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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1980 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,419 North Dakota births in 1980 across 397 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.

#64Kellyoutside the national top 200
#66Wadeoutside the national top 200
#30Kari#158 nationally
#66Kristine#189 nationally
#78Levioutside the national top 200
#81Joeyoutside the national top 200
#83Austinoutside the national top 200
#86Naomioutside the national top 200
#55Jodi#167 nationally
#90Brockoutside the national top 200
#94Bradyoutside the national top 200
#95Danaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer241US #1
#2Jessica209US #3
#3Amanda176US #2
#4Heather126US #6
#5Sarah123US #5
#6Melissa110US #4
#7Nicole97US #7
#8Amy89US #8
#9Michelle79US #10
#10Amber74US #22
#11Erin74US #20
#12Angela68US #12
#13Stephanie68US #13
#14Crystal65US #18
#15Lisa64US #16
#16Rebecca62US #17
#17Sara59US #27
#18Laura58US #21
#19Andrea55US #28
#20Jamie55US #24
#21Kelly54US #19
#22Heidi53US #79
#23Katie53US #44
#24Elizabeth52US #9
#25Kristen50US #39
#26Megan48US #30
#27Rachel43US #23
#28Christina42US #15
#29Jill42US #66
#30Kari41US #158
#31Kimberly40US #11
#32Kristin37US #37
#33Tanya35US #88
#34Emily34US #31
#35Katherine33US #35
#36Tiffany33US #14
#37Carrie31US #46
#38Lindsey29US #91
#39Tara29US #43
#40April28US #26
#41Holly28US #52
#42Kristi28US #122
#43Alicia27US #47
#44Dawn27US #67
#45Mary27US #25
#46Julie26US #32
#47Shannon26US #29
#48Danielle25US #33
#49Erica25US #34
#50Brooke23US #57
#51Leah23US #84
#52Miranda23US #128
#53Stacey23US #74
#54Allison22US #59
#55Jodi22US #167
#56Alison21US #101
#57Christine21US #41
#58Nichole21US #102
#59Tina21US #72
#60Kara20US #127
#61Lindsay20US #71
#62Mandy20US #132
#63Mindy20US #131
#64Tracy20US #56
#65Kristina19US #73
#66Kristine18US #189
#67Melanie18US #60
#68Ashley17US #40
#69Misty17US #49
#70Brandy16US #42
#71Courtney16US #48
#72Dana16US #68
#73Kathryn16US #50
#74Tonya16US #97
#75Anne15US #112
#76Erika15US #87
#77Krista15US #121
#78Samantha15US #58
#79Stacy15US #53
#80Trisha15US #161
#81Beth14US #106
#82Brandi14US #63
#83Kelli14US #125
#84Leslie14US #61
#85Nancy14US #111
#86Naomi14
#87Natalie14US #65
#88Susan14US #62
#89Cassandra13US #138
#90Denise13US #95
#91Jacqueline13US #81
#92Kristy13US #78
#93Lori13US #76
#94Meghan13US #114
#95Monica13US #45
#96Nikki13
#97Renae13
#98Robin13US #109
#99Wendy13US #75
#100Ann11US #136

Boys

#1Joshua242US #7
#2Michael222US #1
#3Justin183US #13
#4Matthew178US #6
#5Ryan174US #15
#6Christopher166US #2
#7Jason155US #3
#8Jeremy130US #18
#9David113US #4
#10Travis110US #37
#11Eric103US #16
#12Brian100US #12
#13Dustin98US #44
#14Nathan98US #36
#15Daniel95US #11
#16Scott95US #33
#17John89US #8
#18James87US #5
#19Nicholas87US #17
#20Robert87US #9
#21Adam85US #22
#22Andrew84US #19
#23Chad84US #39
#24Jesse75US #45
#25Aaron72US #34
#26Brandon72US #31
#27Joseph72US #10
#28Benjamin65US #32
#29Jonathan65US #21
#30Steven64US #28
#31Derek62US #50
#32Thomas61US #25
#33Jeffrey60US #27
#34Tyler55US #114
#35Paul53US #35
#36William51US #14
#37Timothy48US #20
#38Shawn45US #47
#39Mark43US #30
#40Kyle42US #57
#41Casey41US #93
#42Bradley39US #51
#43Jacob38US #43
#44Anthony36US #24
#45Charles36US #29
#46Shane36US #69
#47Kevin35US #23
#48Patrick35US #38
#49Craig30US #73
#50Jared30US #61
#51Brent29US #84
#52Richard28US #26
#53Erik27US #64
#54Cody26US #143
#55Troy26US #106
#56Cory25US #83
#57Jay25US #141
#58Joel25US #67
#59Lance25US #152
#60Lucas25US #98
#61Luke25US #97
#62Corey23US #68
#63Todd23US #75
#64Kelly22
#65Peter22US #55
#66Wade22
#67Curtis21US #89
#68Bryan20US #49
#69Derrick20US #74
#70Mitchell20US #164
#71Seth20US #99
#72Jeremiah19US #76
#73Kenneth19US #41
#74Trevor19US #155
#75Jamie18US #105
#76Jon18US #127
#77Gregory17US #42
#78Levi16
#79Brett15US #96
#80Douglas15US #62
#81Joey15
#82Keith15US #56
#83Austin14
#84Edward14US #52
#85Lee14US #125
#86Nathaniel14US #86
#87Russell14US #92
#88Stephen14US #40
#89Zachary14US #72
#90Brock13
#91Donald13US #53
#92Kristopher13US #138
#93Randy13US #87
#94Brady12
#95Dana12
#96Darren12US #163
#97Grant12
#98Philip12US #82
#99Ross12
#100Terry12US #101

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑58Kristen#25
↑37Brooke#50
↑34Tracy#64
↑29Lindsey#38
↑28Kara#60
↑27Kristin#32
↑25Trevor#74
↑22Derek#31

Falling

↓48Stacy#79
↓38Susan#88
↓29Wendy#99
↓26Mandy#62
↓26Beth#81
↓26Kristy#92
↓26Kristopher#92
↓24Krista#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.