State roster

Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1983 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,604 North Dakota births in 1983 across 380 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.

#59Coleoutside the national top 200
#70Kellyoutside the national top 200
#69Mandy#198 nationally
#74Chelseyoutside the national top 200
#81Kelseyoutside the national top 200
#82Wadeoutside the national top 200
#89Trishaoutside the national top 200
#92Janelleoutside the national top 200
#93Levioutside the national top 200
#80Ross#186 nationally
#96Tristaoutside the national top 200
#41Kari#145 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica193US #2
#2Amanda187US #3
#3Jennifer183US #1
#4Ashley145US #4
#5Nicole138US #7
#6Sarah138US #5
#7Heather96US #9
#8Kayla96US #81
#9Melissa91US #6
#10Stephanie88US #8
#11Amy86US #12
#12Amber85US #17
#13Lindsey84US #35
#14Erin80US #18
#15Megan71US #21
#16Rebecca71US #19
#17Angela70US #22
#18Rachel70US #20
#19Emily62US #25
#20Katie57US #45
#21Lisa57US #27
#22Laura56US #23
#23Sara53US #31
#24Michelle50US #13
#25Jamie47US #28
#26Andrea46US #30
#27Elizabeth46US #10
#28Kristen46US #37
#29Crystal43US #11
#30Alicia42US #41
#31Lindsay42US #36
#32Christina40US #16
#33Heidi39US #95
#34Kimberly39US #15
#35Danielle37US #29
#36Kristin37US #42
#37Tara35US #51
#38Tiffany35US #14
#39Jill32US #98
#40Kelly32US #26
#41Kari30US #145
#42Samantha30US #40
#43Shannon30US #38
#44Cassandra29US #70
#45Erica29US #33
#46Lacey27US #128
#47April26US #39
#48Holly25US #48
#49Katherine25US #34
#50Mary24US #32
#51Carrie23US #65
#52Kathryn23US #50
#53Julie22US #46
#54Natalie22US #52
#55Alexis21US #83
#56Anna21US #55
#57Brandi21US #56
#58Nichole21US #93
#59Patricia21US #60
#60Brittany20US #64
#61Allison19US #59
#62Courtney19US #44
#63Leah19US #82
#64Tanya19US #134
#65Bethany17US #99
#66Brooke17US #96
#67Kara17US #101
#68Kristina17US #63
#69Mandy17US #198
#70Miranda17US #118
#71Stacy17US #61
#72Tamara17US #131
#73Beth16US #169
#74Chelsey16
#75Christine16US #47
#76Dawn16US #106
#77Pamela16US #91
#78Alison15US #116
#79Desiree15US #94
#80Karen15US #77
#81Kelsey15
#82Alisha14US #141
#83Erika14US #80
#84Jenny14US #132
#85Kristi14US #154
#86Melinda14US #138
#87Rachael14US #123
#88Tracy14US #89
#89Trisha14
#90Cassie13US #173
#91Gina13US #121
#92Janelle13
#93Kathleen13US #73
#94Robin13US #127
#95Shawna13US #187
#96Trista13
#97Candace12US #104
#98Chelsea12US #102
#99Krista12US #142
#100Sheena12US #107

Boys

#1Michael220US #1
#2Matthew216US #3
#3Christopher208US #2
#4Joshua204US #5
#5Ryan184US #13
#6Justin136US #12
#7Daniel127US #8
#8Adam113US #18
#9Brandon113US #17
#10Andrew108US #15
#11David106US #4
#12Jason106US #7
#13Tyler103US #57
#14Dustin95US #43
#15Kyle94US #34
#16Nicholas93US #21
#17Joseph92US #11
#18John91US #9
#19Eric89US #20
#20Brian88US #14
#21Nathan88US #40
#22Aaron81US #29
#23Travis81US #41
#24James77US #6
#25Robert75US #10
#26Jeremy74US #30
#27Jacob73US #36
#28Jesse67US #46
#29Benjamin65US #32
#30Steven65US #23
#31Thomas61US #24
#32Cody59US #81
#33Chad57US #49
#34Anthony56US #22
#35Scott54US #38
#36Derek51US #51
#37Jared47US #56
#38Patrick46US #37
#39Paul46US #39
#40Jonathan45US #19
#41Jeffrey44US #28
#42Timothy43US #26
#43William42US #16
#44Casey40US #90
#45Mark40US #31
#46Bradley38US #52
#47Kevin37US #25
#48Brett35US #73
#49Jordan34US #72
#50Shawn34US #53
#51Lucas32US #117
#52Richard32US #27
#53Zachary32US #50
#54Cory31US #83
#55Luke29US #105
#56Charles26US #33
#57Brent25US #94
#58Bryan24US #47
#59Cole24
#60Lance24US #135
#61Lee24US #138
#62Craig23US #70
#63Derrick23US #78
#64Gregory23US #42
#65Seth23US #98
#66Troy23US #113
#67Kenneth22US #45
#68Shane22US #84
#69Ian21US #77
#70Kelly20
#71Todd20US #87
#72Peter19US #59
#73Trevor19US #130
#74Mathew18US #146
#75Samuel18US #54
#76Joel17US #67
#77Keith17US #61
#78Evan16US #93
#79Randy16US #96
#80Ross16US #186
#81Sean16US #44
#82Wade16
#83Corey15US #74
#84Jamie15US #153
#85Stephen15US #35
#86Chase14US #149
#87Douglas14US #69
#88Jeremiah14US #99
#89Mitchell14US #143
#90Curtis13US #100
#91Jay13US #170
#92Jon13US #148
#93Levi13
#94Marcus13US #58
#95Caleb12US #159
#96Darren12US #164
#97Drew12US #182
#98Raymond12US #71
#99Alexander11US #63
#100Austin11US #131

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑40Brittany#60
↑39Lucas#51
↑33Holly#48
↑32Nichole#58
↑32Patricia#59
↑30Jordan#49
↑23Anna#56
↑22Lee#61

Falling

↓35Kristi#85
↓29Corey#83
↓28Austin#100
↓24Dawn#76
↓24Jon#92
↓21Jeremiah#88
↓18Julie#53
↓18Stacy#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.