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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1999 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,984 North Dakota births in 1999 across 349 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.

#27Brady#184 nationally
#64Jadenoutside the national top 200
#66Bradenoutside the national top 200
#68Peytonoutside the national top 200
#72Ellieoutside the national top 200
#63Ashlyn#191 nationally
#74Jaydenoutside the national top 200
#75Josieoutside the national top 200
#52Abby#174 nationally
#79Tyoutside the national top 200
#78Mckenna#198 nationally
#81Brennaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Hannah87US #2
#2Madison82US #7
#3Emily77US #1
#4Alexis71US #3
#5Taylor69US #8
#6Grace48US #27
#7Megan46US #15
#8Emma44US #17
#9Morgan43US #24
#10Samantha43US #5
#11Ashley37US #6
#12Jessica37US #9
#13Abigail36US #18
#14Alyssa36US #11
#15Elizabeth34US #10
#16Sarah34US #4
#17Brianna32US #14
#18Brooke32US #47
#19Rachel29US #19
#20Sydney29US #23
#21Kaitlyn28US #33
#22Anna27US #29
#23Hailey27US #54
#24Olivia26US #20
#25Amber25US #41
#26Mckenzie25US #141
#27Bailey24US #65
#28Nicole24US #25
#29Sierra24US #49
#30Courtney22US #44
#31Faith22US #76
#32Haley22US #31
#33Katelyn22US #55
#34Kayla22US #13
#35Lauren21US #12
#36Allison20US #40
#37Shelby20US #62
#38Caitlyn19US #124
#39Erin19US #58
#40Jenna19US #61
#41Kaylee19US #69
#42Paige19US #67
#43Brittany18US #35
#44Mariah18US #68
#45Amanda17US #22
#46Gabrielle17US #46
#47Katie17US #92
#48Cassidy16US #99
#49Makayla16US #66
#50Mikayla16US #85
#51Victoria16US #16
#52Abby15US #174
#53Alexandra15US #32
#54Jade15US #117
#55Molly15US #102
#56Breanna14US #74
#57Cassandra14US #87
#58Destiny14US #28
#59Jasmine14US #26
#60Kelsey14US #72
#61Kiara14US #78
#62Rebecca14US #38
#63Ashlyn13US #191
#64Jordan13US #48
#65Mackenzie13US #52
#66Bethany12US #140
#67Marissa12US #73
#68Peyton12
#69Sara12US #50
#70Claire11US #86
#71Danielle11US #43
#72Ellie11
#73Hanna11US #168
#74Jayden11
#75Josie11
#76Kathryn11US #91
#77Kylie11US #109
#78Mckenna11US #198
#79Miranda11US #94
#80Autumn10US #77
#81Brenna10
#82Brittney10US #128
#83Chloe10US #63
#84Hope10US #143
#85Jennifer10US #21
#86Kendra10US #170
#87Kylee10
#88Mckayla10
#89Natalie10US #34
#90Skylar10US #131
#91Zoe10US #104
#92Leah9US #103
#93Lexi9
#94Makenna9
#95Riley9US #138
#96Sadie9
#97Savannah9US #42
#98Tiffany9US #80
#99Alicia8US #108
#100Callie8

Boys

#1Jacob105US #1
#2Dylan71US #23
#3Hunter71US #36
#4Tyler71US #10
#5Zachary70US #17
#6Austin66US #13
#7Matthew63US #3
#8Michael63US #2
#9Joshua62US #4
#10Nicholas58US #5
#11Noah55US #24
#12Ethan54US #37
#13Brandon49US #11
#14Alexander45US #21
#15Cole45US #75
#16Jordan44US #30
#17Ryan43US #12
#18Andrew42US #7
#19Joseph42US #8
#20Benjamin41US #29
#21Logan39US #42
#22Samuel39US #27
#23Nathan37US #32
#24John36US #15
#25Cody34US #45
#26Tanner33US #87
#27Brady32US #184
#28Caleb32US #41
#29Connor32US #48
#30Justin32US #20
#31Dawson31US #136
#32Wyatt31US #131
#33Isaac30US #64
#34Kyle30US #28
#35Seth30US #65
#36Isaiah29US #51
#37Thomas29US #31
#38Aaron28US #38
#39Adam28US #44
#40Daniel28US #9
#41Evan28US #57
#42Riley28US #127
#43Alex27US #58
#44Anthony26US #18
#45James26US #19
#46Jared26US #54
#47Trevor25US #66
#48Christopher24US #6
#49Colton23US #109
#50Dalton23US #86
#51Mason23US #71
#52Chase22US #76
#53Parker22US #124
#54Bryce21US #93
#55Cameron21US #33
#56Christian21US #25
#57Devin21US #68
#58Garrett21US #78
#59Taylor21US #120
#60Carter20US #179
#61David20US #16
#62Robert19US #26
#63Jack18US #52
#64Jaden18
#65Lucas18US #90
#66Braden17
#67Dillon17US #142
#68Elijah17US #60
#69Jackson17US #83
#70Casey16US #171
#71Eric16US #39
#72Ian16US #72
#73Jonathan16US #22
#74Luke16US #67
#75William16US #14
#76Charles15US #50
#77Levi15US #170
#78Tristan15US #99
#79Ty15
#80Blake14US #84
#81Paul14US #94
#82Trey14US #189
#83Gabriel13US #53
#84Grant13US #128
#85Spencer13US #92
#86Chandler12US #151
#87Gavin12US #101
#88Hayden12US #150
#89Jace12
#90Jesse12US #82
#91Kaleb12US #159
#92Nathaniel12US #62
#93Brayden11
#94Carson11US #156
#95Jayden11
#96Keaton11
#97Landon11US #196
#98Max11US #161
#99Peter11US #105
#100Jake10US #97

On the move since 1998

Rising

↑53Caitlyn#38
↑40Isaiah#36
↑39Faith#31
↑36Dawson#31
↑36Parker#53
↑34Grace#6
↑30Emma#8
↑30Abby#52

Falling

↓35Levi#77
↓35Jayden#95
↓34Spencer#85
↓32Jordan#64
↓32Jonathan#73
↓31Eric#71
↓30William#75
↓28Blake#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1998 rankings.