State roster

Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1994 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,993 North Dakota births in 1994 across 348 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.

#38Mckenzie#192 nationally
#46Wyatt#197 nationally
#30Brady#173 nationally
#67Abbyoutside the national top 200
#61Riley#194 nationally
#77Sadieoutside the national top 200
#82Laneoutside the national top 200
#89Laceyoutside the national top 200
#89Skyleroutside the national top 200
#55Jade#161 nationally
#95Brockoutside the national top 200
#88Preston#193 nationally

Girls

#1Taylor94US #6
#2Ashley88US #2
#3Samantha79US #4
#4Emily74US #3
#5Jessica69US #1
#6Megan64US #10
#7Alexis54US #18
#8Kayla51US #12
#9Morgan50US #25
#10Amanda49US #8
#11Elizabeth49US #9
#12Kelsey49US #29
#13Rachel48US #13
#14Sarah47US #5
#15Hannah43US #16
#16Brittany42US #7
#17Nicole42US #11
#18Madison40US #51
#19Shelby40US #40
#20Danielle39US #20
#21Paige37US #63
#22Courtney34US #22
#23Mariah32US #75
#24Abigail30US #42
#25Brianna30US #27
#26Katherine30US #30
#27Katie30US #70
#28Allison28US #34
#29Alyssa27US #26
#30Stephanie27US #15
#31Amber26US #21
#32Haley26US #36
#33Brooke25US #54
#34Cassandra25US #66
#35Jenna25US #80
#36Heather24US #44
#37Kaitlyn24US #48
#38Mckenzie24US #192
#39Katelyn23US #58
#40Melissa23US #31
#41Rebecca23US #24
#42Sydney23US #76
#43Alexandra22US #28
#44Whitney22US #91
#45Jennifer21US #17
#46Jordan21US #52
#47Miranda21US #61
#48Anna20US #41
#49Marissa20US #53
#50Amy19US #77
#51Erin19US #45
#52Lauren19US #14
#53Carly18US #138
#54Erica18US #57
#55Jade18US #161
#56Kaitlin18US #93
#57Erika17US #90
#58Kathryn17US #79
#59Laura17US #46
#60Mackenzie17US #102
#61Sara17US #43
#62Sierra17US #71
#63Brandi16US #122
#64Hayley16US #136
#65Lindsey16US #69
#66Victoria16US #19
#67Abby15
#68Bailey15US #137
#69Breanna15US #85
#70Hailey15US #119
#71Kimberly15US #32
#72Chelsea14US #38
#73Emma14US #74
#74Kendra14US #126
#75Mikayla14US #168
#76Sabrina14US #97
#77Sadie14
#78Andrea13US #49
#79Bethany13US #116
#80Cassidy13US #139
#81Jasmine13US #23
#82Kristen13US #55
#83Molly13US #96
#84Tiffany13US #35
#85Caitlin12US #78
#86Tori12US #142
#87April11US #127
#88Christina11US #39
#89Lacey11
#90Lindsay11US #107
#91Michaela11US #109
#92Michelle11US #33
#93Savannah11US #82
#94Gabrielle10US #67
#95Jamie10US #87
#96Kristina10US #113
#97Olivia10US #50
#98Alexa9US #95
#99Alexandria9US #73
#100Briana9US #68

Boys

#1Austin152US #17
#2Jacob119US #7
#3Tyler111US #5
#4Brandon101US #6
#5Matthew97US #3
#6Michael95US #1
#7Zachary77US #12
#8Cody76US #25
#9Nicholas76US #9
#10Andrew75US #10
#11Joshua74US #4
#12Jordan73US #29
#13Christopher68US #2
#14Alexander67US #22
#15Dylan60US #32
#16Tanner60US #96
#17Adam51US #38
#18Taylor51US #54
#19Kyle50US #24
#20Ryan49US #16
#21Justin48US #20
#22Aaron47US #28
#23James47US #14
#24Nathan47US #40
#25John43US #15
#26Alex42US #50
#27Daniel41US #8
#28David40US #13
#29Benjamin39US #31
#30Brady38US #173
#31Thomas38US #27
#32Joseph37US #11
#33Samuel35US #33
#34Casey34US #116
#35Jesse34US #45
#36Anthony33US #18
#37William33US #19
#38Cole32US #111
#39Jonathan31US #23
#40Ethan29US #89
#41Lucas29US #95
#42Seth29US #90
#43Hunter28US #67
#44Robert27US #21
#45Trevor27US #58
#46Wyatt27US #197
#47Devin26US #61
#48Evan26US #62
#49Christian25US #35
#50Connor25US #59
#51Derek25US #77
#52Logan25US #70
#53Travis25US #53
#54Dalton23US #85
#55Brett22US #107
#56Luke22US #91
#57Shane22US #92
#58Jared21US #63
#59Eric20US #30
#60Garrett20US #82
#61Riley20US #194
#62Steven20US #34
#63Timothy20US #39
#64Mitchell19US #71
#65Sean18US #44
#66Blake17US #81
#67Brian17US #37
#68Chase17US #114
#69Levi17US #157
#70Colton16US #121
#71Dillon16US #101
#72Mark16US #48
#73Bradley15US #83
#74Erik15US #99
#75Mason15US #125
#76Nathaniel15US #78
#77Bryce14US #150
#78Charles14US #43
#79Ian14US #74
#80Isaac14US #103
#81Joel14US #108
#82Lane14
#83Patrick14US #42
#84Shawn14US #86
#85Caleb13US #60
#86Devon13US #117
#87Dustin13US #56
#88Preston13US #193
#89Skyler13
#90Grant12US #152
#91Jake12US #106
#92Kevin12US #26
#93Marcus12US #75
#94Zachery12US #180
#95Brock11
#96Cameron11US #52
#97Chad11US #130
#98Chance11
#99Dallas11
#100Peter11US #87

On the move since 1993

Rising

↑54Sydney#42
↑52Hunter#43
↑45Abigail#24
↑41Madison#18
↑38Riley#61
↑34Shane#57
↑32Katherine#26
↑27Miranda#47

Falling

↓38Lacey#89
↓35Kevin#92
↓32Dustin#87
↓31Michelle#92
↓30Andrea#78
↓30Molly#83
↓30Tiffany#84
↓30Caitlin#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1993 rankings.