Popular baby names in North Dakota, 2023

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 2023 were Evelyn for girls (46 babies) and Oliver for boys (69). Evelyn ranked #9 nationally for girls. Oliver ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,942 babies born in North Dakota in 2023 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 2023

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

Hattie: 16 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Collins: 15 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Elsie: 17 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Wrenley: 16 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Hallie: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Hadley: 20 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Freya: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Quinn: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Millie: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lainey: 26 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Bridger: 17 babies, 24.1× the national rate
Briggs: 17 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Colter: 16 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Rhett: 29 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Otto: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Sawyer: 30 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Ryker: 21 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Hayes: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Stetson: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Knox: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 2023

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Evelyn	46	↑4	9
2	Charlotte	37	↑11	3
3	Amelia	35	↓1	4
4	Harper	35	↑2	11
5	Olivia	34	↓4	1
6	Nora	31	↓3	24
7	Hazel	30	↑9	18
8	Ivy	30	↑3	38
9	Lainey	26	new	54
10	Willow	26	↑17	41
11	Elizabeth	25	↑3	15
12	Violet	25	↑3	16
13	Eleanor	24	↓5	14
14	Ella	24	↑4	32
15	Isla	23	↑8	33
16	Emma	22	↓6	2
17	Sophia	22	↓10	5
18	Addison	21	new	62
19	Aurora	21	↓10	22
20	Lily	21	↑12	20
21	Paisley	21	↑5	56
22	Scarlett	21	↑7	17
23	Ava	20	↓11	8
24	Hadley	20	↓2	>100
25	Lillian	20	new	55
26	Quinn	20	↑5	86
27	Avery	19	new	29
28	Chloe	19	↑17	26
29	Ellie	19	↓25	27
30	Eden	18	new	77
31	Josephine	18	new	64
32	Luna	18	↓13	10
33	Millie	18	↑6	>100
34	Penelope	18	new	23
35	Claire	17	↓7	68
36	Elsie	17	↑10	>100
37	Stella	17	↑5	46
38	Hattie	16	new	>100
39	Lucy	16	↓15	40
40	Wrenley	16	new	>100
41	Collins	15	new	>100
42	Eloise	15	new	81
43	Emery	15	new	70
44	Freya	15	↓14	>100
45	Grace	15	↓8	39
46	Hallie	15	new	>100
47	Lydia	15	new	94
48	Natalie	15	↑1	63
49	Zoey	15	↓13	51
50	Abigail	14	new	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Oliver	69	–	3
2	Hudson	57	↑4	21
3	Henry	50	–	8
4	Theodore	50	↓2	7
5	Asher	43	↓1	23
6	James	39	↑7	4
7	Noah	39	↑2	2
8	Jack	38	↑6	14
9	Maverick	37	↓4	37
10	Brooks	36	↑2	73
11	William	33	↓4	10
12	Grayson	31	↑14	44
13	Liam	31	↓2	1
14	Owen	31	↑3	20
15	Cooper	30	↓7	52
16	Sawyer	30	new	>100
17	Rhett	29	↑21	>100
18	Benjamin	28	↓3	11
19	Wesley	28	new	70
20	Wyatt	27	new	47
21	Bennett	26	↑11	74
22	Elijah	25	↑6	5
23	Jackson	25	↑4	28
24	Beau	24	↑24	81
25	Mason	24	↑11	30
26	Samuel	24	↑21	19
27	Everett	23	↑2	89
28	Leo	23	↓18	18
29	Miles	23	↓8	43
30	Ezra	22	new	15
31	Lincoln	22	↓11	64
32	Parker	22	new	91
33	Theo	22	new	78
34	Weston	22	↓11	75
35	Colton	21	new	94
36	Levi	21	↓1	12
37	Ryker	21	new	>100
38	Walker	21	↓16	85
39	Waylon	21	new	63
40	Graham	20	new	>100
41	Gabriel	19	↑9	38
42	Luka	19	new	95
43	Michael	19	↑1	16
44	Rowan	19	↑1	76
45	Stetson	19	new	>100
46	Archer	18	new	>100
47	Jacob	18	new	35
48	Luke	18	↓5	31
49	Aiden	17	↓10	40
50	Axel	17	new	71

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