Top Baby Names in North Dakota, 2020s — Most Popular Boys & Girls Names

The most popular baby names in North Dakota from 2020 to 2024, ranked by total births during the decade.

What the Data Says About the 2020s in North Dakota

During the 2020s (2020–2024), the Social Security Administration recorded 12,257 births across the top 50 boy and top 50 girl names in North Dakota. The decade's leading boy name was Oliver with 285 births, while Evelyn was the top girl name with 209 births. The top 50 boys in this decade collectively accounted for 6,773 births versus 5,484 for the top 50 girls — a common SSA pattern in which the boy-name pool is more concentrated among fewer high-frequency choices. These totals represent only names appearing five or more times per year in North Dakota; rarer names fall below the SSA's privacy-disclosure threshold and are excluded.

The 2020s sits within a specific cultural window of U.S. naming history. Recent decades like the 2020s reflect a distinctive modern pattern — shorter names, vowel-heavy endings, and revived classic forms (Liam, Noah, Olivia, Emma) replacing the trendy -aiden/-ayden constructions of the prior era. Oliver and Evelyn leading North Dakota during this window reflects how regional preferences interact with broader national trends.

Decade totals are computed by summing SSA state-year records for North Dakota across all ten years of the 2020s. Because the SSA suppresses any name with fewer than five annual occurrences in a state, the true number of unique names given in North Dakota during this decade is larger than what this page lists. The dataset also treats every spelling as a separate name — for example, Kayla and Kaylah are tracked independently — so combined-spelling totals would shift the rankings somewhat. This page is provided for informational and research purposes and does not constitute naming, legal, or genealogical advice.

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Boy Top 50 Boy Names

Rank Name Births
1 Oliver 285
2 Theodore 225
3 Hudson 224
4 Henry 222
5 Liam 212
6 Asher 209
7 Maverick 193
8 Noah 189
9 Brooks 182
10 Jack 178
11 James 174
12 William 170
13 Owen 165
14 Elijah 152
15 Lincoln 151
16 Benjamin 148
17 Leo 147
18 Cooper 142
19 Grayson 137
20 Jackson 132
21 Easton 124
22 Everett 124
23 Levi 120
24 Wyatt 119
25 Sawyer 118
26 Beau 115
27 Miles 115
28 Bennett 114
29 Mason 114
30 Rhett 113
31 Luke 113
32 Logan 110
33 Carter 103
34 Walker 103
35 Weston 102
36 Samuel 102
37 Emmett 101
38 Ezra 100
39 Jameson 99
40 Thomas 99
41 Joseph 98
42 Nolan 97
43 Jaxon 95
44 Wesley 95
45 Eli 93
46 Michael 93
47 Hayes 92
48 Theo 89
49 Rowan 88
50 Silas 88

Girl Top 50 Girl Names

Rank Name Births
1 Evelyn 209
2 Olivia 204
3 Amelia 196
4 Harper 182
5 Charlotte 164
6 Emma 164
7 Hazel 156
8 Nora 156
9 Ava 149
10 Aurora 145
11 Eleanor 143
12 Sophia 139
13 Ellie 138
14 Ivy 138
15 Ella 120
16 Isla 115
17 Scarlett 114
18 Violet 113
19 Hadley 111
20 Quinn 110
21 Willow 110
22 Elizabeth 105
23 Lucy 99
24 Cora 98
25 Lydia 92
26 Paisley 91
27 Everly 91
28 Stella 90
29 Claire 88
30 Chloe 87
31 Luna 86
32 Isabella 85
33 Lainey 84
34 Aria 84
35 Avery 83
36 Lily 82
37 Eden 81
38 Millie 80
39 Mila 79
40 Nova 78
41 Grace 78
42 Penelope 77
43 Lillian 77
44 Zoey 76
45 Mia 75
46 Sophie 75
47 Abigail 73
48 Elsie 72
49 Addison 71
50 Ruby 71

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Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files, 1910–2024 (ssa.gov).

Source: SSA Baby Names Methodology — names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year are included (ssa.gov/oact/babynames/limits.html).

Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official U.S. government datasets. See our methodology for details.