Popular baby names in North Dakota, 2022

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 2022 were Olivia for girls (47 babies) and Oliver for boys (52). Oliver ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,975 babies born in North Dakota in 2022 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 2022

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

Brynlee: 15 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Elsie: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Hadley: 22 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Freya: 19 babies, 5.6× the national rate
River: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Cora: 24 babies, 5× the national rate
Remi: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Millie: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Sophie: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Quinn: 19 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Briggs: 15 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Griffin: 19 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Tate: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Hayes: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Brooks: 37 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Rhett: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Beckett: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Easton: 33 babies, 4× the national rate
Cooper: 40 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Calvin: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 2022

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2021	US rank
1	Olivia	47	–	1
2	Amelia	39	↑3	4
3	Nora	37	↑7	28
4	Ellie	35	↑16	33
5	Evelyn	34	↓1	9
6	Harper	34	↓4	11
7	Sophia	34	↑8	5
8	Eleanor	31	–	16
9	Aurora	30	–	31
10	Emma	30	↓7	2
11	Ivy	28	↑23	42
12	Ava	27	↓6	7
13	Charlotte	27	↓6	3
14	Elizabeth	26	↑22	15
15	Violet	26	↑11	20
16	Hazel	25	↓5	27
17	Cora	24	↑7	75
18	Ella	24	↑14	25
19	Luna	24	new	10
20	Everly	23	↑29	56
21	Sophie	23	new	63
22	Hadley	22	↑3	>100
23	Isla	22	↓11	36
24	Lucy	22	↑19	48
25	Nova	22	↑25	32
26	Paisley	22	↑12	53
27	Willow	21	↓10	37
28	Claire	20	↑2	66
29	Scarlett	20	↓16	14
30	Freya	19	new	>100
31	Quinn	19	↓15	73
32	Lily	18	new	30
33	Remi	18	↓5	>100
34	Isabella	17	↑8	6
35	Layla	17	new	29
36	Zoey	17	↑3	45
37	Grace	16	new	35
38	Kinsley	16	new	61
39	Millie	16	new	>100
40	Riley	16	new	39
41	River	16	new	>100
42	Stella	16	↓24	40
43	Adeline	15	new	92
44	Brynlee	15	new	>100
45	Chloe	15	↓22	19
46	Elsie	15	new	>100
47	Juniper	15	new	>100
48	Lyla	15	new	>100
49	Natalie	15	↓5	55
50	Rylee	15	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2021	US rank
1	Oliver	52	–	3
2	Theodore	47	↑1	10
3	Henry	45	↑5	7
4	Asher	44	↑1	20
5	Maverick	44	↑15	40
6	Hudson	43	–	27
7	William	43	↑7	6
8	Cooper	40	↑13	53
9	Noah	40	↑7	2
10	Leo	38	↑2	22
11	Liam	38	↓9	1
12	Brooks	37	↓8	77
13	James	36	↑2	4
14	Jack	35	↓5	15
15	Benjamin	34	↑18	9
16	Easton	33	↑18	80
17	Owen	30	↓4	18
18	Jaxon	28	new	67
19	Nolan	28	↑22	65
20	Lincoln	27	↓13	54
21	Miles	26	new	56
22	Walker	26	new	78
23	Weston	26	↑25	82
24	Alexander	25	new	17
25	Carter	25	↓1	47
26	Grayson	25	↓8	37
27	Jackson	25	↓8	23
28	Elijah	24	↓17	5
29	Everett	24	↓3	81
30	Logan	23	↓20	33
31	Thomas	23	new	45
32	Bennett	22	↓15	83
33	Emmett	22	↓8	>100
34	Jameson	22	↑9	85
35	Levi	22	↑9	12
36	Mason	22	↓9	24
37	Sebastian	22	new	13
38	Rhett	21	↓2	>100
39	Aiden	19	new	29
40	Daniel	19	new	14
41	Griffin	19	new	>100
42	Lucas	19	new	8
43	Luke	19	↓14	34
44	Michael	19	new	16
45	Rowan	19	new	96
46	Ryder	19	new	>100
47	Samuel	19	new	19
48	Beau	18	↓20	90
49	Calvin	18	new	>100
50	Gabriel	18	new	36

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