Popular baby names in North Dakota, 2016

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 2016 were Olivia for girls (66 babies) and Oliver for boys (74). Olivia ranked #2 nationally for girls. Oliver ranked #12 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,434 babies born in North Dakota in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 2016

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

Sawyer: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Hadley: 31 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Brynlee: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lydia: 32 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Mya: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Nora: 43 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Piper: 30 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Hazel: 35 babies, 4× the national rate
Isla: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Quinn: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Beckett: 28 babies, 7× the national rate
Nash: 16 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Clayton: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Barrett: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Zander: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Ryker: 29 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Brooks: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Easton: 54 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dawson: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Tucker: 20 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 2016

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Olivia	66	↑2	2
2	Harper	65	↑2	11
3	Emma	63	↓1	1
4	Evelyn	59	↑15	12
5	Amelia	47	↑13	10
6	Charlotte	46	↑1	7
7	Ella	43	↑5	17
8	Nora	43	↑2	36
9	Addison	39	↑2	29
10	Ava	38	↓9	3
11	Grace	36	↑2	19
12	Avery	35	↓7	16
13	Hazel	35	↑3	52
14	Lydia	32	↑26	80
15	Sophia	32	↓9	4
16	Hadley	31	↑9	>100
17	Ellie	30	↑18	43
18	Paisley	30	↓10	46
19	Piper	30	↓5	67
20	Isabella	29	↓3	5
21	Lillian	28	↑5	28
22	Lily	28	↓2	24
23	Madison	28	↑10	15
24	Scarlett	28	new	18
25	Elizabeth	27	↓1	13
26	Emily	26	↑13	9
27	Quinn	26	↑21	79
28	Madelyn	25	new	62
29	Mia	25	↓2	6
30	Abigail	24	↓15	8
31	Aubrey	24	↓22	25
32	Claire	24	↑5	40
33	Hannah	24	↓2	33
34	Cora	23	↓12	87
35	Chloe	22	↓5	20
36	Kennedy	22	new	59
37	Zoey	22	↑7	26
38	Ruby	21	new	71
39	Adeline	20	new	63
40	Anna	20	↓4	49
41	Layla	20	↓18	30
42	Lucy	20	↓10	55
43	Isla	19	new	>100
44	Audrey	18	new	39
45	Eleanor	18	new	41
46	Rylee	18	new	>100
47	Autumn	17	new	65
48	Brooklyn	17	↓14	34
49	Natalie	17	↓28	31
50	Aria	16	↓22	23

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Oliver	74	↑1	12
2	William	63	↑5	3
3	Easton	54	↑6	66
4	Owen	53	–	24
5	Liam	52	↓4	2
6	Mason	50	–	4
7	James	47	↑9	5
8	Henry	45	↓3	22
9	Wyatt	45	↑1	33
10	Hudson	43	↑2	61
11	Lincoln	41	↑4	51
12	Eli	40	↑18	50
13	Elijah	38	↑1	9
14	Jaxon	38	↓3	41
15	Asher	37	↑6	71
16	Grayson	37	new	37
17	Jack	37	↑2	38
18	Jacob	37	↑5	7
19	Noah	37	↓11	1
20	Aiden	36	↑9	16
21	Benjamin	36	↑21	6
22	Logan	36	↓2	18
23	Isaac	34	↑2	31
24	Jackson	34	↓6	17
25	Thomas	34	↑21	48
26	Ethan	32	↑18	10
27	Luke	31	–	29
28	Leo	30	new	74
29	Sawyer	30	↑11	97
30	Gabriel	29	↑19	25
31	Ryker	29	↑1	>100
32	Beckett	28	new	>100
33	Carson	28	new	81
34	Cooper	28	new	79
35	Michael	28	↓1	8
36	Carter	27	↓33	26
37	Landon	27	new	53
38	Lucas	27	↓25	14
39	Evan	26	new	69
40	Hunter	26	↑5	45
41	Andrew	25	–	34
42	Levi	25	↓18	42
43	Nolan	24	↓5	67
44	Parker	24	↓5	87
45	Braxton	23	new	>100
46	Caleb	23	↓29	44
47	Colton	23	new	68
48	Joseph	23	↓22	20
49	Alexander	22	↓21	11
50	Blake	22	↓3	>100

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