State roster

Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1993 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,314 North Dakota births in 1993 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.

#18Brady#174 nationally
#51Lacey#194 nationally
#64Mckenzieoutside the national top 200
#81Jaceoutside the national top 200
#83Mikaylaoutside the national top 200
#85Abbyoutside the national top 200
#86Brockoutside the national top 200
#49Bryce#163 nationally
#87Hopeoutside the national top 200
#89Justineoutside the national top 200
#90Katelynnoutside the national top 200
#95Sadieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Samantha99US #4
#2Ashley90US #2
#3Jessica72US #1
#4Taylor70US #7
#5Brittany68US #6
#6Kelsey59US #24
#7Emily58US #5
#8Megan57US #11
#9Kayla54US #16
#10Nicole54US #13
#11Sarah53US #3
#12Amanda51US #8
#13Courtney50US #20
#14Katie48US #63
#15Hannah44US #21
#16Brooke43US #52
#17Rachel43US #14
#18Danielle41US #18
#19Shelby41US #37
#20Alexis39US #27
#21Alyssa39US #26
#22Amber39US #17
#23Paige37US #60
#24Morgan35US #34
#25Haley32US #42
#26Cassandra31US #66
#27Kaitlyn31US #46
#28Rebecca31US #22
#29Jennifer30US #15
#30Elizabeth29US #9
#31Allison28US #41
#32Brianna28US #32
#33Lauren28US #12
#34Mariah28US #81
#35Anna27US #47
#36Heather27US #38
#37Stephanie27US #10
#38Sara26US #40
#39Erin25US #48
#40Jenna25US #70
#41Jordan24US #58
#42Lindsey24US #56
#43Amy22US #65
#44Alexandra21US #28
#45Marissa21US #59
#46Sierra20US #91
#47Kaitlin19US #99
#48Andrea18US #44
#49Chelsey18US #145
#50Kendra18US #128
#51Lacey18US #194
#52Laura18US #43
#53Molly18US #87
#54Tiffany18US #33
#55Caitlin17US #64
#56Chelsea17US #25
#57Katelyn17US #54
#58Katherine17US #29
#59Madison17US #78
#60Melissa17US #30
#61Michelle17US #31
#62Brittney16US #77
#63Kaylee16US #167
#64Mckenzie16
#65Whitney16US #82
#66Alicia15US #76
#67Kathryn15US #68
#68Mary15US #36
#69Abigail14US #67
#70Christina14US #35
#71Jade14US #150
#72Jamie14US #79
#73Mackenzie14US #113
#74Miranda14US #89
#75Briana13US #71
#76Hailey13US #130
#77Kimberly13US #39
#78Bailey12US #146
#79Breanna12US #83
#80Carly12US #137
#81Kristen12US #61
#82Michaela12US #169
#83Mikayla12
#84Rachael12US #117
#85Abby11
#86Brandi11US #124
#87Hope11
#88Jasmine11US #23
#89Justine11
#90Katelynn11
#91Kirsten11US #189
#92Krista11US #166
#93Kristin11US #109
#94Meghan11US #93
#95Sadie11
#96Sydney11US #106
#97Tori11US #152
#98Alison10US #141
#99Bethany10US #115
#100Catherine10US #75

Boys

#1Tyler120US #5
#2Zachary106US #15
#3Michael101US #1
#4Austin99US #26
#5Matthew98US #3
#6Joshua97US #4
#7Brandon91US #6
#8Jacob88US #9
#9Ryan85US #13
#10Alexander83US #21
#11Jordan81US #28
#12Cody75US #24
#13Nicholas73US #8
#14Andrew69US #10
#15Christopher66US #2
#16Tanner60US #98
#17Kyle56US #23
#18Brady53US #174
#19Joseph51US #12
#20Taylor51US #51
#21Justin50US #20
#22James49US #14
#23Dylan47US #33
#24Benjamin44US #32
#25Daniel44US #7
#26David44US #11
#27John43US #16
#28Cole42US #130
#29Nathan42US #41
#30Eric39US #29
#31Adam38US #39
#32Alex38US #52
#33Casey37US #112
#34Thomas35US #27
#35Aaron34US #30
#36Jonathan34US #22
#37Devin32US #71
#38Jared32US #63
#39William32US #18
#40Connor31US #57
#41Logan31US #76
#42Sean31US #42
#43Derek30US #67
#44Robert30US #17
#45Ethan29US #92
#46Anthony28US #19
#47Seth28US #93
#48Travis28US #50
#49Bryce26US #163
#50Christian26US #35
#51Jesse26US #48
#52Trevor26US #64
#53Samuel25US #37
#54Steven25US #31
#55Dustin24US #59
#56Jason23US #45
#57Kevin23US #25
#58Patrick23US #43
#59Brett22US #102
#60Dillon22US #90
#61Lucas22US #95
#62Dalton20US #106
#63Garrett20US #79
#64Levi20US #162
#65Marcus19US #74
#66Mitchell18US #81
#67Timothy18US #38
#68Blake17US #83
#69Bradley17US #73
#70Caleb17US #66
#71Jeremy17US #46
#72Luke17US #87
#73Mason17US #137
#74Alec16US #154
#75Evan16US #62
#76Jake16US #111
#77Paul16US #56
#78Brian15US #34
#79Cameron15US #54
#80Charles15US #44
#81Jace15
#82Kenneth15US #60
#83Mark15US #49
#84Scott15US #69
#85Shawn15US #77
#86Brock14
#87Chase14US #116
#88Cory14US #94
#89Devon14US #127
#90Ian14US #70
#91Shane14US #84
#92Collin13US #149
#93Colton13US #126
#94Erik13US #105
#95Hunter13US #97
#96Bryan12US #61
#97Drew12US #173
#98Preston12US #197
#99Riley12
#100Grant11US #151

On the move since 1992

Rising

↑55Erin#39
↑46Connor#40
↑42Marissa#45
↑42Sierra#46
↑31Sean#42
↑30Mary#68
↑29Lacey#51
↑28Morgan#24

Falling

↓40Shane#91
↓39Melissa#60
↓34Michelle#61
↓33Evan#75
↓32Bethany#99
↓31Chelsea#56
↓31Grant#100
↓30Brittney#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1992 rankings.