Name Legacy

Baby names in North Dakota, 2010s

2010–2019 · 69,348 recorded births

Emma was the most common name given in North Dakota across the 2010s, with 642 births in the decade. The state recorded 69,348 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to North Dakota in the 2010s

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
Girl2544×
Boy3241×
Bridger8516×
Briggs61
Crosby69
Anders49
Brekken10
Henrik39

Top 25 in the 2010s

RankNameBirths
#1Emma642
#2Olivia573
#3Liam565
#4Harper544
#5Mason509
#6Ava485
#7Oliver471
#8William469
#9Noah466
#10Owen454
#11Easton441
#12Avery431
#13Logan428
#14Carter421
#15Henry420
#15Sophia420
#17Wyatt416
#18Jack413
#19James397
#20Jaxon380
#21Ella378
#22Elijah367
#23Jackson363
#24Jacob360
#25Ethan359

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