State roster

Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1978 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,600 North Dakota births in 1978 across 387 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.

#67Wadeoutside the national top 200
#53Kelly#180 nationally
#78Sherioutside the national top 200
#79Beckyoutside the national top 200
#81Darinoutside the national top 200
#82Austinoutside the national top 200
#87Bobbioutside the national top 200
#24Kari#137 nationally
#89Brockoutside the national top 200
#61Darren#166 nationally
#94Candace#196 nationally
#99Kentoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer228US #1
#2Jessica154US #3
#3Melissa141US #2
#4Sarah140US #8
#5Heather119US #5
#6Amy112US #4
#7Angela94US #7
#8Amanda92US #6
#9Nicole90US #10
#10Lisa76US #11
#11Sara74US #28
#12Andrea66US #23
#13Michelle66US #9
#14Stephanie63US #16
#15Amber61US #30
#16Rebecca60US #17
#17Kelly56US #12
#18Heidi52US #83
#19Tara47US #40
#20Kimberly46US #13
#21Jill44US #46
#22Julie43US #26
#23Laura43US #19
#24Kari42US #137
#25Christina41US #15
#26Erin40US #21
#27Crystal37US #18
#28Kristi37US #98
#29Jamie36US #20
#30Elizabeth35US #14
#31Shannon34US #22
#32Carrie33US #35
#33Tanya32US #82
#34Jodi31US #128
#35Rachel31US #25
#36Dawn30US #52
#37Mary30US #24
#38Wendy30US #56
#39Erica29US #34
#40Stacy29US #44
#41Holly28US #55
#42Katie26US #90
#43Melanie25US #54
#44Tina24US #45
#45Tracy24US #47
#46Danielle23US #31
#47Stacey23US #53
#48Tiffany23US #32
#49Katherine22US #38
#50Kristina22US #64
#51Mandy22US #96
#52Christine21US #29
#53Emily20US #33
#54Lindsay20US #95
#55Brandi19US #61
#56Megan19US #41
#57Susan19US #49
#58Kathryn18US #57
#59Leah18US #108
#60Lindsey18US #153
#61Lori18US #60
#62Brandy17US #37
#63Kristy17US #51
#64Misty17US #43
#65Karen16US #39
#66Nichole16US #116
#67Alicia15US #58
#68April15US #27
#69Jacqueline15US #81
#70Krista15US #156
#71Natalie15US #66
#72Allison14US #75
#73Anna14US #65
#74Erika14US #104
#75Jaime14US #70
#76Kristin14US #78
#77Shanna14US #149
#78Sheri14
#79Becky13
#80Dana13US #71
#81Kara13US #127
#82Kristen13US #62
#83Miranda13US #183
#84Tonya13US #77
#85Trisha13US #171
#86Ann12US #125
#87Bobbi12
#88Desiree12US #154
#89Leslie12US #63
#90Nancy12US #97
#91Shawna12US #161
#92Valerie12US #92
#93Anne11US #119
#94Candace11US #196
#95Courtney11US #68
#96Janelle11US #186
#97Kelli11US #124
#98Melinda11US #84
#99Summer11US #143
#100Alison10US #123

Boys

#1Michael211US #1
#2Jason201US #2
#3Ryan193US #14
#4Christopher170US #3
#5Matthew152US #6
#6Joshua144US #12
#7Justin144US #28
#8Jeremy138US #18
#9David122US #4
#10Nathan106US #36
#11Eric103US #16
#12Chad100US #35
#13John92US #7
#14Brian91US #9
#15James91US #5
#16Scott81US #30
#17Travis81US #46
#18Daniel79US #11
#19Robert79US #8
#20Joseph68US #10
#21Mark68US #26
#22Aaron67US #32
#23Nicholas67US #25
#24Timothy65US #17
#25Steven64US #24
#26Andrew61US #22
#27Benjamin58US #34
#28Paul58US #33
#29Jeffrey54US #19
#30Shawn53US #39
#31Jesse52US #51
#32Kevin52US #15
#33Thomas51US #23
#34Adam47US #29
#35Dustin46US #68
#36Shane45US #65
#37Brandon44US #40
#38Bradley43US #53
#39Corey42US #61
#40William42US #13
#41Brent40US #87
#42Jonathan40US #31
#43Cory39US #73
#44Patrick36US #42
#45Anthony35US #20
#46Bryan35US #43
#47Charles35US #27
#48Casey34US #92
#49Richard32US #21
#50Derek29US #75
#51Kyle29US #63
#52Troy29US #88
#53Kelly28US #180
#54Gregory26US #38
#55Shaun25US #52
#56Joel24US #74
#57Tyler24US #150
#58Lance22US #134
#59Jamie21US #95
#60Curtis20US #96
#61Darren20US #166
#62Erik20US #85
#63Jacob20US #50
#64Lee20US #133
#65Craig19US #66
#66Kristopher19US #104
#67Wade19
#68Cody18US #152
#69Nathaniel18US #94
#70Sean18US #45
#71Todd18US #56
#72Donald17US #48
#73Douglas17US #59
#74Jared17US #72
#75Jon17US #108
#76Keith17US #49
#77Kenneth17US #41
#78Philip16US #84
#79Samuel16US #57
#80Trevor16US #169
#81Darin15
#82Austin14
#83Derrick14US #76
#84Jay14US #119
#85Peter14US #54
#86Seth14US #106
#87Stephen14US #37
#88Wayne14US #138
#89Brock13
#90Lucas13US #136
#91Brett12US #112
#92Dale12US #176
#93Edward12US #47
#94Terry12US #91
#95Clinton11US #148
#96Gabriel11US #90
#97Gary11US #60
#98Jeremiah11US #81
#99Kent11
#100Luke11US #139

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑50Nicholas#23
↑45Erica#39
↑44Shaun#55
↑38Lindsey#60
↑34Brandy#62
↑33Tina#44
↑33Curtis#60
↑29Natalie#71

Falling

↓32Kara#81
↓32Jeremiah#98
↓31Jaime#75
↓27Nancy#90
↓27Jay#84
↓22Karen#65
↓22Brock#89
↓21Alicia#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.