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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 2000 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,845 North Dakota births in 2000 across 356 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.

#24Brady#189 nationally
#46Abbyoutside the national top 200
#36Mckenna#188 nationally
#50Mercedesoutside the national top 200
#52Brayden#199 nationally
#55Jayden#194 nationally
#49Kendra#187 nationally
#61Kylee#197 nationally
#66Treyoutside the national top 200
#67Bradenoutside the national top 200
#41Dawson#168 nationally
#83Brennaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Madison82US #3
#2Alexis69US #6
#3Hannah62US #2
#4Emily59US #1
#5Taylor54US #10
#6Ashley46US #4
#7Grace45US #19
#8Megan45US #18
#9Morgan43US #25
#10Sydney43US #23
#11Abigail42US #14
#12Olivia36US #16
#13Sarah35US #5
#14Samantha34US #7
#15Alyssa33US #12
#16Kaitlyn33US #30
#17Paige33US #69
#18Rachel33US #21
#19Elizabeth32US #9
#20Lauren32US #11
#21Jessica28US #8
#22Kayla28US #13
#23Emma26US #17
#24Haley26US #28
#25Brooke23US #51
#26Allison22US #44
#27Katelyn22US #54
#28Bailey21US #68
#29Mckenzie21US #133
#30Victoria21US #20
#31Amanda20US #32
#32Courtney20US #59
#33Anna19US #22
#34Faith19US #66
#35Katherine19US #33
#36Mckenna19US #188
#37Brianna18US #15
#38Rebecca18US #39
#39Shelby18US #70
#40Chloe17US #38
#41Destiny17US #24
#42Mackenzie17US #43
#43Sierra17US #53
#44Brittany16US #60
#45Mariah16US #75
#46Abby15
#47Kennedy15US #139
#48Jordan14US #50
#49Kendra14US #187
#50Mercedes14
#51Mikayla14US #108
#52Savannah14US #37
#53Caitlin13US #76
#54Gabrielle13US #49
#55Hailey13US #35
#56Jenna13US #63
#57Kaylee13US #72
#58Molly13US #96
#59Amber12US #47
#60Julia12US #29
#61Kylee12US #197
#62Natalie12US #34
#63Nicole12US #31
#64Payton12US #163
#65Breanna11US #80
#66Cassidy11US #107
#67Erin11US #61
#68Isabella11US #45
#69Kathryn11US #89
#70Katie11US #95
#71Kylie11US #104
#72Leah11US #97
#73Sophie11US #160
#74Alexandra10US #36
#75Brooklyn10US #177
#76Cassandra10US #100
#77Claire10US #86
#78Danielle10US #48
#79Maria10US #41
#80Marissa10US #78
#81Michaela10US #154
#82Alexa9US #87
#83Brenna9
#84Isabel9US #94
#85Jasmine9US #27
#86Jordyn9US #186
#87Makayla9US #67
#88Mya9US #175
#89Skylar9US #135
#90Zoe9US #82
#91Abbey8
#92Bethany8US #151
#93Catherine8US #81
#94Christina8US #73
#95Hope8US #146
#96Jada8US #84
#97Jade8US #116
#98Jadyn8
#99Kaitlin8US #158
#100Lindsey8US #103

Boys

#1Jacob114US #1
#2Hunter73US #35
#3Ethan71US #25
#4Matthew66US #3
#5Austin61US #23
#6Tyler61US #10
#7Andrew58US #7
#8Dylan58US #24
#9Zachary58US #15
#10Logan51US #40
#11Nicholas51US #6
#12Mason46US #64
#13Michael45US #2
#14Alexander44US #20
#15Brandon44US #12
#16Christopher44US #5
#17Cole43US #71
#18Noah43US #27
#19Samuel42US #28
#20Joseph41US #8
#21Tanner41US #93
#22Benjamin40US #26
#23Joshua40US #4
#24Brady34US #189
#25Justin34US #19
#26Isaac33US #53
#27Nathan32US #30
#28Adam31US #45
#29Jordan31US #36
#30Parker29US #127
#31Ryan29US #13
#32Kyle28US #37
#33Wyatt28US #110
#34Luke27US #59
#35Cody26US #60
#36Evan26US #55
#37Thomas26US #33
#38Aaron25US #41
#39Alex25US #62
#40Christian25US #22
#41Dawson25US #168
#42Chase24US #77
#43Isaiah24US #47
#44Jack24US #46
#45Seth24US #63
#46Bryce23US #92
#47Daniel23US #9
#48Jackson23US #72
#49John23US #14
#50Riley22US #109
#51Blake21US #80
#52Brayden21US #199
#53Carson21US #119
#54James21US #18
#55Jayden21US #194
#56Taylor21US #136
#57William21US #11
#58Anthony20US #17
#59Colton20US #111
#60Connor20US #50
#61David20US #16
#62Gavin20US #85
#63Grant20US #123
#64Dalton19US #91
#65Robert19US #29
#66Trey19
#67Braden18
#68Carter18US #152
#69Jaden18US #154
#70Jared18US #56
#71Jesse18US #90
#72Jonathan18US #21
#73Gabriel17US #44
#74Nathaniel17US #61
#75Tristan17US #105
#76Caleb16US #38
#77Eric16US #42
#78Lucas16US #83
#79Preston16US #142
#80Trevor16US #75
#81Drew15US #188
#82Ian15US #73
#83Jason15US #39
#84Levi15US #172
#85Devin14US #69
#86Elijah14US #52
#87Garrett14US #74
#88Jonah14US #192
#89Tate14
#90Cameron12US #31
#91Charles12US #51
#92Collin12US #128
#93Devon12US #133
#94Gage12US #166
#95Hayden12US #129
#96Kevin12US #32
#97Shane12US #116
#98Spencer12US #98
#99Cade11
#100Chance11

On the move since 1999

Rising

↑45Savannah#52
↑43Chloe#40
↑42Mckenna#36
↑41Brayden#52
↑41Carson#53
↑40Luke#34
↑40Jayden#55
↑39Mason#12

Falling

↓48Caleb#76
↓43Jade#97
↓38Makayla#87
↓35Nicole#63
↓35Cameron#90
↓34Amber#59
↓33Trevor#80
↓32Hailey#55

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1999 rankings.