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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1988 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,721 North Dakota births in 1988 across 370 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.

#51Bradyoutside the national top 200
#62Jill#197 nationally
#70Brockoutside the national top 200
#57Kari#187 nationally
#72Coleoutside the national top 200
#78Tysonoutside the national top 200
#59Levi#174 nationally
#86Kristioutside the national top 200
#87Prestonoutside the national top 200
#36Chelsey#149 nationally
#88Mariahoutside the national top 200
#90Tanneroutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Amanda157US #3
#2Ashley154US #2
#3Jessica151US #1
#4Kayla119US #20
#5Sarah105US #4
#6Samantha85US #8
#7Megan84US #12
#8Brittany81US #6
#9Nicole81US #9
#10Heather79US #14
#11Amber73US #15
#12Jennifer73US #5
#13Elizabeth65US #10
#14Rachel64US #19
#15Melissa63US #16
#16Kelsey60US #64
#17Tiffany54US #13
#18Emily53US #18
#19Laura53US #23
#20Katie52US #40
#21Stephanie49US #7
#22Alyssa47US #47
#23Danielle47US #17
#24Amy42US #29
#25Lindsey42US #48
#26Sara42US #30
#27Rebecca38US #26
#28Cassandra37US #59
#29Courtney36US #24
#30Whitney36US #39
#31Kimberly35US #25
#32Jenna34US #66
#33Michelle34US #21
#34Allison32US #46
#35Erin32US #37
#36Chelsey31US #149
#37Erica29US #31
#38Chelsea27US #33
#39Miranda25US #144
#40Kristen24US #36
#41Lacey24US #129
#42Anna23US #54
#43Caitlin23US #44
#44Christine23US #51
#45Lindsay23US #57
#46Hannah22US #61
#47Katherine22US #27
#48Alicia21US #50
#49Andrea21US #35
#50Bethany21US #89
#51Jamie21US #45
#52Kathryn21US #55
#53Lisa21US #43
#54Mary21US #34
#55Tara21US #67
#56Angela20US #38
#57Kari19US #187
#58Katelyn19US #84
#59Lauren19US #11
#60April18US #65
#61Heidi18US #162
#62Jill18US #197
#63Kristin18US #58
#64Alison17US #113
#65Brianna17US #96
#66Nichole17US #115
#67Shannon17US #56
#68Alexandra16US #49
#69Casey16US #92
#70Kelly16US #32
#71Kendra16US #80
#72Krista16US #112
#73Brittney15US #52
#74Brooke15US #87
#75Holly15US #72
#76Rachael15US #100
#77Alexis14US #97
#78Alisha14US #126
#79Crystal14US #28
#80Natalie14US #63
#81Brandi13US #91
#82Molly13US #86
#83Anne12US #153
#84Christina12US #22
#85Kara12US #95
#86Kristi12
#87Leah12US #82
#88Mariah12
#89Abigail11US #118
#90Kelli11US #150
#91Meghan11US #81
#92Natasha11US #73
#93Vanessa11US #41
#94Chelsie10
#95Dana10US #90
#96Erika10US #76
#97Jessie10
#98Maria10US #60
#99Morgan10US #78
#100Sasha10US #147

Boys

#1Michael159US #1
#2Matthew147US #3
#3Andrew138US #5
#4Justin138US #7
#5Joshua128US #4
#6Tyler124US #33
#7Christopher120US #2
#8Brandon99US #17
#9Cody88US #43
#10Kyle85US #21
#11Ryan84US #13
#12Nicholas81US #14
#13Jacob79US #28
#14Jordan79US #52
#15Daniel74US #8
#16John71US #11
#17Zachary70US #29
#18Adam68US #26
#19Benjamin67US #30
#20David65US #6
#21Joseph65US #12
#22Eric62US #19
#23Dustin59US #48
#24Travis59US #41
#25Jared58US #60
#26Aaron56US #31
#27James56US #9
#28Derek54US #53
#29Nathan53US #44
#30Steven53US #24
#31Anthony50US #18
#32Thomas50US #23
#33Alexander46US #34
#34Jonathan46US #15
#35Brian45US #22
#36Casey44US #83
#37Alex43US #58
#38Scott42US #47
#39Jason39US #27
#40Robert39US #10
#41Timothy37US #25
#42Jesse35US #55
#43Kevin35US #20
#44Jeremy34US #35
#45Lucas33US #112
#46Samuel33US #45
#47Charles30US #37
#48William30US #16
#49Paul29US #46
#50Seth29US #90
#51Brady27
#52Mark27US #39
#53Patrick27US #42
#54Sean27US #38
#55Shawn27US #61
#56Bradley26US #57
#57Shane26US #67
#58Cory25US #59
#59Levi25US #174
#60Devin24US #98
#61Austin23US #63
#62Chad23US #65
#63Evan23US #74
#64Corey21US #56
#65Mitchell21US #95
#66Richard21US #32
#67Trevor21US #87
#68Dylan20US #137
#69Jeffrey20US #36
#70Brock18
#71Bryan18US #54
#72Cole18
#73Taylor18US #91
#74Luke17US #119
#75Stephen17US #40
#76Bryce16US #179
#77Marcus16US #66
#78Tyson16
#79Brett15US #73
#80Cameron15US #69
#81Troy15US #124
#82Drew14US #159
#83Erik14US #92
#84Lee14US #156
#85Logan14US #109
#86Mathew14US #142
#87Preston14
#88Garrett13US #118
#89Grant13US #172
#90Tanner13
#91Blake12US #103
#92Craig12US #96
#93Lance12US #146
#94Ross12US #158
#95Brent11US #107
#96Gregory11US #50
#97Ian11US #77
#98Joel11US #85
#99Keith11US #70
#100Kelly11

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑48Caitlin#43
↑43Miranda#39
↑33Jill#62
↑32Nichole#66
↑31Charles#47
↑27Levi#59
↑25Dylan#68
↑23Casey#69

Falling

↓33Crystal#79
↓31Brett#79
↓30Jeffrey#69
↓28Brent#95
↓27Molly#82
↓27Vanessa#93
↓26Andrea#49
↓24Brooke#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.