State roster

Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1989 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,386 North Dakota births in 1989 across 366 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.

#38Tanneroutside the national top 200
#57Coleoutside the national top 200
#74Kayleeoutside the national top 200
#20Chelsey#140 nationally
#83Alexaoutside the national top 200
#86Bradyoutside the national top 200
#87Brockoutside the national top 200
#92Karioutside the national top 200
#95Jadeoutside the national top 200
#65Levi#169 nationally
#79Bryce#181 nationally
#98Preston#200 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley129US #2
#2Amanda123US #4
#3Jessica123US #1
#4Samantha123US #6
#5Brittany111US #3
#6Kayla94US #20
#7Sarah86US #5
#8Megan83US #11
#9Kelsey75US #31
#10Amber68US #14
#11Emily68US #13
#12Nicole61US #12
#13Jennifer58US #7
#14Stephanie56US #8
#15Courtney53US #21
#16Rachel51US #18
#17Elizabeth46US #10
#18Cassandra43US #54
#19Alyssa41US #33
#20Chelsey41US #140
#21Heather40US #15
#22Rebecca40US #24
#23Tiffany40US #16
#24Katie39US #45
#25Danielle38US #17
#26Jenna35US #71
#27Allison34US #46
#28Melissa34US #19
#29Amy31US #35
#30Kimberly31US #28
#31Laura31US #25
#32Whitney31US #57
#33Katherine29US #26
#34Brianna28US #77
#35Kristen28US #36
#36Brittney27US #41
#37Chelsea27US #27
#38Lindsey27US #48
#39Lisa27US #55
#40Alicia26US #53
#41Hannah26US #42
#42Michelle26US #22
#43Andrea25US #39
#44Erin25US #40
#45Lauren25US #9
#46April23US #66
#47Jamie23US #52
#48Lindsay23US #63
#49Sara23US #29
#50Alexandra22US #43
#51Brooke22US #74
#52Kendra22US #99
#53Anna21US #51
#54Paige21US #124
#55Kylie20US #151
#56Alexis19US #92
#57Angela19US #47
#58Erica19US #34
#59Miranda19US #130
#60Haley18US #125
#61Caitlin17US #49
#62Christina17US #23
#63Breanna16US #163
#64Crystal16US #32
#65Kathryn16US #58
#66Kristin16US #60
#67Jordan15US #72
#68Katelyn15US #76
#69Leah15US #83
#70Natasha15US #87
#71Shannon15US #61
#72Tara15US #70
#73Bethany14US #102
#74Kaylee14
#75Lacey14US #143
#76Meghan14US #80
#77Vanessa14US #50
#78Alisha13US #123
#79Alison13US #119
#80Katrina13US #114
#81Mary13US #38
#82Molly13US #93
#83Alexa12
#84Jacqueline12US #64
#85Kelli12US #165
#86Kelly12US #37
#87Krista12US #137
#88Marissa12US #81
#89Brandi11US #98
#90Casey11US #103
#91Holly11US #79
#92Kari11
#93Stacey11US #146
#94Dana10US #105
#95Jade10
#96Kirsten10US #183
#97Kristina10US #65
#98Nichole10US #136
#99Stacy10US #152
#100Taylor10US #75

Boys

#1Matthew164US #3
#2Michael151US #1
#3Joshua131US #4
#4Tyler125US #30
#5Andrew122US #7
#6Christopher117US #2
#7Nicholas96US #14
#8Jacob94US #26
#9Jordan94US #44
#10Ryan84US #13
#11Cody82US #45
#12Justin82US #8
#13Adam79US #27
#14Daniel76US #6
#15Kyle75US #20
#16Brandon73US #18
#17John73US #12
#18Benjamin67US #29
#19Zachary66US #25
#20David65US #5
#21Aaron62US #31
#22Eric62US #21
#23Nathan57US #43
#24Travis57US #41
#25Dustin55US #48
#26Derek53US #54
#27Alexander50US #32
#28James49US #9
#29Joseph48US #11
#30Jonathan47US #17
#31Steven44US #22
#32Jared43US #57
#33Anthony42US #16
#34Robert42US #10
#35Casey41US #90
#36Jesse40US #50
#37Scott37US #51
#38Tanner37
#39Brian35US #24
#40Thomas35US #23
#41William35US #15
#42Ethan34US #87
#43Jeremy33US #34
#44Timothy32US #28
#45Austin31US #59
#46Paul31US #49
#47Samuel30US #47
#48Alex29US #60
#49Jason29US #35
#50Trevor29US #83
#51Lucas28US #114
#52Cory27US #61
#53Logan27US #104
#54Brett26US #81
#55Devin26US #96
#56Mitchell26US #93
#57Cole25
#58Taylor25US #72
#59Chad24US #74
#60Joel23US #88
#61Luke23US #121
#62Mark23US #42
#63Patrick23US #38
#64Cameron22US #64
#65Levi22US #169
#66Sean22US #39
#67Seth22US #94
#68Shawn22US #65
#69Jeffrey21US #37
#70Shane21US #71
#71Blake20US #97
#72Bryan20US #56
#73Garrett20US #102
#74Kevin20US #19
#75Richard20US #33
#76Evan19US #69
#77Dylan18US #115
#78Bradley17US #58
#79Bryce17US #181
#80Chase17US #113
#81Charles16US #36
#82Curtis16US #111
#83Peter16US #66
#84Corey15US #55
#85Nathaniel15US #84
#86Brady14
#87Brock14
#88Gregory14US #52
#89Brent13US #118
#90Erik13US #95
#91Ian13US #68
#92Marcus13US #67
#93Ross13US #168
#94Stephen13US #40
#95Alan12US #120
#96Caleb12US #91
#97Drew12US #150
#98Preston12US #200
#99Troy12US #124
#100Wade12

On the move since 1988

Rising

↑52Tanner#38
↑38Joel#60
↑37Brittney#36
↑32Logan#53
↑31Brianna#34
↑25Brett#54
↑23Brooke#51
↑22Christina#62

Falling

↓35Kari#92
↓35Brady#86
↓34Lacey#75
↓34Charles#81
↓32Nichole#98
↓31Kevin#74
↓27Mary#81
↓23Sara#49

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1988 rankings.