State roster

Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1991 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,611 North Dakota births in 1991 across 357 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.

#49Bradyoutside the national top 200
#78Brockoutside the national top 200
#63Bryce#183 nationally
#84Prestonoutside the national top 200
#72Levi#186 nationally
#87Rossoutside the national top 200
#88Callieoutside the national top 200
#29Tanner#141 nationally
#50Cole#162 nationally
#91Alec#199 nationally
#94Marieoutside the national top 200
#95Tyoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Ashley121US #1
#2Jessica90US #2
#3Kayla88US #12
#4Amanda82US #4
#5Samantha81US #5
#6Emily77US #10
#7Brittany71US #3
#8Kelsey71US #26
#9Megan71US #11
#10Stephanie62US #7
#11Sarah57US #6
#12Shelby56US #33
#13Jennifer55US #8
#14Amber52US #16
#15Danielle52US #17
#16Rachel49US #14
#17Courtney45US #19
#18Alexis42US #47
#19Elizabeth41US #9
#20Nicole41US #15
#21Hannah40US #29
#22Alyssa39US #30
#23Katie38US #53
#24Chelsea37US #18
#25Heather37US #23
#26Cassandra35US #54
#27Rebecca34US #21
#28Erin32US #44
#29Taylor29US #32
#30Chelsey28US #129
#31Sara27US #37
#32Jenna26US #80
#33Miranda26US #90
#34Andrea25US #39
#35Katherine25US #25
#36Laura25US #35
#37Paige25US #76
#38Tiffany25US #27
#39Leah24US #91
#40Melissa24US #20
#41Alexandra23US #36
#42Breanna23US #107
#43Brooke23US #65
#44Brianna21US #51
#45Caitlin21US #55
#46Jamie21US #60
#47Lindsey21US #52
#48Angela20US #59
#49Whitney20US #68
#50Allison19US #50
#51Amy19US #43
#52Carly19US #137
#53Alicia18US #63
#54Christina18US #31
#55Kathryn18US #57
#56Brittney17US #58
#57Katelyn17US #75
#58Kimberly17US #34
#59Molly17US #74
#60Brandi16US #110
#61Haley16US #79
#62Morgan16US #49
#63Natasha16US #113
#64Jordan15US #62
#65Marissa15US #81
#66Victoria15US #28
#67Kristen14US #48
#68Kristin14US #86
#69Lauren14US #13
#70Mariah14US #69
#71Anna13US #46
#72Julie13US #98
#73Kaitlyn13US #82
#74Kendra13US #118
#75Meghan13US #94
#76Alison12US #142
#77April12US #88
#78Ariel12US #66
#79Catherine12US #72
#80Maria12US #45
#81Tara12US #104
#82Alexa11US #127
#83Kara11US #106
#84Madison11US #128
#85Michelle11US #22
#86Natalie11US #64
#87Sydney11US #134
#88Callie10
#89Erica10US #40
#90Kaitlin10US #99
#91Kelly10US #42
#92Lacey10US #145
#93Lindsay10US #77
#94Marie10
#95Olivia10US #61
#96Sierra10US #138
#97Vanessa10US #56
#98Abby9
#99Alexandria9US #78
#100Brandy9US #148

Boys

#1Tyler143US #16
#2Michael141US #1
#3Matthew135US #3
#4Jacob126US #17
#5Christopher102US #2
#6Brandon99US #15
#7Jordan97US #29
#8Nicholas94US #12
#9Andrew88US #5
#10Joshua85US #4
#11Cody83US #24
#12Justin80US #14
#13Ryan79US #11
#14Zachary78US #22
#15Adam63US #36
#16Kyle60US #21
#17Alexander56US #26
#18Eric56US #25
#19Aaron55US #31
#20Daniel55US #6
#21Benjamin51US #33
#22Taylor51US #52
#23David50US #8
#24Nathan49US #42
#25John48US #10
#26Joseph47US #9
#27Robert47US #13
#28Travis46US #44
#29Tanner44US #141
#30Alex42US #63
#31Dylan42US #46
#32Jared42US #64
#33Casey41US #90
#34Dustin41US #56
#35James41US #7
#36Jonathan41US #20
#37Derek40US #59
#38Ethan40US #65
#39Thomas38US #28
#40Austin35US #50
#41Jesse34US #51
#42Timothy33US #32
#43Lucas32US #107
#44Steven32US #27
#45William32US #19
#46Anthony31US #18
#47Samuel31US #39
#48Scott31US #57
#49Brady30
#50Cole30US #162
#51Patrick28US #35
#52Seth27US #99
#53Brett26US #88
#54Sean26US #40
#55Trevor26US #69
#56Paul24US #53
#57Jason23US #49
#58Logan23US #94
#59Mitchell22US #96
#60Brian21US #30
#61Shane21US #75
#62Dillon20US #103
#63Bryce19US #183
#64Erik19US #95
#65Kevin19US #23
#66Richard19US #34
#67Caleb18US #78
#68Cameron18US #62
#69Devin18US #83
#70Evan18US #70
#71Jeffrey18US #45
#72Levi18US #186
#73Shawn18US #71
#74Blake17US #86
#75Christian17US #48
#76Garrett17US #91
#77Jeremy17US #43
#78Brock15
#79Chad15US #104
#80Charles15US #38
#81Cory15US #74
#82Ian15US #73
#83Luke15US #113
#84Preston15
#85Grant14US #182
#86Mason14US #159
#87Ross14
#88Bradley13US #67
#89Jonathon13US #125
#90Spencer13US #105
#91Alec11US #199
#92Colton11US #145
#93Connor11US #133
#94Nathaniel11US #84
#95Ty11
#96Dallas10
#97Gregory10US #55
#98Peter10US #77
#99Philip10US #120
#100Allen9US #154

On the move since 1990

Rising

↑52Leah#39
↑44Shelby#12
↑44Carly#52
↑40Cole#50
↑33Caleb#67
↑32Breanna#42
↑30Natasha#63
↑23Shane#61

Falling

↓44Michelle#85
↓40Lacey#92
↓37Abby#98
↓36Lauren#69
↓35Kristen#67
↓35Jeremy#77
↓26Brian#60
↓24Charles#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1990 rankings.