What baby names are unique to North Dakota?

The most distinctive baby names in North Dakota. In 2025: Letty and Croix. Across 1910-2025: Borghild and Pius.

Names unique to North Dakota

The most distinctive North Dakota baby names.

In 2025 the most distinctive North Dakota names were Letty and Croix. Across the whole record it is Borghild and Pius.

Unique North Dakota names in 2025

#	Girl	Births	vs national	Boy	Births	vs national
1	Letty	6	7×	Croix	5	9×
2	Hattie	20	6×	Boden	10	6×
3	Etta	8	5×	Riggs	10	6×
4	Indie	11	5×	Briggs	18	5×
5	Scout	7	4×	Ledger	12	4×
6	Lennon	19	4×	Everest	8	4×
7	Brynlee	16	3×	Colter	32	4×
8	Elsie	23	3×	Otto	18	3×
9	Ruth	18	3×	Stetson	30	3×
10	Scottie	21	3×	Benson	16	3×
11	Wrenley	17	2×	Jett	23	3×
12	Della	8	2×	Hayes	23	3×
13	Lainey	39	2×	Baylor	11	2×
14	Kate	8	2×	Wells	12	2×
15	Willa	9	2×	Baker	17	2×
16	Emersyn	17	2×	Jagger	6	2×
17	Briar	9	2×	Bridger	7	2×
18	Palmer	12	2×	Adler	6	2×
19	Indy	6	2×	Harvey	14	2×
20	Aspen	11	2×	Turner	5	2×
21	Paisley	22	2×	Lux	5	2×
22	Hadley	16	2×	Beckham	18	2×
23	Lydia	18	2×	Camden	15	2×
24	Ivy	29	2×	Odin	8	2×
25	Eden	21	2×	Kade	10	2×

Decade by decade

The most distinctive name of each decade.

Decade	Girl	Births	vs national	Boy	Births	vs national
1910s	Borghild	43	49×	Gottlieb	32	69×
1920s	Hertha	19	35×	Pius	53	109×
1930s	Ardella	68	38×	Pius	18	93×
1940s	Ardella	16	38×	Ardell	15	40×
1950s	Ione	14	40×	Arlen	68	21×
1960s	Marlys	39	36×	Darcy	38	56×
1970s	Renae	101	11×	Blaine	62	7×
1980s	Renae	51	7×	Jaden	11	41×
1990s	Jayden	29	12×	Nevada	5	56×
2000s	Jozie	6	21×	Cauy	5	12×
2010s	Mataya	5	29×	Brekken	10	22×
2020s	Jozie	5	8×	Dekker	5	54×

All years, 1910–2025

#	Girl	Births	vs national	Boy	Births	vs national
1	Borghild	43	86×	Pius	81	213×
2	Gudrun	28	83×	Gottlieb	39	154×
3	Hertha	61	62×	Laudie	12	125×
4	Darlyne	59	40×	Wendelin	15	102×
5	Marlys	1,070	39×	Selmer	94	89×
6	Arlys	98	39×	Reinhold	132	85×
7	Arlyss	5	36×	Olaf	112	65×
8	Ragna	5	36×	Orris	23	62×
9	Ottilia	5	36×	Erling	135	60×
10	Hulda	105	30×	Ardell	116	60×
11	Alvina	463	27×	Ole	65	59×
12	Ardella	92	25×	Ingvald	11	56×
13	Magdalen	67	24×	Nevada	5	36×
14	Magdaline	15	23×	Einar	41	34×
15	Inga	68	21×	Alf	22	34×
16	Ardis	277	18×	Orvin	32	33×
17	Ione	378	18×	Helmer	27	31×
18	Valborg	13	16×	Darcy	58	30×
19	Erna	264	15×	Obert	11	23×
20	Dagny	20	15×	Brekken	15	21×
21	Luverne	29	15×	Arvid	90	18×
22	Gladyce	20	15×	Rueben	112	17×
23	Marvel	130	13×	Marlyn	77	17×
24	Renae	488	13×	Wilmar	5	16×
25	Lavonne	607	13×	Orlin	21	14×

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Multipliers compare each name’s share of North Dakota births with its national share, and report the conservative low end, so a name carried by a handful of births cannot outrank one carried by hundreds.
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