State roster

Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1995 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,070 North Dakota births in 1995 across 376 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.

#25Brady#188 nationally
#54Abbyoutside the national top 200
#65Brennaoutside the national top 200
#65Laneoutside the national top 200
#35Mckenzie#165 nationally
#72Landonoutside the national top 200
#76Laceyoutside the national top 200
#80Tyoutside the national top 200
#74Hope#193 nationally
#84Jordynoutside the national top 200
#94Brockoutside the national top 200
#48Levi#154 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley80US #2
#2Taylor72US #6
#3Emily68US #3
#4Samantha68US #4
#5Hannah62US #7
#6Megan60US #13
#7Alexis58US #14
#8Jessica51US #1
#9Sarah50US #5
#10Kayla48US #11
#11Madison48US #29
#12Morgan48US #23
#13Courtney47US #17
#14Rachel46US #12
#15Brittany44US #8
#16Shelby43US #38
#17Paige42US #58
#18Alyssa41US #27
#19Amanda39US #9
#20Nicole37US #19
#21Elizabeth36US #10
#22Alexandra35US #26
#23Katelyn35US #59
#24Haley33US #32
#25Lauren33US #15
#26Abigail32US #36
#27Kaitlyn32US #42
#28Brianna31US #21
#29Kelsey30US #33
#30Miranda29US #57
#31Brooke28US #52
#32Amber26US #22
#33Jennifer26US #18
#34Mariah26US #71
#35Mckenzie26US #165
#36Danielle25US #24
#37Allison23US #34
#38Breanna23US #76
#39Cassandra23US #78
#40Sierra23US #60
#41Emma22US #67
#42Stephanie22US #16
#43Anna21US #31
#44Caitlin21US #81
#45Erin21US #49
#46Kendra21US #133
#47Sydney21US #43
#48Heather20US #54
#49Jenna20US #84
#50Jordan20US #50
#51Mary20US #40
#52Mikayla20US #146
#53Rebecca20US #28
#54Abby19
#55Andrea18US #55
#56Cassidy18US #108
#57Chelsea18US #47
#58Hailey18US #111
#59Katie18US #77
#60Mackenzie18US #88
#61Olivia18US #39
#62Bailey16US #96
#63Molly16US #98
#64Sara16US #48
#65Brenna15
#66Kelly15US #64
#67Laura15US #56
#68Amy14US #75
#69Christina14US #45
#70Marissa14US #53
#71Melissa14US #35
#72Victoria14US #20
#73Brandi13US #124
#74Hope13US #193
#75Kara13US #152
#76Lacey13
#77Savannah13US #68
#78Whitney13US #115
#79Angela12US #85
#80Carly12US #122
#81Gabrielle12US #61
#82Jade12US #166
#83Jasmine12US #25
#84Jordyn12
#85Kristen12US #65
#86Leah12US #103
#87Madeline12US #79
#88Natalie12US #51
#89Sabrina12US #95
#90Tiffany12US #46
#91Brittney11US #99
#92Erica11US #69
#93Katherine11US #30
#94Kathryn11US #83
#95Kaylee11US #127
#96Kennedy11
#97Kristina11US #130
#98Lindsey11US #82
#99Lisa11US #144
#100Alexandria10US #72

Boys

#1Tyler118US #6
#2Jacob116US #4
#3Austin115US #10
#4Matthew93US #2
#5Zachary83US #14
#6Michael75US #1
#7Nicholas75US #7
#8Ryan70US #15
#9Alexander69US #21
#10Jordan67US #29
#11Brandon64US #8
#12Dylan63US #34
#13Tanner63US #86
#14Andrew60US #11
#15Benjamin59US #31
#16Cody57US #26
#17Joshua55US #5
#18Justin48US #18
#19Aaron47US #30
#20Christopher45US #3
#21Cole44US #118
#22Logan44US #51
#23Nathan44US #39
#24Kyle43US #24
#25Brady41US #188
#26Hunter41US #53
#27Joseph40US #12
#28Adam39US #38
#29Daniel39US #9
#30David37US #16
#31Thomas37US #27
#32Alex36US #47
#33Taylor34US #69
#34Wyatt34US #128
#35Eric33US #32
#36Jesse33US #46
#37Robert32US #22
#38Grant31US #116
#39Christian30US #28
#40Seth30US #97
#41Devin29US #58
#42Trevor29US #61
#43Ethan27US #75
#44John27US #13
#45Blake26US #77
#46Dustin26US #62
#47Isaac26US #98
#48Levi26US #154
#49Lucas26US #91
#50James25US #17
#51Jonathan25US #23
#52Anthony23US #19
#53Mitchell23US #79
#54Chase22US #95
#55Evan22US #60
#56Garrett21US #80
#57Mason21US #102
#58William21US #20
#59Brett20US #106
#60Derek20US #83
#61Jared20US #63
#62Samuel20US #33
#63Scott20US #92
#64Travis20US #66
#65Lane19
#66Luke19US #82
#67Caleb18US #54
#68Colton18US #105
#69Dalton18US #87
#70Alec17US #112
#71Bryce17US #145
#72Landon17
#73Marcus17US #81
#74Patrick17US #43
#75Shawn17US #100
#76Steven17US #37
#77Brian16US #36
#78Casey16US #135
#79Drew16US #160
#80Ty16
#81Cameron15US #49
#82Isaiah15US #109
#83Jeremy15US #48
#84Jason14US #41
#85Kevin14US #25
#86Mark14US #52
#87Nathaniel14US #73
#88Paul14US #71
#89Riley14US #170
#90Shane14US #103
#91Connor13US #55
#92Ian13US #67
#93Jeffrey13US #64
#94Brock12
#95Chance12US #189
#96Tristan12US #121
#97Devon11US #119
#98Gage11
#99Kody11
#100Richard11US #42

On the move since 1994

Rising

↑52Grant#38
↑41Caitlin#44
↑41Dustin#46
↑36Olivia#61
↑33Isaac#47
↑32Emma#41
↑31Breanna#38
↑30Logan#22

Falling

↓67Katherine#93
↓44Casey#78
↓41Connor#91
↓38Erica#92
↓36Kathryn#94
↓34Whitney#78
↓33Lindsey#98
↓33Shane#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1994 rankings.