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Most Popular Names in North Dakota

The most common baby names registered in North Dakota across all years of SSA records, ranked by total birth count. The sparkline for each name shows its national popularity trend from 1880 to present, giving context for when that name was at its peak.

The top 100 names in North Dakota account for 449,713 total birth registrations. Click any name for a full national profile with gender data, decade breakdowns, and distribution across all 50 states.

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# Name Births Trend
1 Robert 16,352
2 James 15,435
3 John 15,124
4 Mary 13,091
5 Michael 12,353
6 David 12,098
7 Richard 9,860
8 William 9,536
9 Donald 9,047
10 Thomas 7,047
11 Kenneth 6,207
12 Daniel 5,992
13 Joseph 5,926
14 Paul 5,796
15 Mark 5,719
16 Charles 5,623
17 Steven 5,428
18 Linda 5,237
19 Margaret 5,180
20 Patricia 5,143
21 Dorothy 5,099
22 Gary 5,056
23 Ronald 5,012
24 Carol 4,960
25 Elizabeth 4,876
26 Matthew 4,786
27 Helen 4,687
28 Barbara 4,669
29 Karen 4,659
30 Christopher 4,619
31 Betty 4,608
32 Jennifer 4,488
33 Scott 4,377
34 Susan 4,372
35 Larry 4,325
36 Timothy 4,301
37 Dennis 4,285
38 George 4,263
39 Donna 4,078
40 Ruth 4,065
41 Brian 4,063
42 Raymond 4,054
43 Ryan 3,991
44 Andrew 3,942
45 Jason 3,940
46 Jeffrey 3,928
47 Shirley 3,853
48 Joshua 3,843
49 Kevin 3,715
50 Sharon 3,577
51 Gerald 3,576
52 Sandra 3,558
53 Jacob 3,506
54 Harold 3,414
55 Douglas 3,404
56 Roger 3,390
57 Jessica 3,313
58 Nancy 3,313
59 Evelyn 3,309
60 Edward 3,286
61 Dale 3,258
62 Alice 3,252
63 Duane 3,176
64 Kathleen 3,167
65 Lisa 3,130
66 Wayne 3,106
67 Sarah 3,014
68 Anna 2,985
69 Michelle 2,917
70 Julie 2,891
71 Irene 2,881
72 Doris 2,872
73 Lois 2,842
74 Tyler 2,826
75 Joyce 2,815
76 Justin 2,783
77 Diane 2,736
78 Amanda 2,710
79 Beverly 2,708
80 Jack 2,703
81 Janice 2,685
82 Patrick 2,668
83 Bruce 2,654
84 Eric 2,646
85 Benjamin 2,614
86 Amy 2,612
87 Jean 2,585
88 Rebecca 2,574
89 Terry 2,547
90 Emma 2,508
91 Arthur 2,478
92 Laura 2,445
93 Melissa 2,426
94 Eugene 2,418
95 Keith 2,401
96 Henry 2,392
97 Gregory 2,390
98 Kelly 2,386
99 Nathan 2,385
100 Nicholas 2,373