Popular baby names in North Dakota, 2025

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 2025 were Charlotte for girls (42 babies) and Liam for boys (56). Charlotte ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 6,056 babies born in North Dakota in 2025 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 2025

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: 20 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Lennon: 19 babies, 8× the national rate
Brynlee: 16 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Elsie: 23 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Ruth: 18 babies, 6× the national rate
Scottie: 21 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Wrenley: 17 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Emersyn: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Hadley: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lainey: 39 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Briggs: 18 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Otto: 18 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Colter: 32 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Benson: 16 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Stetson: 30 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Jett: 23 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Baker: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Hayes: 23 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Camden: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Beckham: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 2025

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2024	US rank
1	Charlotte	42	↑8	2
2	Lainey	39	↑1	30
3	Olivia	34	↑5	1
4	Ellie	33	↑3	24
5	Evelyn	32	↓4	8
6	Amelia	30	↓4	4
7	Ella	29	↑7	29
8	Hazel	29	↑4	21
9	Ivy	29	↓4	39
10	Emma	28	–	3
11	Aurora	26	↓7	15
12	Harper	26	↓1	16
13	Isla	26	↑3	28
14	Lucy	26	↑3	25
15	Nora	26	↓9	20
16	Violet	26	↓1	13
17	Elizabeth	24	↑12	17
18	Eleanor	23	↑3	12
19	Elsie	23	↑11	>100
20	Willow	23	↑15	44
21	Clara	22	new	63
22	Paisley	22	↑11	67
23	Eden	21	↑15	70
24	Lillian	21	new	57
25	Scottie	21	↑14	>100
26	Ava	20	↓8	11
27	Hattie	20	new	>100
28	Millie	20	↓6	73
29	Scarlett	20	↓10	32
30	Emery	19	new	74
31	Lennon	19	new	>100
32	Lily	19	↓5	18
33	Adeline	18	new	59
34	Lydia	18	new	92
35	Ruth	18	new	>100
36	Sophia	18	↓23	5
37	Emersyn	17	↑12	>100
38	Iris	17	new	61
39	Wrenley	17	↓13	>100
40	Avery	16	↓3	37
41	Brynlee	16	new	>100
42	Hadley	16	↓22	>100
43	Isabella	16	–	7
44	Josephine	16	↓13	53
45	Josie	16	↓22	82
46	Layla	16	↓2	36
47	Lyla	16	new	80
48	Vivian	16	new	72
49	Eloise	15	new	49
50	Penelope	15	new	22

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2024	US rank
1	Liam	56	↑4	1
2	Henry	49	–	5
3	Theodore	49	–	4
4	Noah	48	↑6	2
5	Oliver	47	↓4	3
6	Cooper	40	↑13	27
7	Hudson	37	↑1	17
8	Bennett	34	new	40
9	James	33	↑4	6
10	Colter	32	↑25	>100
11	Asher	31	↓2	28
12	Jack	31	↑10	15
13	Leo	31	↑4	19
14	Elias	30	↑22	13
15	Elijah	30	↓4	7
16	Stetson	30	new	>100
17	Brooks	29	↓13	64
18	Wesley	29	new	52
19	William	29	↑1	9
20	Owen	28	↓13	31
21	Weston	28	↑19	55
22	Luke	27	↑5	33
23	Rowan	26	↑8	59
24	Walker	26	↓6	78
25	Waylon	26	new	56
26	Beau	25	↓14	60
27	Archer	24	new	98
28	Lincoln	24	↓2	69
29	Maverick	24	↓23	49
30	Hayes	23	↑17	>100
31	Jett	23	new	>100
32	Carter	22	new	45
33	Myles	22	↓3	100
34	Samuel	22	↓10	18
35	Silas	22	new	71
36	Everett	21	↓20	77
37	Ezekiel	21	new	61
38	Graham	21	new	>100
39	Grayson	21	↑7	51
40	Luca	21	new	14
41	Mateo	21	new	8
42	Nolan	21	new	65
43	Wyatt	21	↓10	38
44	Atlas	20	new	75
45	Benjamin	20	↓20	11
46	David	20	new	35
47	Isaac	20	new	47
48	Lucas	20	new	10
49	Gabriel	19	new	37
50	John	19	new	23

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