State roster

Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1981 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,767 North Dakota births in 1981 across 415 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.

#53Ross#200 nationally
#55Lacey#194 nationally
#62Kellyoutside the national top 200
#52Jodi#173 nationally
#81Bradyoutside the national top 200
#65Levi#182 nationally
#29Kari#145 nationally
#87Shannaoutside the national top 200
#89Jessieoutside the national top 200
#93Tanneroutside the national top 200
#94Randioutside the national top 200
#93Jenna#197 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica258US #2
#2Jennifer238US #1
#3Amanda186US #3
#4Sarah154US #4
#5Melissa114US #5
#6Amy106US #6
#7Amber102US #20
#8Nicole95US #7
#9Rebecca94US #12
#10Heather86US #10
#11Angela83US #15
#12Erin72US #19
#13Sara70US #26
#14Rachel66US #22
#15Andrea63US #24
#16Michelle63US #11
#17Lisa60US #18
#18Elizabeth57US #9
#19Jamie54US #28
#20Katie54US #44
#21Kimberly53US #13
#22Crystal51US #16
#23Laura51US #21
#24Stephanie51US #8
#25Kristin49US #31
#26Kristen45US #38
#27Lindsey44US #58
#28Heidi43US #84
#29Kari41US #145
#30Kelly39US #23
#31Tara39US #45
#32April38US #25
#33Ashley37US #34
#34Emily37US #29
#35Lindsay36US #47
#36Tiffany34US #14
#37Alicia32US #46
#38Christina32US #17
#39Jill31US #78
#40Megan31US #33
#41Courtney29US #43
#42Katherine28US #39
#43Shannon28US #32
#44Erica27US #36
#45Julie27US #37
#46Allison26US #57
#47Danielle26US #30
#48Kathryn26US #48
#49Tanya26US #92
#50Holly24US #63
#51Brooke23US #52
#52Jodi23US #173
#53Melanie23US #66
#54Dawn22US #79
#55Lacey22US #194
#56Brandi21US #50
#57Kelli21US #126
#58Mindy21US #155
#59Carrie20US #55
#60Mary20US #27
#61Tracy20US #77
#62Dana19US #70
#63Kristi19US #129
#64Mandy19US #136
#65Miranda19US #128
#66Stacey19US #83
#67Cassandra18US #104
#68Kristina18US #72
#69Misty18US #61
#70Samantha18US #51
#71Tammy18US #117
#72Jenny17US #123
#73Nichole17US #109
#74Stacy17US #65
#75Tina17US #80
#76Anna16US #54
#77Anne16US #105
#78Christine16US #42
#79Kara16US #121
#80Natasha16US #85
#81Beth15US #125
#82Bethany15US #114
#83Brandy15US #41
#84Leah15US #81
#85Alison14US #113
#86Robin14US #102
#87Shanna14
#88Theresa14US #100
#89Jessie13
#90Patricia13US #53
#91Teresa13US #97
#92Desiree12US #171
#93Jenna12US #197
#94Randi12
#95Alisha11US #142
#96Ann11US #133
#97Casey11US #122
#98Cassie11
#99Lacy11
#100Lori11US #91

Boys

#1Michael214US #1
#2Joshua210US #6
#3Ryan196US #13
#4Matthew194US #3
#5Justin185US #12
#6Christopher172US #2
#7Jason146US #4
#8Dustin123US #42
#9Andrew107US #18
#10Nathan106US #36
#11Travis104US #40
#12David102US #5
#13Jeremy101US #22
#14Joseph99US #11
#15Daniel97US #10
#16Eric96US #17
#17Brandon88US #19
#18James88US #7
#19Jesse87US #37
#20John87US #8
#21Scott83US #34
#22Robert82US #9
#23Brian81US #14
#24Nicholas79US #21
#25Benjamin78US #32
#26Jonathan75US #16
#27Chad73US #47
#28Kyle73US #52
#29Adam68US #20
#30Aaron62US #30
#31Steven59US #28
#32Jeffrey58US #29
#33Thomas58US #26
#34Timothy56US #24
#35Tyler53US #96
#36Jacob49US #43
#37Jared49US #57
#38Derek47US #53
#39Shane47US #81
#40Brent46US #88
#41Paul46US #35
#42Casey44US #85
#43Richard44US #27
#44Mark42US #33
#45Shawn42US #49
#46William41US #15
#47Bradley40US #50
#48Anthony38US #23
#49Lucas35US #89
#50Kevin34US #25
#51Corey33US #69
#52Patrick31US #38
#53Ross30US #200
#54Cody28US #119
#55Brett27US #79
#56Bryan26US #48
#57Charles26US #31
#58Douglas25US #64
#59Luke25US #100
#60Mitchell25US #140
#61Erik24US #76
#62Kelly24
#63Joel23US #65
#64Jordan23US #102
#65Levi23US #182
#66Cory22US #90
#67Peter22US #55
#68Troy22US #114
#69Kenneth21US #41
#70Keith20US #58
#71Lance19US #160
#72Seth19US #95
#73Stephen19US #39
#74Todd19US #74
#75Trevor19US #155
#76Darren18US #176
#77Gregory18US #46
#78Randy18US #91
#79Ian17US #101
#80Shaun17US #86
#81Brady16
#82Craig16US #72
#83Jamie16US #118
#84Jon16US #132
#85Zachary16US #63
#86Austin15US #173
#87Derrick15US #78
#88Garrett15US #167
#89Carl14US #106
#90Jeremiah14US #77
#91Lee14US #123
#92Sean14US #44
#93Tanner14
#94Clinton13US #124
#95Curtis13US #94
#96Philip13US #84
#97Donald12US #56
#98Blake11US #159
#99Kristopher11US #146
#100Mathew11US #165

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑46Ross#53
↑35Ashley#33
↑30Courtney#41
↑26Lindsay#35
↑26Brandi#56
↑26Kelli#57
↑25Kathryn#48
↑24Brett#55

Falling

↓33Leah#84
↓33Craig#82
↓29Alison#85
↓28Curtis#95
↓22Carrie#59
↓21Kristi#63
↓21Christine#78
↓19Kara#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.