Popular baby names in North Dakota, 2011

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 2011 were Emma for girls (67 babies) and Mason for boys (71). Emma ranked #3 nationally for girls. Mason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,262 babies born in North Dakota in 2011 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 2011

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

Brynlee: 16 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Hadley: 30 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Nora: 24 babies, 7× the national rate
Makenna: 15 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Harper: 47 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Lydia: 26 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Piper: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Morgan: 25 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Sophie: 31 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Paige: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Ryker: 21 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Tucker: 26 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Drew: 16 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Paxton: 16 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Bennett: 18 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Easton: 43 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Asher: 34 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Braxton: 23 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Gage: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Tanner: 16 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 2011

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010	US rank
1	Emma	67	↑6	3
2	Ava	63	↑8	5
3	Sophia	54	↓2	1
4	Olivia	49	↑1	4
5	Harper	47	↑22	54
6	Isabella	43	↓4	2
7	Abigail	41	↑7	7
8	Ella	40	↓4	12
9	Avery	39	↑14	18
10	Brooklyn	39	↓4	21
11	Hannah	34	↑10	25
12	Zoey	34	↑29	28
13	Chloe	33	↑11	10
14	Lily	32	↑8	15
15	Sophie	31	↑15	51
16	Hadley	30	new	>100
17	Madison	29	↓1	8
18	Addison	28	↓15	13
19	Layla	28	new	35
20	Aubrey	27	↑22	20
21	Grace	27	↓9	16
22	Lydia	26	new	96
23	Morgan	25	↑14	75
24	Claire	24	↓9	50
25	Emily	24	↓16	6
26	Nora	24	↑13	>100
27	Kaylee	23	↓8	36
28	Taylor	22	↓17	44
29	Elizabeth	21	↓21	11
30	Peyton	21	↓13	53
31	Anna	20	↓13	38
32	Lillian	20	↓4	22
33	Piper	20	new	>100
34	Julia	19	new	58
35	Savannah	19	↑13	41
36	Alexis	18	↓16	26
37	Hailey	18	↓24	32
38	Paige	17	↑9	>100
39	Autumn	16	new	69
40	Brynlee	16	new	>100
41	Ellie	16	↓15	97
42	Lilly	16	new	>100
43	Rylee	16	new	>100
44	Samantha	16	new	17
45	Evelyn	15	new	24
46	Lauren	15	↓1	62
47	Makenna	15	new	>100
48	Natalie	15	↓19	14
49	Amelia	14	new	30
50	Bella	14	↓19	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010	US rank
1	Mason	71	–	2
2	Carter	52	↑6	41
3	Ethan	50	↑3	7
4	Jacob	50	↓2	1
5	Liam	49	↑2	15
6	Logan	46	↓3	21
7	Noah	45	↓3	5
8	Owen	44	↑10	44
9	Easton	43	↑14	>100
10	Wyatt	41	↑10	48
11	James	39	↑15	17
12	Parker	39	↑7	79
13	Elijah	38	↑36	13
14	Jack	38	–	45
15	Jackson	38	↑2	23
16	Gabriel	37	↑16	24
17	Aiden	35	↓12	9
18	Asher	34	new	>100
19	Hunter	34	↑19	55
20	William	34	↑7	3
21	Bentley	33	↓12	75
22	Caleb	33	↑6	32
23	Eli	33	↑18	58
24	Jaxon	33	↓12	86
25	Brayden	32	↓15	36
26	Lucas	32	↑10	29
27	Isaac	31	↓2	35
28	Gavin	30	↓17	37
29	Chase	29	–	69
30	Levi	29	↑1	66
31	Michael	29	↑2	6
32	Brody	28	↓19	83
33	Landon	28	↓18	34
34	Matthew	28	↑5	12
35	Benjamin	27	↓11	19
36	Joseph	27	↑6	22
37	Ryder	27	new	>100
38	Cooper	26	↓16	82
39	Luke	26	↓2	39
40	Samuel	26	new	26
41	Tucker	26	new	>100
42	Alexander	25	↓26	8
43	Blake	25	new	73
44	Colton	25	new	74
45	Hudson	25	new	>100
46	Evan	24	↓16	40
47	Oliver	24	new	78
48	Andrew	23	↓2	16
49	Braxton	23	new	>100
50	Carson	22	↓6	85

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