Popular baby names in North Dakota, 2008

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 2008 were Ava for girls (65 babies) and Carter for boys (62). Ava ranked #5 nationally for girls. Carter ranked #65 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,196 babies born in North Dakota in 2008 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 2008

Names given at least 15 times in North Dakota that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Mckenna: 17 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Brooklynn: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Claire: 27 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rylee: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Katelyn: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Morgan: 29 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bella: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Isabelle: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ella: 48 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bailey: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Easton: 25 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Rylan: 30 babies, 10× the national rate
Grady: 15 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Tucker: 18 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Tyson: 16 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Drew: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Hudson: 21 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Carter: 62 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Brady: 41 babies, 5× the national rate
Ryder: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 2008

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Ava	65	↑2	5
2	Emma	62	↓1	1
3	Sophia	54	↑7	7
4	Addison	50	↑2	12
5	Ella	48	↑7	19
6	Olivia	47	↓4	4
7	Abigail	42	↓2	8
8	Chloe	41	↑10	10
9	Grace	39	↓1	21
10	Lily	38	↑11	24
11	Isabella	37	↑9	2
12	Madison	37	↓8	6
13	Elizabeth	36	↑1	9
14	Alexis	34	↑3	15
15	Avery	29	↑13	38
16	Morgan	29	↑6	46
17	Aubrey	28	↑10	42
18	Emily	28	↓11	3
19	Hailey	28	↓4	25
20	Lauren	28	↓1	30
21	Claire	27	↑14	62
22	Brooklyn	25	↓9	48
23	Hannah	25	↓14	17
24	Katelyn	22	↑8	80
25	Kaylee	22	↑1	31
26	Leah	21	↑12	40
27	Natalie	21	↑19	13
28	Bailey	20	↓4	82
29	Samantha	20	↑18	11
30	Taylor	20	↓19	22
31	Anna	19	↓15	26
32	Isabelle	19	↑10	93
33	Madelyn	19	↑8	64
34	Allison	18	new	32
35	Faith	18	new	90
36	Mckenna	17	↓7	>100
37	Megan	17	↑2	100
38	Molly	17	new	>100
39	Peyton	17	new	60
40	Rylee	17	new	>100
41	Sophie	17	new	75
42	Sydney	17	↓12	49
43	Alyssa	16	↓3	16
44	Brooke	16	↓10	52
45	Lillian	16	new	29
46	Mia	16	new	14
47	Bella	15	new	>100
48	Brooklynn	15	new	>100
49	Gracie	15	new	99
50	Makayla	15	new	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Carter	62	↑16	65
2	Aiden	58	↑6	16
3	Mason	56	↑6	35
4	Gavin	54	↑2	30
5	Wyatt	54	↑19	62
6	Logan	53	↓5	19
7	Brody	50	↑4	70
8	Landon	49	↑6	45
9	Brayden	48	↑7	51
10	Ethan	46	↓8	3
11	Jacob	44	↓8	1
12	Elijah	42	↑25	22
13	Brady	41	new	94
14	Hunter	41	↑16	54
15	Jack	41	↓11	39
16	Jackson	41	↑22	32
17	William	39	↑17	8
18	Noah	38	↑1	15
19	Owen	37	↓12	58
20	Isaac	36	↓8	37
21	Samuel	36	↑7	27
22	Andrew	35	↓12	12
23	Joseph	35	↑4	13
24	Alexander	33	↓19	6
25	Benjamin	33	↓3	25
26	James	32	↓3	17
27	Jayden	31	↑2	11
28	Ryan	31	↑5	18
29	Caleb	30	↑15	34
30	Dylan	30	↓17	31
31	Kaden	30	↑16	100
32	Rylan	30	new	>100
33	Lucas	29	↓13	46
34	Matthew	28	↓19	10
35	Michael	28	↓17	2
36	Riley	28	new	>100
37	Gabriel	27	↓11	24
38	Nathan	27	new	21
39	Carson	26	↑1	89
40	Connor	26	↑10	57
41	Evan	26	↑1	38
42	Easton	25	new	>100
43	Tyler	25	↓22	28
44	Austin	24	↓9	55
45	Eli	24	new	99
46	Parker	24	↓14	>100
47	Anthony	23	↑2	7
48	Cameron	23	↓7	53
49	Colton	23	new	98
50	Hayden	23	↓5	76

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