State roster

Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1992 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,481 North Dakota births in 1992 across 369 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.

#32Bradyoutside the national top 200
#69Heidioutside the national top 200
#80Wyattoutside the national top 200
#82Mckenzieoutside the national top 200
#57Kaylee#174 nationally
#30Cole#143 nationally
#91Rossoutside the national top 200
#73Anne#182 nationally
#59Levi#166 nationally
#94Trentoutside the national top 200
#71Bryce#175 nationally
#74Bailey#177 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley110US #1
#2Samantha98US #6
#3Megan73US #10
#4Brittany70US #4
#5Jessica68US #2
#6Amanda67US #3
#7Kayla64US #13
#8Emily63US #7
#9Kelsey58US #23
#10Taylor56US #17
#11Shelby55US #34
#12Elizabeth52US #9
#13Nicole51US #14
#14Katie46US #54
#15Alyssa45US #30
#16Alexis44US #40
#17Courtney44US #21
#18Danielle44US #18
#19Sarah44US #5
#20Rachel40US #16
#21Melissa36US #24
#22Paige36US #64
#23Brooke35US #59
#24Brianna33US #43
#25Chelsea32US #15
#26Amber31US #19
#27Michelle31US #25
#28Jenna29US #67
#29Stephanie29US #8
#30Cassandra28US #52
#31Jennifer28US #11
#32Brittney27US #68
#33Hannah27US #26
#34Allison26US #48
#35Andrea26US #39
#36Alexandra25US #29
#37Chelsey25US #117
#38Heather25US #31
#39Laura25US #38
#40Lauren25US #12
#41Lindsey25US #57
#42Mariah25US #74
#43Rebecca25US #20
#44Miranda24US #89
#45Tiffany24US #32
#46Anna23US #49
#47Katherine23US #27
#48Alicia22US #71
#49Amy22US #51
#50Haley22US #56
#51Kaitlyn22US #42
#52Morgan22US #41
#53Molly21US #83
#54Katelyn20US #65
#55Kaitlin19US #113
#56Erica18US #44
#57Kaylee17US #174
#58Caitlin16US #62
#59Carly16US #134
#60Hailey16US #160
#61Breanna15US #94
#62Olivia15US #58
#63Sara15US #37
#64Whitney15US #85
#65Alexa14US #140
#66Ariel14US #87
#67Bethany14US #115
#68Brandi14US #110
#69Heidi14
#70Kimberly14US #35
#71Maria14US #45
#72Victoria14US #22
#73Anne13US #182
#74Bailey13US #177
#75Erika13US #80
#76Kathryn13US #60
#77Kelly13US #47
#78Kendra13US #125
#79Kristen13US #53
#80Lacey13US #173
#81Mackenzie13US #126
#82Mckenzie13
#83Vanessa13US #55
#84Angela12US #69
#85Jade12US #181
#86Jamie12US #75
#87Marissa12US #72
#88Sierra12US #129
#89Sydney12US #124
#90Alexandria11US #73
#91April11US #103
#92Christina11US #33
#93Crystal11US #50
#94Erin11US #46
#95Kara11US #114
#96Kylie11US #195
#97Leah11US #96
#98Mary11US #36
#99Abby10
#100Briana10US #79

Boys

#1Michael128US #1
#2Tyler120US #8
#3Matthew112US #3
#4Jacob109US #15
#5Jordan95US #32
#6Cody94US #24
#7Brandon88US #6
#8Joshua87US #4
#9Dylan81US #28
#10Christopher77US #2
#11Kyle76US #22
#12Ryan74US #13
#13Nicholas73US #12
#14Alexander72US #23
#15Andrew71US #5
#16Zachary70US #16
#17Justin61US #18
#18Tanner58US #101
#19Daniel56US #7
#20Taylor54US #52
#21Aaron53US #30
#22John53US #14
#23Austin51US #38
#24Joseph47US #11
#25Nathan47US #44
#26Alex41US #54
#27Benjamin41US #33
#28Eric41US #26
#29James41US #9
#30Cole39US #143
#31Thomas39US #27
#32Brady38
#33David38US #10
#34Travis38US #48
#35Adam37US #36
#36Anthony37US #19
#37Ethan37US #76
#38Jonathan36US #21
#39Casey35US #105
#40Dustin35US #58
#41Steven32US #29
#42Evan31US #66
#43Samuel31US #40
#44Devin30US #75
#45Mitchell30US #91
#46Jesse28US #50
#47Lucas28US #106
#48Derek26US #62
#49Logan26US #89
#50Robert26US #17
#51Shane26US #77
#52Trevor26US #63
#53Jared25US #67
#54Brett24US #97
#55Jason24US #46
#56Timothy24US #34
#57Garrett23US #88
#58Dillon22US #73
#59Levi22US #166
#60Luke22US #93
#61Patrick22US #39
#62Scott22US #61
#63Blake21US #84
#64Christian21US #35
#65Seth21US #94
#66William21US #20
#67Brian20US #31
#68Chase20US #116
#69Grant19US #167
#70Mark19US #49
#71Bryce18US #175
#72Ian18US #68
#73Sean18US #42
#74Spencer18US #99
#75Caleb16US #74
#76Cameron16US #53
#77Dalton16US #121
#78Erik16US #98
#79Paul16US #55
#80Wyatt16
#81Drew15US #182
#82Kevin15US #25
#83Jeffrey14US #51
#84Jeremy14US #47
#85Charles13US #43
#86Connor13US #80
#87Richard13US #41
#88Shawn13US #71
#89Collin12US #187
#90Dakota12US #103
#91Ross12
#92Cory11US #83
#93Peter11US #81
#94Trent11
#95Allen10US #165
#96Bradley10US #72
#97Hunter10US #135
#98Jace10
#99Jeremiah10US #161
#100Preston10

On the move since 1991

Rising

↑58Michelle#27
↑35Kaitlin#55
↑33Erica#56
↑33Olivia#62
↑29Lauren#40
↑28Mariah#42
↑28Evan#42
↑25Anna#46

Falling

↓66Erin#94
↓58Leah#97
↓40Jamie#86
↓38Christina#92
↓36Angela#84
↓32Sara#63
↓23Robert#50
↓23Paul#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1991 rankings.