US #49
#37Christina31US #16
#38Melanie31US #53
#39Crystal30US #25
#40Mandy30US #94
#41Tanya29US #67
#42Jodi28US #105
#43Karen27US #32
#44Jaime26US #46
#45Kristi26US #104
#46Alicia25US #60
#47Tracy25US #50
#48Jenny24US #108
#49Kara24US #120
#50Monica24US #39
#51Christine22US #30
#52Danielle22US #31
#53Lindsay22US #110
#54Katie21US #115
#55Brenda20US #91
#56Emily20US #37
#57Nichole20US #142
#58Tammy20US #55
#59Kristy19US #68
#60Leah19US #112
#61Megan19US #54
#62Misty19US #40
#63Nancy19US #89
#64Allison18US #66
#65Renae18
#66Tiffany18US #34
#67Katherine17US #44
#68Kristina17US #83
#69Lori17US #57
#70Susan17US #45
#71April16US #29
#72Brandi16US #71
#73Kathryn16US #70
#74Kristin16US #82
#75Patricia16US #47
#76Tamara16US #93
#77Tina16US #58
#78Tonya16US #64
#79Ann15US #118
#80Jody15US #184
#81Robin15US #84
#82Valerie15US #86
#83Denise14US #78
#84Erica14US #38
#85Jolene14
#86Rhonda14US #131
#87Shanna14US #168
#88Vanessa14US #90
#89Anne13US #123
#90Christy13US #59
#91Suzanne13US #121
#92Dana12US #62
#93Kelli12US #117
#94Kristen12US #72
#95Summer12US #119
#96Brandy11US #51
#97Kristine11US #174
#98Lindsey11US #194
#99Marie11US #149
#100Natalie11US #69

Boys

#1Jason237US #2
#2Michael206US #1
#3Ryan193US #16
#4Christopher165US #3
#5Jeremy162US #15
#6Matthew141US #9
#7Chad122US #34
#8Eric114US #17
#9Joshua112US #14
#10Travis108US #44
#11Brian104US #8
#12Justin104US #30
#13David102US #4
#14Nathan89US #36
#15Daniel88US #11
#16Joseph87US #10
#17James86US #5
#18Robert86US #6
#19Scott84US #27
#20John83US #7
#21Steven70US #23
#22Aaron68US #32
#23Andrew67US #24
#24Corey64US #52
#25Kevin64US #13
#26Jeffrey63US #19
#27Benjamin61US #29
#28Jesse61US #54
#29Mark61US #25
#30Timothy57US #18
#31Shane51US #61
#32Thomas49US #22
#33Brandon47US #41
#34Cory47US #67
#35Richard47US #20
#36Shawn47US #37
#37Patrick46US #40
#38William46US #12
#39Dustin43US #81
#40Anthony42US #21
#41Jonathan40US #28
#42Bradley39US #49
#43Paul38US #31
#44Brent36US #85
#45Bryan36US #42
#46Charles34US #26
#47Craig32US #64
#48Kelly32US #162
#49Adam31US #33
#50Casey31US #102
#51Lance31US #139
#52Todd31US #50
#53Troy31US #88
#54Jamie29US #82
#55Gregory27US #35
#56Douglas26US #59
#57Jay26US #130
#58Derek22US #84
#59Kyle22US #79
#60Randy21US #86
#61Joel20US #73
#62Tyler20US #165
#63Wade20
#64Jacob19US #56
#65Cody18US #183
#66Jeremiah18US #69
#67Brock17
#68Lee17US #133
#69Dean16
#70Jared16US #76
#71Jon16US #117
#72Kenneth16US #39
#73Nicholas16US #51
#74Stephen16US #38
#75Darin15
#76Mitchell15US #186
#77Russell15US #89
#78Darren14US #158
#79Dennis14US #68
#80Micheal14US #122
#81Peter14US #55
#82Shannon14US #120
#83Brett13US #109
#84Dale13US #176
#85Erik13US #94
#86Keith13US #48
#87Luke13US #190
#88Sean13US #43
#89Seth13US #118
#90Brad12US #106
#91Ross12
#92Tony12US #92
#93Curtis11US #100
#94Edward11US #47
#95Gary11US #58
#96Kory11
#97Lucas11
#98Marc11US #101
#99Shaun11US #103
#100Terry11US #83

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑41Karen#43
↑32Randy#60
↑30Lance#51
↑26Tyler#62
↑25Kristina#68
↑24Patricia#75
↑23Nancy#63
↑22Brock#67

Falling

↓37Tina#77
↓36Terry#100
↓31Susan#70
↓27Keith#86
↓26Leah#60
↓26Erica#84
↓25Tonya#78
↓23Curtis#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.