Name Legacy

Baby names in North Dakota, 2000s

2000–2009 · 59,037 recorded births

Jacob was the most common name given in North Dakota across the 2000s, with 720 births in the decade. The state recorded 59,037 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to North Dakota in the 2000s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Bridger4211×
Greta58
Tate93
Easton95
Dawson193
Girl6
Brynn91
Gunnar52

Top 25 in the 2000s

RankNameBirths
#1Jacob720
#2Ethan714
#3Madison637
#4Emma607
#5Logan587
#6Hannah502
#7Emily499
#8Olivia487
#9Hunter484
#10Grace483
#11Taylor467
#12Mason440
#13Dylan437
#14Abigail436
#15Andrew433
#16Tyler427
#17Alexis426
#18Noah423
#19Matthew421
#20Carter419
#21Alexander408
#22Zachary395
#23Jack387
#24Isaac383
#25Samuel382

Other decades in North Dakota

All North Dakota names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org