Popular baby names in North Dakota, 2018

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 2018 were Olivia for girls (63 babies) and Oliver for boys (57). Olivia ranked #2 nationally for girls. Oliver ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,874 babies born in North Dakota in 2018 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 2018

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

Aspen: 15 babies, 7× the national rate
Lauren: 18 babies, 6× the national rate
Rylee: 24 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Isla: 26 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Piper: 25 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Hadley: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Quinn: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Cora: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Hazel: 30 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Harper: 60 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Lane: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Rhett: 27 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Beckett: 19 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Brooks: 27 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jax: 19 babies, 5× the national rate
Ryker: 34 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Beau: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Finn: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Brody: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Easton: 45 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 2018

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Olivia	63	↑2	2
2	Emma	62	↓1	1
3	Harper	60	↓1	9
4	Charlotte	50	↑19	6
5	Amelia	44	↓1	8
6	Evelyn	42	↑1	10
7	Ava	35	↓2	3
8	Ella	35	↑1	15
9	Nora	33	↑12	30
10	Aria	32	↑20	19
11	Avery	30	↑11	16
12	Hazel	30	↓4	42
13	Scarlett	28	↑7	20
14	Abigail	27	↓8	11
15	Mila	27	↑12	14
16	Isla	26	new	82
17	Mia	26	↑27	7
18	Piper	25	↑17	88
19	Rylee	24	new	>100
20	Cora	23	↑11	73
21	Isabella	23	↑7	4
22	Quinn	23	↓10	85
23	Sophia	23	↓10	5
24	Aurora	22	new	44
25	Brooklyn	22	↑8	47
26	Elizabeth	22	↓2	13
27	Ellie	22	↓17	36
28	Grace	22	↓11	24
29	Hadley	22	↑19	>100
30	Everly	21	↓14	53
31	Lucy	21	new	51
32	Natalie	21	↓13	39
33	Paisley	21	↓18	52
34	Hannah	20	new	33
35	Lillian	20	↓9	34
36	Stella	20	↓7	38
37	Emily	19	new	12
38	Kennedy	19	new	59
39	Lauren	18	new	>100
40	Layla	18	↓22	27
41	Willow	18	↓16	60
42	Audrey	17	new	46
43	Claire	17	↓9	50
44	Hailey	17	new	79
45	Lydia	17	↓7	89
46	Madison	17	new	22
47	Anna	16	new	54
48	Chloe	16	↓2	25
49	Clara	16	↓2	>100
50	Addison	15	↓36	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Oliver	57	–	5
2	Henry	55	–	16
3	Owen	49	↑4	25
4	Hudson	47	↑20	55
5	Easton	45	↑1	66
6	Logan	45	↑3	10
7	Noah	44	↓3	2
8	Liam	43	↓5	1
9	Jack	42	↑1	28
10	William	42	↓5	3
11	Wyatt	42	↑9	27
12	Lincoln	41	↑4	41
13	Theodore	40	↑6	44
14	Benjamin	38	↑19	6
15	Grayson	38	↑26	32
16	James	37	↓4	4
17	Carson	34	↑23	70
18	Elijah	34	↓7	7
19	Isaac	34	↑2	34
20	Ryker	34	↓7	>100
21	Mason	33	↑16	9
22	Carter	32	↓8	24
23	Leo	32	new	50
24	Lucas	32	↓6	8
25	Asher	31	↓17	47
26	Jaxon	31	↓11	39
27	Connor	29	new	58
28	Eli	29	↑6	57
29	Thomas	28	↓2	49
30	Brooks	27	new	>100
31	Everett	27	new	95
32	Harrison	27	new	>100
33	Jackson	27	↓11	17
34	Rhett	27	↓3	>100
35	Alexander	26	↓7	11
36	Maverick	26	↓10	73
37	Michael	26	↓7	14
38	Samuel	26	↓6	21
39	Bentley	25	↑5	>100
40	Gabriel	25	↓5	35
41	Greyson	25	↓5	77
42	Jacob	25	↓13	13
43	Levi	25	new	33
44	Elias	24	new	67
45	Sawyer	24	↓22	100
46	Aiden	23	new	19
47	Beau	23	new	>100
48	Declan	23	new	>100
49	Jameson	23	new	91
50	Luke	23	↓1	30

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