Popular baby names in North Dakota, 2017

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 2017 were Emma for girls (70 babies) and Oliver for boys (74). Oliver ranked #10 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,104 babies born in North Dakota in 2017 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 2017

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

Elsie: 19 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Thea: 15 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Brynlee: 15 babies, 6× the national rate
Quinn: 31 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Everly: 27 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ivy: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Norah: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Willow: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Hazel: 33 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ellie: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Ryker: 39 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Rhett: 28 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Beckett: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Brody: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Easton: 48 babies, 4× the national rate
Ryder: 27 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Brooks: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Cooper: 35 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Graham: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Asher: 45 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 2017

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Emma	70	↑2	1
2	Harper	62	–	11
3	Olivia	53	↓2	2
4	Amelia	51	↑1	8
5	Ava	49	↑5	3
6	Abigail	38	↑24	10
7	Evelyn	36	↓3	9
8	Hazel	33	↑5	43
9	Ella	32	↓2	16
10	Ellie	32	↑7	44
11	Eleanor	31	↑34	36
12	Quinn	31	↑15	76
13	Sophia	31	↑2	5
14	Addison	30	↓5	34
15	Paisley	29	↑3	45
16	Everly	27	new	82
17	Grace	27	↓6	21
18	Layla	27	↑23	26
19	Natalie	27	↑30	35
20	Scarlett	27	↑4	18
21	Nora	26	↓13	29
22	Avery	25	↓10	14
23	Charlotte	25	↓17	7
24	Elizabeth	25	↑1	13
25	Willow	24	new	80
26	Lillian	23	↓5	27
27	Mila	23	new	30
28	Isabella	22	↓8	4
29	Stella	22	new	42
30	Aria	21	↑20	20
31	Cora	21	↑3	83
32	Ivy	21	new	>100
33	Brooklyn	20	↑15	39
34	Claire	20	↓2	49
35	Piper	20	↓16	81
36	Adeline	19	↑3	64
37	Elsie	19	new	>100
38	Lydia	19	↓24	85
39	Kinsley	18	new	59
40	Lily	18	↓18	33
41	Penelope	18	new	24
42	Riley	18	new	25
43	Eva	17	new	73
44	Mia	17	↓15	6
45	Vivian	17	new	97
46	Chloe	16	↓11	22
47	Clara	16	new	95
48	Hadley	16	↓32	>100
49	Zoey	16	↓12	28
50	Athena	15	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Oliver	74	–	10
2	Henry	64	↑6	19
3	Liam	61	↑2	1
4	Noah	51	↑15	2
5	William	49	↓3	3
6	Easton	48	↓3	66
7	Owen	48	↓3	28
8	Asher	45	↑7	59
9	Logan	45	↑13	5
10	Jack	44	↑7	36
11	Elijah	43	↑2	8
12	James	41	↓5	4
13	Ryker	39	↑18	>100
14	Carter	37	↑22	24
15	Jaxon	36	↓1	43
16	Lincoln	36	↓5	41
17	Cooper	35	↑17	88
18	Lucas	35	↑20	11
19	Theodore	34	new	61
20	Wyatt	34	↓11	25
21	Isaac	32	↑2	32
22	Jackson	30	↑2	20
23	Sawyer	30	↑6	95
24	Hudson	29	↓14	64
25	Joseph	29	↑23	18
26	Maverick	29	new	84
27	Thomas	29	↓2	49
28	Alexander	28	↑21	13
29	Jacob	28	↓11	9
30	Michael	28	↑5	12
31	Rhett	28	new	>100
32	Samuel	28	new	21
33	Benjamin	27	↓12	6
34	Eli	27	↓22	54
35	Gabriel	27	↓5	31
36	Greyson	27	new	80
37	Mason	27	↓31	7
38	Ryder	27	new	>100
39	Ethan	26	↓13	14
40	Carson	25	↓7	83
41	Grayson	25	↓25	34
42	John	25	new	27
43	Silas	25	new	>100
44	Bentley	24	new	>100
45	Brody	24	new	>100
46	Charles	24	new	48
47	Brayden	23	new	72
48	Hunter	23	↓8	53
49	Luke	23	↓22	30
50	Gavin	22	new	96

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