State roster

Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1985 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,119 North Dakota births in 1985 across 391 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.

#53Coleoutside the national top 200
#60Bradyoutside the national top 200
#64Levioutside the national top 200
#65Jodioutside the national top 200
#72Tanneroutside the national top 200
#74Chelseyoutside the national top 200
#76Tysonoutside the national top 200
#46Kari#166 nationally
#81Jaymeoutside the national top 200
#82Jessieoutside the national top 200
#52Kelsey#168 nationally
#89Abbyoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Ashley218US #2
#2Amanda154US #4
#3Jessica149US #1
#4Jennifer137US #3
#5Sarah120US #5
#6Nicole100US #7
#7Heather88US #8
#8Megan87US #10
#9Amber83US #16
#10Brittany82US #17
#11Amy70US #20
#12Jenna70US #50
#13Melissa70US #11
#14Kayla66US #109
#15Elizabeth64US #9
#16Rachel63US #13
#17Sara63US #30
#18Stephanie63US #6
#19Danielle62US #18
#20Lindsey58US #37
#21Andrea57US #33
#22Katie55US #39
#23Erin53US #26
#24Laura52US #14
#25Jamie49US #27
#26Rebecca45US #25
#27Emily44US #24
#28Lisa44US #36
#29Kimberly43US #19
#30Angela41US #31
#31Samantha41US #29
#32Michelle40US #22
#33Alicia39US #45
#34Kristin35US #49
#35Tiffany33US #23
#36Allison32US #46
#37Crystal31US #21
#38Kelly30US #28
#39Kristen30US #38
#40Anna29US #54
#41Holly29US #56
#42April28US #47
#43Christina28US #12
#44Nichole28US #95
#45Katherine27US #32
#46Kari26US #166
#47Kathryn26US #48
#48Lindsay26US #40
#49Shannon26US #41
#50Bethany25US #94
#51Erica25US #34
#52Kelsey24US #168
#53Mary24US #35
#54Krystal23US #53
#55Julie22US #55
#56Miranda22US #128
#57Krista21US #134
#58Tara21US #51
#59Cassandra20US #62
#60Courtney20US #43
#61Lauren20US #15
#62Chelsea19US #75
#63Kristina19US #57
#64Leah19US #78
#65Jodi18
#66Kara18US #98
#67Alyssa17US #130
#68Brandi17US #69
#69Christine17US #44
#70Stacy17US #67
#71Brandy16US #70
#72Catherine16US #65
#73Carrie15US #96
#74Chelsey15
#75Meghan15US #63
#76Vanessa15US #42
#77Theresa14US #136
#78Alisha13US #131
#79Ashlee13US #141
#80Heidi13US #125
#81Jayme13
#82Jessie13
#83Jill13US #143
#84Lacey13US #124
#85Misty13US #121
#86Sheena13US #91
#87Stacey13US #89
#88Teresa13US #132
#89Abby12
#90Alexandra12US #92
#91Brooke12US #102
#92Kathleen12US #68
#93Kristi12US #163
#94Molly12US #119
#95Natalie12US #58
#96Tessa12
#97Trisha12
#98Trista12
#99Victoria12US #59
#100Jasmine11US #103

Boys

#1Joshua206US #4
#2Matthew201US #3
#3Michael185US #1
#4Christopher164US #2
#5Tyler138US #43
#6Ryan136US #12
#7Brandon127US #13
#8Andrew114US #11
#9Justin106US #15
#10Eric101US #21
#11Adam100US #22
#12Kyle100US #27
#13Nicholas95US #19
#14Daniel94US #5
#15Jason89US #14
#16Dustin88US #41
#17Joseph88US #10
#18David86US #6
#19Cody78US #52
#20Zachary76US #39
#21Nathan75US #40
#22James74US #7
#23John73US #9
#24Brian72US #18
#25Robert72US #8
#26Jonathan67US #17
#27Thomas66US #25
#28Jacob65US #35
#29Aaron63US #33
#30Derek63US #56
#31Benjamin58US #31
#32Travis58US #46
#33Jared57US #58
#34Jordan57US #62
#35Anthony54US #20
#36Jeremy54US #30
#37Jesse54US #51
#38William49US #16
#39Scott48US #44
#40Timothy43US #26
#41Patrick42US #37
#42Steven42US #24
#43Jeffrey41US #29
#44Paul41US #42
#45Bradley39US #53
#46Casey39US #86
#47Shane38US #68
#48Chad37US #57
#49Mark34US #32
#50Kevin31US #23
#51Shawn31US #55
#52Lucas29US #122
#53Cole27
#54Luke27US #106
#55Peter26US #60
#56Evan25US #91
#57Richard25US #28
#58Alexander24US #50
#59Austin24US #107
#60Brady24
#61Corey24US #63
#62Nathaniel24US #77
#63Bryan23US #48
#64Levi23
#65Mitchell23US #115
#66Trevor23US #105
#67Craig22US #79
#68Brent21US #89
#69Cory21US #81
#70Derrick21US #83
#71Erik21US #87
#72Tanner21
#73Lance20US #130
#74Samuel20US #54
#75Stephen20US #36
#76Tyson20
#77Alex19US #80
#78Blake19US #100
#79Brett19US #70
#80Charles19US #34
#81Sean19US #38
#82Seth19US #104
#83Joel17US #67
#84Lee16US #142
#85Phillip15US #69
#86Ross15US #147
#87Curtis14US #98
#88Ian14US #78
#89Jamie14US #167
#90Philip14US #84
#91Brock13
#92Devin13US #121
#93Gregory13US #45
#94Jonathon13US #139
#95Kenneth13US #47
#96Marcus13US #61
#97Wade13
#98Douglas12US #76
#99Drew12US #126
#100Dylan12US #188

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑42Evan#56
↑32Jamie#25
↑28Austin#59
↑24Anna#40
↑21Jodi#65
↑21Vanessa#76
↑21Alexander#58
↑20Erica#51

Falling

↓46Lacey#84
↓38Heidi#80
↓35Gregory#93
↓34Kenneth#95
↓29Charles#80
↓26Carrie#73
↓24Trista#98
↓22Brooke#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.