Popular baby names in North Dakota, 2015

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 2015 were Ava for girls (71 babies) and Liam for boys (63). Ava ranked #4 nationally for girls. Liam ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,500 babies born in North Dakota in 2015 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 2015

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: 25 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Charlie: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Hadley: 26 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Eden: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Cora: 27 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Paisley: 38 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Piper: 31 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Emery: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Norah: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Nora: 37 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Crosby: 15 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Rhett: 17 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Ryker: 30 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Beckett: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Bennett: 29 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Dawson: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Beau: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Rylan: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jax: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Corbin: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 2015

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	Ava	71	↑3	4
2	Emma	71	–	1
3	Olivia	64	–	2
4	Harper	59	↓3	10
5	Avery	43	–	16
6	Sophia	42	↑6	3
7	Charlotte	40	↑26	9
8	Paisley	38	↑12	45
9	Aubrey	37	↑1	21
10	Nora	37	↓1	41
11	Addison	36	↑2	24
12	Ella	34	↑2	18
13	Grace	32	↑18	19
14	Piper	31	↑15	67
15	Abigail	30	↑3	7
16	Hazel	30	↑24	63
17	Isabella	29	↑2	5
18	Amelia	28	↓11	12
19	Evelyn	28	↓3	15
20	Lily	28	↑3	25
21	Natalie	28	↑6	27
22	Cora	27	↑26	88
23	Layla	27	↑27	30
24	Elizabeth	26	↑1	13
25	Hadley	26	↓8	>100
26	Lillian	26	↑2	26
27	Mia	26	↓1	6
28	Aria	25	↓4	29
29	Brynlee	25	new	>100
30	Chloe	25	–	17
31	Hannah	25	↓9	28
32	Lucy	25	–	55
33	Madison	25	↓25	11
34	Brooklyn	24	↓13	31
35	Ellie	23	↓24	48
36	Anna	22	new	44
37	Claire	22	↓3	49
38	Aubree	21	↑6	79
39	Emily	21	↓24	8
40	Lydia	21	↓5	80
41	Stella	21	↓4	51
42	Clara	20	new	98
43	Mila	20	new	53
44	Zoey	20	↓38	23
45	Aurora	19	–	78
46	Emery	18	new	>100
47	Kinsley	18	new	>100
48	Quinn	18	↓7	97
49	Sadie	18	↓10	52
50	Zoe	18	new	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	Liam	63	–	2
2	Oliver	57	↑13	19
3	Carter	52	↑7	24
4	Owen	52	↑1	36
5	Henry	51	↑2	29
6	Mason	51	↓4	3
7	William	50	↓4	5
8	Noah	49	↓4	1
9	Easton	47	↓3	78
10	Wyatt	47	↑12	34
11	Jaxon	46	–	44
12	Hudson	44	↓4	65
13	Lucas	44	↑20	16
14	Elijah	41	↑15	11
15	Lincoln	41	new	66
16	James	39	↑3	7
17	Caleb	38	new	37
18	Jackson	38	↓9	17
19	Jack	37	↓5	40
20	Logan	36	↓4	14
21	Asher	35	new	82
22	Gavin	35	↑18	70
23	Jacob	35	↑4	4
24	Levi	34	↑24	42
25	Isaac	33	↑5	31
26	Joseph	32	↑2	21
27	Luke	32	↑10	28
28	Alexander	31	↓4	8
29	Aiden	30	new	13
30	Eli	30	↑9	53
31	Matthew	30	new	15
32	Ryker	30	↑2	>100
33	Bennett	29	↑16	>100
34	Michael	29	↓22	9
35	Ryder	28	↓12	98
36	Bentley	27	↓5	92
37	Connor	27	↑10	55
38	Nolan	27	↑7	71
39	Parker	27	↓19	72
40	Sawyer	26	↑6	94
41	Andrew	25	↓9	30
42	Benjamin	25	↓21	10
43	David	25	new	18
44	Ethan	25	↓26	6
45	Hunter	25	↓32	41
46	Thomas	25	new	51
47	Blake	24	↓12	96
48	Brody	24	new	>100
49	Gabriel	24	new	22
50	Jace	24	↓25	75

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