Popular baby names in North Dakota, 2020

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 2020 were Hazel for girls (44 babies) and Oliver for boys (51). Hazel ranked #31 nationally for girls. Oliver ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,164 babies born in North Dakota in 2020 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 2020

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

Hadley: 25 babies, 6× the national rate
Lydia: 27 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Quinn: 29 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Freya: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Eden: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Josie: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Cora: 25 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Hazel: 44 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Charlie: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ivy: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Briggs: 18 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Hayes: 18 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Jett: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Colt: 18 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Rhett: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Beckett: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Barrett: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Archer: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Hudson: 45 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Sawyer: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 2020

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Hazel	44	↑24	31
2	Amelia	42	↓1	6
3	Olivia	42	↑2	1
4	Ava	41	↑2	3
5	Emma	37	↓1	2
6	Evelyn	37	↓4	9
7	Eleanor	35	↑22	22
8	Harper	35	↓5	10
9	Charlotte	34	↓1	5
10	Ellie	29	↑14	29
11	Quinn	29	↑1	84
12	Everly	28	↓2	43
13	Aurora	27	↑15	36
14	Ella	27	↓1	15
15	Lydia	27	↑20	95
16	Sophia	27	↓9	4
17	Ivy	26	↑19	57
18	Aria	25	↑9	27
19	Cora	25	↑3	88
20	Hadley	25	↓3	>100
21	Isabella	24	↓10	7
22	Grace	23	↓2	28
23	Madison	23	new	23
24	Abigail	22	↓5	12
25	Nora	22	↓16	30
26	Scarlett	22	new	21
27	Emily	21	new	18
28	Penelope	21	↑16	26
29	Claire	20	↑5	58
30	Elizabeth	20	↑16	16
31	Lillian	20	↑11	46
32	Willow	20	new	48
33	Lucy	19	↑14	50
34	Addison	18	new	47
35	Avery	18	↓19	19
36	Eden	18	new	>100
37	Luna	18	new	14
38	Hannah	17	↓8	39
39	Josie	17	new	>100
40	Aubrey	16	↑9	56
41	Charlie	16	new	>100
42	Mia	16	new	8
43	Chloe	15	new	25
44	Freya	15	new	>100
45	Isla	15	↓31	44
46	Kinsley	15	↓5	59
47	Natalie	15	↓24	51
48	Paisley	15	↓33	49
49	Riley	15	new	33
50	Rylee	15	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Oliver	51	↑2	3
2	Liam	48	↓1	1
3	Hudson	45	↑21	43
4	Asher	44	↑9	32
5	Noah	41	↑5	2
6	Jack	40	↑1	21
7	Benjamin	39	↑24	7
8	Theodore	39	↑9	23
9	Henry	38	↓5	9
10	Lincoln	38	↑6	40
11	James	37	↓3	6
12	Maverick	37	↑2	50
13	Elijah	35	↑5	4
14	Jackson	33	↑15	17
15	Grayson	30	↑4	35
16	William	30	↓11	5
17	Wyatt	30	↓8	29
18	Luke	28	new	31
19	Owen	28	↓17	22
20	Levi	27	↑2	18
21	Easton	26	↓10	73
22	Logan	25	↓10	16
23	Mason	25	↑14	11
24	Thomas	25	↑6	45
25	Carter	24	↓19	33
26	Eli	24	new	60
27	Brooks	23	new	92
28	Jameson	23	↑16	79
29	Emmett	22	↓1	>100
30	Everett	22	↑11	90
31	Isaac	22	↑2	39
32	Jaxon	22	↓7	48
33	Leo	22	↓18	36
34	Carson	21	↑12	84
35	Declan	21	new	>100
36	Ezekiel	21	new	64
37	Greyson	21	new	81
38	Miles	21	new	59
39	Sawyer	21	↓19	>100
40	Silas	21	new	100
41	Wesley	21	new	98
42	Harrison	20	↑1	>100
43	Nolan	20	new	61
44	Rhett	20	↓9	>100
45	Anthony	19	new	41
46	Axel	19	new	72
47	Colton	19	↓15	66
48	Connor	19	new	78
49	Hunter	19	↓1	68
50	Isaiah	19	↓16	51

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