State roster

Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1982 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,031 North Dakota births in 1982 across 411 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.

#70Coleoutside the national top 200
#71Wadeoutside the national top 200
#75Bradyoutside the national top 200
#15Kayla#133 nationally
#80Kelly#197 nationally
#85Tessaoutside the national top 200
#92Grantoutside the national top 200
#93Chelseyoutside the national top 200
#31Kari#136 nationally
#96Kateoutside the national top 200
#97Levioutside the national top 200
#75Jodi#176 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica251US #2
#2Jennifer216US #1
#3Amanda174US #3
#4Sarah151US #4
#5Nicole112US #6
#6Melissa111US #5
#7Amber104US #18
#8Amy98US #10
#9Heather90US #12
#10Michelle76US #11
#11Sara76US #28
#12Stephanie71US #7
#13Lisa70US #23
#14Elizabeth67US #8
#15Kayla64US #133
#16Ashley63US #17
#17Lindsey63US #40
#18Andrea62US #27
#19Erin62US #20
#20Angela61US #16
#21Rebecca61US #15
#22Katie57US #45
#23Crystal54US #9
#24Kristen51US #33
#25Kristin49US #37
#26Rachel45US #21
#27Jamie44US #29
#28Emily43US #24
#29Kelly43US #25
#30Lacey42US #125
#31Kari41US #136
#32Laura41US #22
#33Megan41US #34
#34Danielle39US #31
#35Julie37US #41
#36Kimberly37US #14
#37Heidi35US #86
#38Lindsay35US #39
#39Tara34US #47
#40Tiffany32US #13
#41Erica29US #35
#42Christina28US #19
#43Jill28US #89
#44Shannon28US #38
#45Alicia27US #53
#46April27US #32
#47Natalie27US #51
#48Cassandra26US #62
#49Courtney26US #43
#50Kristi26US #140
#51Brooke24US #92
#52Dawn24US #95
#53Stacy24US #72
#54Katherine23US #36
#55Mary23US #30
#56Samantha23US #44
#57Leah22US #79
#58Leslie22US #60
#59Miranda22US #117
#60Carrie21US #57
#61Kathryn21US #48
#62Tanya20US #114
#63Allison19US #58
#64Susan19US #76
#65Brandi18US #55
#66Alison17US #111
#67Bethany17US #112
#68Christine17US #46
#69Jenny17US #121
#70Misty17US #74
#71Theresa17US #109
#72Tina17US #90
#73Vanessa17US #49
#74Brandy16US #50
#75Jodi16US #176
#76Kristina16US #70
#77Pamela16US #82
#78Shawna16US #162
#79Anna15US #56
#80Beth15US #148
#81Holly15US #61
#82Kara15US #113
#83Katrina15US #87
#84Stacey15US #85
#85Tessa15
#86Alisha14US #145
#87Krista14US #173
#88Mandy14US #171
#89Natasha14US #71
#90Nichole14US #99
#91Patricia14US #59
#92Cassie13US #137
#93Chelsey13
#94Dana13US #67
#95Jacqueline13US #54
#96Kate13
#97Marie13US #154
#98Monica13US #52
#99Bridget12US #147
#100Brittany12US #94

Boys

#1Joshua244US #7
#2Michael223US #1
#3Christopher214US #2
#4Matthew207US #3
#5Ryan180US #13
#6Justin178US #12
#7Jason146US #4
#8Daniel120US #10
#9Dustin120US #42
#10David116US #5
#11Tyler111US #66
#12Eric102US #20
#13Andrew99US #17
#14Travis95US #39
#15Brandon93US #18
#16Nathan93US #36
#17Jeremy91US #28
#18Adam90US #19
#19Nicholas90US #22
#20Aaron89US #30
#21John88US #8
#22Joseph88US #11
#23James85US #6
#24Brian83US #14
#25Robert79US #9
#26Jonathan78US #16
#27Jesse76US #43
#28Benjamin75US #33
#29Scott75US #34
#30Thomas67US #23
#31Chad66US #48
#32Derek59US #50
#33Anthony57US #21
#34Jeffrey56US #29
#35Kyle55US #47
#36William52US #15
#37Casey50US #86
#38Timothy50US #24
#39Mark48US #32
#40Steven48US #26
#41Cody46US #95
#42Jacob46US #41
#43Jared43US #54
#44Richard43US #27
#45Patrick40US #37
#46Paul40US #35
#47Bradley39US #51
#48Brett37US #72
#49Shawn36US #52
#50Cory32US #93
#51Kevin32US #25
#52Brent31US #91
#53Shane30US #84
#54Corey29US #74
#55Luke29US #119
#56Zachary29US #55
#57Bryan27US #49
#58Charles27US #31
#59Craig26US #73
#60Derrick25US #78
#61Lance25US #142
#62Todd25US #82
#63Erik24US #80
#64Gregory24US #40
#65Kenneth22US #45
#66Troy22US #115
#67Jeremiah21US #89
#68Jon21US #141
#69Trevor21US #146
#70Cole20
#71Wade20
#72Austin19US #156
#73Jay19US #164
#74Keith19US #59
#75Brady18
#76Donald18US #58
#77Jamie18US #131
#78Joel18US #69
#79Jordan18US #85
#80Kelly18US #197
#81Sean18US #44
#82Seth18US #102
#83Lee17US #123
#84Mitchell17US #135
#85Philip17US #79
#86Ross17US #179
#87Evan16US #108
#88Peter16US #57
#89Randy16US #94
#90Lucas15US #106
#91Garrett14US #180
#92Grant14
#93Mathew14US #160
#94Phillip14US #67
#95Blake13US #120
#96Darren13US #174
#97Levi13
#98Nathaniel13US #75
#99Allen12US #122
#100Darin12

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑29Zachary#56
↑27Leah#57
↑27Derrick#60
↑25Lacey#30
↑24Tyler#11
↑23Craig#59
↑23Jeremiah#67
↑21Stacy#53

Falling

↓41Lucas#90
↓33Ross#86
↓32Dana#94
↓32Levi#97
↓31Holly#81
↓24Mandy#88
↓24Mitchell#84
↓23Jodi#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.