Popular baby names in North Dakota, 2024

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 2024 were Evelyn for girls (49 babies) and Oliver for boys (56). Evelyn ranked #8 nationally for girls. Oliver ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,871 babies born in North Dakota in 2024 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 2024

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

Scottie: 16 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Sutton: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Oaklynn: 19 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Wrenley: 19 babies, 6× the national rate
Hadley: 22 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Elsie: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lainey: 37 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Millie: 21 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Josie: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ivy: 36 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Briggs: 18 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Otto: 19 babies, 8× the national rate
Baker: 15 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Colter: 20 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Ryker: 21 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Cohen: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Rhett: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Brooks: 44 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Tatum: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Sawyer: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 2024

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2023	US rank
1	Evelyn	49	–	8
2	Amelia	37	↑1	3
3	Lainey	37	↑6	38
4	Aurora	36	↑15	16
5	Ivy	36	↑3	36
6	Nora	36	–	22
7	Ellie	31	↑22	21
8	Olivia	31	↓3	1
9	Charlotte	29	↓7	4
10	Emma	28	↑6	2
11	Harper	28	↓7	12
12	Hazel	28	↓5	19
13	Sophia	28	↑4	6
14	Ella	27	–	30
15	Violet	27	↓3	15
16	Isla	26	↓1	35
17	Lucy	26	↑22	34
18	Ava	25	↑5	9
19	Scarlett	23	↑3	27
20	Hadley	22	↑4	>100
21	Eleanor	21	↓8	14
22	Millie	21	↑11	87
23	Josie	20	new	88
24	Oaklynn	19	new	>100
25	Ruby	19	new	62
26	Wrenley	19	↑14	>100
27	Lily	18	↓7	24
28	Stella	18	↑9	49
29	Elizabeth	17	↓18	17
30	Elsie	17	↑6	>100
31	Josephine	17	–	56
32	Nova	17	new	39
33	Paisley	17	↓12	61
34	Sadie	17	new	57
35	Willow	17	↓25	41
36	Aria	16	new	26
37	Avery	16	↓10	31
38	Eden	16	↓8	71
39	Scottie	16	new	>100
40	Sutton	16	new	>100
41	Alice	15	new	63
42	Chloe	15	↓14	20
43	Isabella	15	new	7
44	Layla	15	new	37
45	Mia	15	new	5
46	Mila	15	new	33
47	Quinn	15	↓21	96
48	Aspen	14	new	>100
49	Emersyn	14	new	>100
50	Hallie	14	↓4	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2023	US rank
1	Oliver	56	–	3
2	Henry	49	↑1	6
3	Theodore	45	↑1	4
4	Brooks	44	↑6	67
5	Liam	42	↑8	1
6	Maverick	42	↑3	36
7	Owen	40	↑7	26
8	Hudson	38	↓6	22
9	Asher	36	↓4	20
10	Noah	36	↓3	2
11	Elijah	32	↑11	8
12	Beau	31	↑12	69
13	James	30	↓7	5
14	Levi	30	↑22	12
15	Miles	30	↑14	37
16	Everett	29	↑11	85
17	Leo	29	↑11	24
18	Walker	29	↑20	82
19	Cooper	28	↓4	50
20	William	28	↓9	10
21	Easton	27	new	>100
22	Jack	27	↓14	15
23	Joseph	27	new	32
24	Samuel	26	↑2	17
25	Benjamin	24	↓7	11
26	Lincoln	24	↑5	73
27	Luke	23	↑21	34
28	Sawyer	23	↓12	>100
29	Daniel	22	new	16
30	Myles	21	new	99
31	Rowan	21	↑13	71
32	Ryker	21	↑5	>100
33	Wyatt	21	↓13	38
34	Andrew	20	new	68
35	Colter	20	new	>100
36	Elias	20	new	25
37	Jameson	20	new	>100
38	Rhett	20	↓21	>100
39	Theo	20	↓6	80
40	Weston	20	↓6	70
41	Ezra	19	↓11	13
42	Otto	19	new	>100
43	Roman	19	new	52
44	Thomas	19	new	39
45	Briggs	18	new	>100
46	Grayson	18	↓34	48
47	Hayes	18	new	>100
48	Mason	18	↓23	42
49	Declan	17	new	>100
50	Jackson	17	↓27	35

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