Popular baby names in North Dakota, 2012

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 2012 were Emma for girls (64 babies) and Mason for boys (61). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Mason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,664 babies born in North Dakota in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 2012

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: 19 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Kinley: 26 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Nora: 32 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Hadley: 25 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Brynn: 16 babies, 6× the national rate
Ivy: 16 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Piper: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Cora: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Harper: 52 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lilly: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Ryker: 19 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Paxton: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Rylan: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Gage: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Camden: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Easton: 33 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Hudson: 34 babies, 4× the national rate
Tucker: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jace: 35 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Weston: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Emma	64	–	2
2	Olivia	61	↑2	4
3	Sophia	59	–	1
4	Harper	52	↑1	24
5	Ava	51	↓3	5
6	Ella	44	↑2	12
7	Avery	42	↑2	13
8	Zoey	41	↑4	20
9	Aubrey	36	↑11	15
10	Brooklyn	36	–	29
11	Grace	36	↑10	21
12	Nora	32	↑14	>100
13	Isabella	31	↓7	3
14	Abigail	30	↓7	7
15	Addison	29	↑3	14
16	Hailey	29	↑21	32
17	Chloe	26	↓4	11
18	Elizabeth	26	↑11	10
19	Emily	26	↑6	6
20	Kinley	26	new	>100
21	Lily	26	↓7	16
22	Hadley	25	↓6	>100
23	Peyton	25	↑7	53
24	Piper	24	↑9	98
25	Hannah	23	↓14	22
26	Amelia	22	↑23	23
27	Madison	22	↓10	9
28	Anna	21	↑3	34
29	Stella	21	new	62
30	Lilly	20	↑12	>100
31	Bailey	19	new	81
32	Brynlee	19	↑8	>100
33	Ellie	19	↑8	85
34	Leah	19	new	33
35	Natalie	19	↑13	17
36	Sophie	19	↓21	52
37	Claire	18	↓13	45
38	Mia	18	new	8
39	Rylee	18	↑4	>100
40	Audrey	17	new	41
41	Lauren	17	↑5	72
42	Layla	17	↓23	31
43	Aria	16	new	92
44	Brynn	16	new	>100
45	Cora	16	new	>100
46	Evelyn	16	↓1	27
47	Ivy	16	new	>100
48	Paige	16	↓10	>100
49	Payton	16	new	>100
50	Savannah	16	↓15	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Mason	61	–	2
2	Liam	60	↑3	6
3	Ethan	56	–	3
4	James	51	↑7	14
5	Noah	51	↑2	4
6	Jackson	48	↑9	21
7	Jacob	48	↓3	1
8	Eli	47	↑15	43
9	Carter	46	↓7	36
10	Elijah	46	↑3	13
11	Isaac	46	↑16	30
12	William	44	↑8	5
13	Wyatt	44	↓3	41
14	Aiden	43	↑3	10
15	Jack	41	↓1	46
16	Gavin	40	↑12	40
17	Jaxon	40	↑7	66
18	Samuel	38	↑22	25
19	Gabriel	36	↓3	24
20	Alexander	35	↑22	9
21	Evan	35	↑25	47
22	Jace	35	new	85
23	Logan	35	↓17	22
24	Henry	34	new	44
25	Hudson	34	↑20	93
26	Hunter	34	↓7	45
27	Landon	34	↑6	35
28	Connor	33	new	59
29	Easton	33	↓20	96
30	Bentley	32	↓9	75
31	Michael	32	–	7
32	Andrew	31	↑16	18
33	Levi	31	↓3	55
34	Benjamin	29	↑1	16
35	Nolan	29	new	89
36	Carson	28	↑14	87
37	Colton	28	↑7	65
38	Joseph	28	↓2	19
39	Oliver	28	↑8	73
40	Parker	28	↓28	81
41	Brody	27	↓9	91
42	Cooper	27	↓4	83
43	Blake	26	–	71
44	Caleb	26	↓22	32
45	Lucas	26	↓19	27
46	Brayden	25	↓21	39
47	Chase	25	↓18	77
48	Owen	25	↓40	38
49	Ryan	24	new	26
50	Charles	23	new	62

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