State roster

Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1984 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,237 North Dakota births in 1984 across 393 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.

#56Coleoutside the national top 200
#63Bradyoutside the national top 200
#70Chelseyoutside the national top 200
#74Tristaoutside the national top 200
#79Tessaoutside the national top 200
#80Alissaoutside the national top 200
#81Levioutside the national top 200
#58Kelsey#177 nationally
#85Tanneroutside the national top 200
#86Jodioutside the national top 200
#86Kellyoutside the national top 200
#45Kari#156 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley188US #3
#2Jessica169US #2
#3Jennifer167US #1
#4Amanda151US #4
#5Nicole130US #7
#6Sarah117US #5
#7Megan104US #11
#8Heather96US #9
#9Kayla86US #100
#10Stephanie83US #6
#11Amber81US #18
#12Amy80US #13
#13Melissa80US #8
#14Sara67US #32
#15Lindsey64US #35
#16Danielle61US #16
#17Rachel61US #15
#18Elizabeth60US #10
#19Jenna56US #54
#20Katie56US #44
#21Laura56US #19
#22Michelle53US #17
#23Erin50US #25
#24Andrea48US #28
#25Brittany48US #41
#26Lisa46US #29
#27Angela45US #26
#28Crystal45US #12
#29Lindsay45US #36
#30Rebecca45US #23
#31Emily44US #24
#32Alicia43US #40
#33Samantha42US #39
#34Kristen41US #38
#35Tiffany41US #14
#36Katherine34US #30
#37Kristin34US #47
#38Lacey34US #116
#39Shannon34US #37
#40Kimberly33US #22
#41Christina32US #20
#42Heidi32US #101
#43Kelly31US #27
#44Tara29US #49
#45Kari28US #156
#46Bethany27US #93
#47Carrie27US #78
#48Chelsea27US #84
#49Miranda27US #114
#50Cassandra26US #63
#51Holly26US #53
#52Kathryn26US #48
#53Allison25US #51
#54April25US #42
#55Nichole25US #97
#56Courtney24US #46
#57Jamie23US #31
#58Kelsey23US #177
#59Krista22US #133
#60Leah22US #83
#61Mary21US #33
#62Kristina20US #68
#63Christine19US #43
#64Anna18US #57
#65Sheena18US #80
#66Stacy18US #67
#67Brandi17US #61
#68Brandy17US #64
#69Brooke17US #99
#70Chelsey17
#71Erica17US #34
#72Erika17US #81
#73Susan17US #90
#74Trista17
#75Kara16US #95
#76Alisha15US #123
#77Alyssa15US #180
#78Dana15US #73
#79Tessa15
#80Alissa14
#81Margaret14US #92
#82Natalie14US #55
#83Tanya14US #140
#84Alison13US #110
#85Jaclyn13US #134
#86Jodi13
#87Meghan13US #65
#88Tracy13US #91
#89Ann12US #160
#90Beth12US #168
#91Bridget12US #163
#92Katrina12US #105
#93Kendra12US #150
#94Lacy12
#95Melanie12US #85
#96Stacey12US #79
#97Vanessa12US #45
#98Anne11US #127
#99Candace11US #102
#100Casey11US #107

Boys

#1Michael219US #1
#2Matthew210US #3
#3Christopher197US #2
#4Joshua187US #4
#5Ryan159US #12
#6Brandon133US #15
#7Tyler129US #47
#8Daniel113US #6
#9Andrew102US #14
#10Justin101US #13
#11Dustin95US #41
#12Jason95US #11
#13David94US #5
#14Aaron91US #29
#15Eric88US #22
#16John88US #8
#17Adam87US #18
#18Kyle82US #34
#19Nathan79US #38
#20Jonathan78US #19
#21Joseph76US #10
#22James74US #7
#23Cody73US #62
#24Brian68US #17
#25Nicholas68US #20
#26Travis68US #42
#27Jeremy66US #31
#28Robert64US #9
#29Benjamin63US #30
#30Thomas62US #25
#31Timothy60US #26
#32Jacob59US #37
#33Scott59US #39
#34Steven59US #23
#35Casey57US #82
#36Zachary54US #45
#37Derek53US #52
#38Mark52US #32
#39Anthony50US #21
#40Jared50US #59
#41Jesse47US #50
#42Jordan44US #65
#43Chad41US #51
#44Shawn40US #56
#45Jeffrey38US #28
#46Patrick37US #36
#47Kevin34US #24
#48Luke31US #110
#49William31US #16
#50Cory30US #83
#51Charles29US #33
#52Paul28US #40
#53Mitchell27US #125
#54Brent26US #89
#55Bradley25US #53
#56Cole25
#57Richard25US #27
#58Gregory24US #44
#59Erik23US #84
#60Bryan22US #48
#61Kenneth21US #46
#62Shane21US #85
#63Brady20
#64Brett20US #72
#65Chase20US #133
#66Lucas20US #130
#67Peter20US #60
#68Blake19US #103
#69Ross19US #155
#70Craig18US #75
#71Lance18US #127
#72Lee18US #124
#73Corey17US #69
#74Derrick17US #79
#75Jeremiah17US #102
#76Jon17US #147
#77Marcus17US #57
#78Seth17US #99
#79Alexander16US #54
#80Joel16US #66
#81Levi16
#82Samuel16US #55
#83Sean16US #43
#84Stephen16US #35
#85Tanner16
#86Kelly15
#87Austin14US #117
#88Douglas14US #71
#89Garrett14US #156
#90Brock13
#91Grant13US #169
#92Keith13US #61
#93Troy13US #114
#94Allen12US #128
#95Cameron12US #164
#96Chance12
#97Curtis12US #96
#98Evan12US #98
#99Jamie12US #154
#100Mathew12US #139

On the move since 1983

Rising

↑50Chelsea#48
↑40Krista#59
↑36Mitchell#53
↑35Brittany#25
↑35Sheena#65
↑23Kelsey#58
↑22Trista#74
↑21Miranda#49

Falling

↓32Jamie#57
↓28Natalie#82
↓27Troy#93
↓26Erica#71
↓26Mathew#100
↓20Evan#98
↓19Tanya#83
↓17Beth#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1983 rankings.