State roster

Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1990 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,866 North Dakota births in 1990 across 344 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.

#47Tanneroutside the national top 200
#61Abbyoutside the national top 200
#64Bradyoutside the national top 200
#74Brockoutside the national top 200
#76Kayleeoutside the national top 200
#79Sadieoutside the national top 200
#88Jadeoutside the national top 200
#68Levi#180 nationally
#90Coleoutside the national top 200
#92Mackenzieoutside the national top 200
#96Rileyoutside the national top 200
#97Beauoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Ashley136US #2
#2Samantha117US #5
#3Brittany112US #3
#4Amanda109US #4
#5Jessica106US #1
#6Kayla96US #14
#7Megan93US #11
#8Sarah71US #6
#9Emily64US #12
#10Courtney59US #17
#11Stephanie59US #7
#12Jennifer55US #8
#13Kelsey54US #32
#14Katie49US #53
#15Nicole47US #13
#16Rachel47US #16
#17Amber46US #15
#18Alyssa42US #27
#19Danielle42US #18
#20Elizabeth42US #9
#21Sara41US #34
#22Heather38US #19
#23Rebecca38US #21
#24Laura37US #29
#25Melissa37US #20
#26Hannah36US #30
#27Jenna36US #81
#28Katherine31US #26
#29Brianna29US #61
#30Andrea28US #40
#31Cassandra28US #49
#32Kristen28US #42
#33Lauren28US #10
#34Lindsey28US #51
#35Brooke27US #70
#36Alexis25US #66
#37Amy25US #38
#38Brittney25US #44
#39Erin25US #43
#40Jamie25US #55
#41Michelle25US #22
#42Chelsea24US #24
#43Chelsey24US #128
#44Paige24US #79
#45Caitlin23US #50
#46Taylor23US #46
#47Tiffany23US #23
#48Miranda22US #112
#49Alexandra21US #37
#50Allison21US #48
#51Bethany21US #107
#52Lacey21US #148
#53Whitney21US #60
#54Alicia20US #54
#55Christina20US #25
#56Shelby20US #100
#57April19US #73
#58Jordan19US #59
#59Kathryn19US #57
#60Lisa19US #64
#61Abby18
#62Katelyn18US #75
#63Anna17US #45
#64Brandi17US #103
#65Morgan17US #58
#66Crystal16US #39
#67Erica16US #36
#68Molly16US #80
#69Kaitlin15US #101
#70Kimberly15US #31
#71Christine14US #62
#72Kristina14US #77
#73Rachael14US #111
#74Breanna13US #113
#75Katrina13US #127
#76Kaylee13
#77Lindsay13US #69
#78Maria13US #47
#79Sadie13
#80Alison12US #132
#81Kaitlyn12US #78
#82Kelly12US #41
#83Mary12US #35
#84Meghan12US #91
#85Nichole12US #151
#86Shannon12US #68
#87Erika11US #74
#88Jade11
#89Kendra11US #117
#90Kylie11US #180
#91Leah11US #82
#92Mackenzie11
#93Natasha11US #105
#94Alexa10US #146
#95Alisha10US #135
#96Carly10US #163
#97Heidi10US #200
#98Kasey10
#99Krista10US #145
#100Tessa10

Boys

#1Matthew132US #3
#2Michael123US #1
#3Tyler123US #21
#4Andrew112US #7
#5Ryan105US #11
#6Christopher103US #2
#7Joshua102US #4
#8Jacob99US #20
#9Cody96US #31
#10Jordan92US #29
#11Justin87US #9
#12Kyle82US #18
#13Nicholas82US #14
#14Brandon78US #19
#15Eric73US #24
#16Zachary73US #22
#17Aaron71US #34
#18Benjamin69US #33
#19Adam64US #32
#20David55US #6
#21Nathan54US #44
#22Alexander52US #28
#23Derek51US #54
#24Joseph51US #10
#25Ethan49US #58
#26James49US #8
#27John48US #12
#28Daniel47US #5
#29Travis46US #42
#30Robert45US #13
#31Anthony42US #15
#32Casey42US #89
#33Jared42US #63
#34Brian41US #27
#35Alex40US #59
#36Austin38US #55
#37Dustin38US #50
#38Steven38US #25
#39Thomas38US #26
#40Samuel36US #45
#41Taylor36US #64
#42Jeremy34US #40
#43Jesse32US #48
#44Jonathan32US #17
#45Lucas32US #112
#46Jason29US #46
#47Tanner29
#48Evan28US #71
#49William27US #16
#50Dylan25US #83
#51Mark25US #47
#52Patrick25US #36
#53Kevin24US #23
#54Mitchell24US #93
#55Scott24US #53
#56Charles22US #38
#57Chase22US #110
#58Timothy22US #30
#59Cameron21US #62
#60Garrett21US #99
#61Jeffrey21US #43
#62Logan21US #104
#63Richard21US #35
#64Brady20
#65Brett19US #84
#66Cory19US #67
#67Devin19US #98
#68Levi19US #180
#69Marcus19US #72
#70Paul19US #49
#71Sean19US #37
#72Seth19US #102
#73Shawn19US #69
#74Brock18
#75Chad18US #85
#76Spencer18US #105
#77Trevor18US #76
#78Bryce17US #169
#79Erik17US #96
#80Blake16US #91
#81Dillon16US #184
#82Ian16US #70
#83Lance16US #182
#84Shane16US #73
#85Bradley15US #65
#86Luke15US #118
#87Ross15US #190
#88Brent14US #127
#89Christian14US #60
#90Cole14
#91Nathaniel14US #86
#92Drew13US #160
#93Isaac13US #132
#94Philip13US #111
#95Randy13US #131
#96Riley13
#97Beau12
#98Jamie12
#99Kenneth11US #52
#100Caleb10US #88

On the move since 1989

Rising

↑54Taylor#46
↑28Sara#21
↑28Evan#48
↑27Dylan#50
↑25Brandi#64
↑25Kristina#72
↑25Charles#56
↑23Lacey#52

Falling

↓40Kimberly#70
↓37Kendra#89
↓35Kylie#90
↓33Cole#90
↓29Lindsay#77
↓27Trevor#77
↓25Luke#86
↓24Tiffany#47

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1989 rankings.