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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1979 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,145 North Dakota births in 1979 across 395 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.

#64Kelly#200 nationally
#69Wadeoutside the national top 200
#80Jodyoutside the national top 200
#81Garrettoutside the national top 200
#82Levioutside the national top 200
#60Miranda#174 nationally
#38Kari#151 nationally
#88Brockoutside the national top 200
#79Chris#189 nationally
#94Bradyoutside the national top 200
#86Mathew#192 nationally
#95Dallasoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer230US #1
#2Jessica171US #4
#3Amanda150US #3
#4Melissa140US #2
#5Sarah113US #6
#6Heather110US #7
#7Nicole107US #9
#8Angela101US #8
#9Amy95US #5
#10Michelle81US #10
#11Amber77US #22
#12Lisa69US #13
#13Sara69US #30
#14Erin64US #21
#15Andrea61US #26
#16Stephanie60US #15
#17Kimberly56US #12
#18Katie52US #63
#19Kelly51US #16
#20Heidi49US #83
#21Rachel48US #27
#22Elizabeth47US #11
#23Christina46US #14
#24Tara46US #38
#25Jill45US #52
#26Rebecca45US #17
#27Laura43US #20
#28Jamie42US #19
#29Shannon40US #25
#30Julie36US #29
#31Stacy36US #43
#32Crystal34US #18
#33Holly34US #48
#34Carrie33US #41
#35Dawn32US #57
#36Mandy32US #116
#37Nichole32US #103
#38Kari31US #151
#39April30US #23
#40Erica30US #32
#41Stacey29US #60
#42Megan28US #31
#43Emily27US #34
#44Tiffany27US #28
#45Danielle25US #33
#46Tanya25US #93
#47Kristi24US #109
#48Tina24US #58
#49Mary23US #24
#50Susan23US #51
#51Dana22US #54
#52Christine21US #35
#53Krista21US #130
#54Misty21US #42
#55Beth20US #118
#56Katherine20US #36
#57Kathryn20US #50
#58Jodi19US #140
#59Kristin19US #73
#60Miranda19US #174
#61Samantha19US #66
#62Tonya19US #86
#63Alicia18US #47
#64Allison18US #70
#65Brandy18US #39
#66Kristy18US #56
#67Lindsey18US #113
#68Mindy18US #81
#69Valerie18US #89
#70Wendy18US #64
#71Karen17US #46
#72Leah17US #98
#73Leslie17US #65
#74Melanie17US #53
#75Melinda17US #82
#76Pamela17US #90
#77Anne16US #115
#78Candace16US #173
#79Jacqueline16US #80
#80Jody16
#81Kristina16US #74
#82Tammy16US #79
#83Kristen15US #62
#84Theresa15US #100
#85Anna14US #59
#86Brandi14US #61
#87Brooke14US #85
#88Kara14US #125
#89Natalie14US #68
#90Patricia14US #44
#91Sandra14US #77
#92Trisha14US #159
#93Jaime13US #97
#94Jenny13US #120
#95Kelli13US #129
#96Lori13US #69
#97Suzanne13US #127
#98Tracy13US #49
#99Casey12US #144
#100Nikki12

Boys

#1Jason228US #3
#2Christopher209US #2
#3Michael209US #1
#4Ryan174US #14
#5Matthew173US #6
#6Joshua162US #9
#7Justin134US #22
#8David127US #4
#9Jeremy114US #16
#10Nathan112US #37
#11Travis107US #36
#12John101US #7
#13James98US #5
#14Robert95US #8
#15Aaron87US #32
#16Brian86US #10
#17Chad86US #38
#18Eric85US #17
#19Daniel83US #12
#20Nicholas81US #15
#21Joseph80US #11
#22Scott80US #29
#23Andrew79US #20
#24Timothy68US #18
#25Jeffrey67US #24
#26Thomas61US #26
#27Brandon60US #35
#28Mark60US #30
#29Dustin59US #62
#30Steven56US #27
#31Kevin55US #19
#32Jesse53US #50
#33Adam51US #23
#34Benjamin51US #33
#35Shane50US #67
#36Shawn43US #43
#37Kyle42US #56
#38Richard42US #25
#39Jonathan41US #31
#40William41US #13
#41Patrick39US #39
#42Paul39US #34
#43Anthony35US #21
#44Bradley33US #47
#45Tyler33US #131
#46Corey31US #63
#47Cory31US #82
#48Jared31US #65
#49Troy30US #99
#50Brent29US #84
#51Bryan29US #46
#52Casey29US #93
#53Derek29US #72
#54Lucas29US #108
#55Jacob28US #45
#56Charles27US #28
#57Jay27US #126
#58Joel27US #71
#59Jamie26US #88
#60Peter26US #53
#61Cody25US #147
#62Luke24US #110
#63Samuel24US #55
#64Kelly23US #200
#65Craig22US #77
#66Kristopher22US #114
#67Lance22US #142
#68Todd22US #60
#69Wade22
#70Gregory21US #42
#71Jeremiah21US #81
#72Curtis20US #91
#73Mitchell19US #174
#74Douglas18US #58
#75Erik18US #66
#76Shaun18US #64
#77Brett17US #98
#78Sean17US #49
#79Chris16US #189
#80Jon16US #118
#81Garrett15
#82Levi15
#83Donald14US #51
#84Gary14US #59
#85Lee14US #129
#86Mathew14US #192
#87Randy14US #86
#88Brock13
#89Keith13US #52
#90Kenneth13US #41
#91Philip13US #83
#92Seth13US #101
#93Stephen13US #40
#94Brady12
#95Dallas12
#96Darren12US #164
#97Gabriel12US #90
#98Trent12
#99Trevor12US #153
#100Alan11US #116

On the move since 1978

Rising

↑38Luke#62
↑36Lucas#54
↑29Nichole#37
↑29April#39
↑29Dana#51
↑27Jay#57
↑27Jeremiah#71
↑26Jared#48

Falling

↓53Tracy#98
↓35Lori#96
↓35Darren#96
↓32Wendy#70
↓31Melanie#74
↓31Kristina#81
↓31Brandi#86
↓24Jodi#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1978 rankings.