Popular baby names in North Dakota, 2021

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 2021 were Olivia for girls (52 babies) and Oliver for boys (57). Oliver ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,372 babies born in North Dakota in 2021 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 2021

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

Lennon: 17 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Sawyer: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Remi: 21 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Blakely: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Hadley: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Quinn: 27 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Lydia: 24 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Isabelle: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Cora: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Charlie: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Bridger: 21 babies, 29.2× the national rate
Daxton: 16 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Hayes: 22 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Jett: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Brooks: 43 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Rhett: 23 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Bennett: 33 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ryker: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Sawyer: 27 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Archer: 22 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 2021

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Olivia	52	↑2	1
2	Harper	50	↑6	10
3	Emma	47	↑2	2
4	Evelyn	44	↑2	9
5	Amelia	43	↓3	4
6	Ava	37	↓2	5
7	Charlotte	37	↑2	3
8	Eleanor	32	↓1	15
9	Aurora	31	↑4	35
10	Nora	30	↑15	27
11	Hazel	29	↓10	28
12	Isla	29	↑33	34
13	Scarlett	29	↑13	20
14	Mila	28	new	26
15	Sophia	28	↑1	6
16	Quinn	27	↓5	81
17	Willow	27	↑15	39
18	Stella	26	new	41
19	Mia	25	↑23	8
20	Ellie	24	↓10	30
21	Lydia	24	↓6	89
22	Madison	24	↑1	29
23	Chloe	23	↑20	25
24	Cora	22	↓5	87
25	Hadley	22	↓5	>100
26	Violet	22	new	36
27	Abigail	21	↓3	17
28	Remi	21	new	>100
29	Aria	20	↓11	22
30	Claire	19	↓1	59
31	Lillian	19	–	51
32	Ella	18	↓18	16
33	Isabelle	18	new	>100
34	Ivy	18	↓17	49
35	Blakely	17	new	>100
36	Elizabeth	17	↓6	14
37	Lennon	17	new	>100
38	Paisley	17	↑10	52
39	Zoey	17	new	38
40	Avery	16	↓5	19
41	Eliana	16	new	47
42	Isabella	16	↓21	7
43	Lucy	16	↓10	48
44	Natalie	16	↑3	56
45	Ruby	16	new	62
46	Charlie	15	↓5	>100
47	Eden	15	↓11	>100
48	Emilia	15	new	40
49	Everly	15	↓37	50
50	Nova	15	new	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Oliver	57	–	3
2	Liam	54	–	1
3	Theodore	44	↑5	10
4	Brooks	43	↑23	78
5	Asher	42	↓1	25
6	Hudson	41	↓3	34
7	Lincoln	41	↑3	45
8	Henry	40	↑1	9
9	Jack	40	↓3	11
10	Logan	37	↑12	21
11	Elijah	36	↑2	4
12	Leo	36	↑21	31
13	Owen	36	↑6	22
14	William	36	↑2	6
15	James	34	↓4	5
16	Noah	34	↓11	2
17	Bennett	33	new	90
18	Grayson	33	↓3	35
19	Jackson	33	↓5	14
20	Maverick	33	↓8	47
21	Cooper	28	new	68
22	Ezra	27	new	37
23	Sawyer	27	↑16	>100
24	Carter	26	↑1	39
25	Emmett	26	↑4	>100
26	Everett	26	↑4	83
27	Mason	26	↓4	18
28	Beau	25	new	94
29	Luke	25	↓11	32
30	Wyatt	25	↓13	29
31	Eli	24	↓5	64
32	Jacob	24	new	24
33	Benjamin	23	↓26	7
34	Easton	23	↓13	72
35	Joseph	23	new	28
36	Rhett	23	↑8	>100
37	Andrew	22	new	57
38	Archer	22	new	>100
39	Hayes	22	new	>100
40	Kai	22	new	70
41	Nolan	22	↑2	60
42	Bridger	21	new	>100
43	Jameson	21	↓15	80
44	Levi	21	↓24	12
45	Milo	21	new	>100
46	Ryker	21	new	>100
47	Waylon	21	new	69
48	Weston	21	new	95
49	Caleb	20	new	51
50	Greyson	20	↓13	84

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