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HelpHow often do you hear these names?
These seem to be everywhere in ND, I was curious if others heard them as often. What names are common in your area?
Maren & Annika - probably because there is a lot of Swedish/Norweigan heritage in the area
Caleb
Ava
Nora
Audrey
Marley & Riley for girls
In DC there were tons of Sophies/Sophias, not as many here. I'm too lazy to look up the ND popularity stats, this is solely from my personal observation.
Maren & Annika - probably because there is a lot of Swedish/Norweigan heritage in the area
Caleb
Ava
Nora
Audrey
Marley & Riley for girls
In DC there were tons of Sophies/Sophias, not as many here. I'm too lazy to look up the ND popularity stats, this is solely from my personal observation.
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I'm in the U.S. Midwest area.
Maren - I've heard of one, never met any.
Annika - met 2
Caleb - I don't think it's that popular anymore
Ava - this is everywhere
Nora - I've met 2
Audrey - feels like it is becoming more popular
Marley - never met one
Riley - pretty frequent, more so on girls than boys, but typically spelled differently for girls - Rylee, Rylie, Ryleigh
Sophie and Sophias are everywhere
Other really common names around here: Addison, Brooklyn, Connor, Mason, Olivia/Alivia
Maren - I've heard of one, never met any.
Annika - met 2
Caleb - I don't think it's that popular anymore
Ava - this is everywhere
Nora - I've met 2
Audrey - feels like it is becoming more popular
Marley - never met one
Riley - pretty frequent, more so on girls than boys, but typically spelled differently for girls - Rylee, Rylie, Ryleigh
Sophie and Sophias are everywhere
Other really common names around here: Addison, Brooklyn, Connor, Mason, Olivia/Alivia
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I've only ever met an Ava and a male Riley. Both are currently children
Sophie I've only met one and she was in my year in school - never met another Sophie or ever met a Sophia
I might have come across an older Audrey though, but I can't recall
Rebecca / Becky; Thomas / Tom; Sean; Alice; Poppy all seem to be the most popular names I've come across with knowing multiple each
Sophie I've only met one and she was in my year in school - never met another Sophie or ever met a Sophia
I might have come across an older Audrey though, but I can't recall
Rebecca / Becky; Thomas / Tom; Sean; Alice; Poppy all seem to be the most popular names I've come across with knowing multiple each
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I've met a couple Marens and a few Annikas, but they're not common here.
I used to meet a lot of Calebs but haven't been meeting new ones recently.
Ava and Nora are common here, Audrey is somewhat common but more dated.
I know one girl named Marley, and only boys named Riley.
I think Sophie/Sophia is close to Ava and Nora.
I used to meet a lot of Calebs but haven't been meeting new ones recently.
Ava and Nora are common here, Audrey is somewhat common but more dated.
I know one girl named Marley, and only boys named Riley.
I think Sophie/Sophia is close to Ava and Nora.
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Maren - I've only ever known one. I believe she'd be mid-twenties now
Annika - I know a couple who are mid-twenties, one who is a teen
Caleb - my cousin's son is named Caleb, and I know quite a few of varying ages under 30
Ava - SO. MANY. teen and under Avas. So many.
Nora - one who's mid-twenties, and a couple of little little girls (like, 4 and under)
Audrey - one who's mid-twenties, a couple who are late teens, early twenties
I don't know any Marleys - boy or girl!
Riley - I know a bunch of girl Rileys of various spellings, not sure how many are actually spelled 'Riley' though
Annika - I know a couple who are mid-twenties, one who is a teen
Caleb - my cousin's son is named Caleb, and I know quite a few of varying ages under 30
Ava - SO. MANY. teen and under Avas. So many.
Nora - one who's mid-twenties, and a couple of little little girls (like, 4 and under)
Audrey - one who's mid-twenties, a couple who are late teens, early twenties
I don't know any Marleys - boy or girl!
Riley - I know a bunch of girl Rileys of various spellings, not sure how many are actually spelled 'Riley' though
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Ditto for Ava, Nora and Riley
The other ones that feel like every other baby announcement -
Jack, Oliver, Henry
Adeline/Adelaide, Amelia, Charlotte, Harper (specifically Harper Grace)
The other ones that feel like every other baby announcement -
Jack, Oliver, Henry
Adeline/Adelaide, Amelia, Charlotte, Harper (specifically Harper Grace)
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I am also from ND!
I don’t meet many kids outside of my nieces and nephews so I’m probably not the best judge on this buuut…
I know one Annika (she’s from MN).
I know several Caleb’s (including my brother) but I assumed it was just because I know many Christian/homeschool families who of course prefer Biblical names.
Ava is very common!
In my area I think Aubrey (and Aubree) is more common than Audrey.
I haven’t met any Marley’s or Riley’s.
I’m from central ND and there’s definitely strong Norwegian heritage in this area (you can’t go very far without passing a Viking Lutheran church haha) but I don’t know anyone under the age of 40 with traditional Norwegian name. The name trends seem to be modern, lots of ‘creative’ spellings and ln-as-fn, gender neutral names too.
I just glanced at the ND stats and there’s a lot of ‘ee’/lee ending girl names and boy names ending in n/son. There are some nature names too, I didn’t realize Aurora was #8!
I don’t meet many kids outside of my nieces and nephews so I’m probably not the best judge on this buuut…
I know one Annika (she’s from MN).
I know several Caleb’s (including my brother) but I assumed it was just because I know many Christian/homeschool families who of course prefer Biblical names.
Ava is very common!
In my area I think Aubrey (and Aubree) is more common than Audrey.
I haven’t met any Marley’s or Riley’s.
I’m from central ND and there’s definitely strong Norwegian heritage in this area (you can’t go very far without passing a Viking Lutheran church haha) but I don’t know anyone under the age of 40 with traditional Norwegian name. The name trends seem to be modern, lots of ‘creative’ spellings and ln-as-fn, gender neutral names too.
I just glanced at the ND stats and there’s a lot of ‘ee’/lee ending girl names and boy names ending in n/son. There are some nature names too, I didn’t realize Aurora was #8!
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Central ND, brother named Caleb - Audrey, does your dad know your know you're online? - Aunt Haven
j/k - but ND is small enough for something like that to happen. :-D
Viking Lutheran - that is interesting. I'm more aware of Germans from Russian and tons of Catholic Churches.
What you're talking about matches with my in-laws, they're also in Central ND.
Fargo has the highest population, with Bismarck, Grand Forks, and Minot making up about 2/3 of ND overall. This means that the popularity charts are skewed significantly. It's interesting.
ND Population: 779,000
Fargo: 126,000
Bismarck: 74,000
Grand Forks: 59,000
Minot: 48,000
j/k - but ND is small enough for something like that to happen. :-D
Viking Lutheran - that is interesting. I'm more aware of Germans from Russian and tons of Catholic Churches.
What you're talking about matches with my in-laws, they're also in Central ND.
Fargo has the highest population, with Bismarck, Grand Forks, and Minot making up about 2/3 of ND overall. This means that the popularity charts are skewed significantly. It's interesting.
ND Population: 779,000
Fargo: 126,000
Bismarck: 74,000
Grand Forks: 59,000
Minot: 48,000
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They just seem to be more common around here. Like in DC I remember lots of Sofias/Sophias, Oscars, and Charlies - not so much here.
Perhaps it's just different age groups. My niece, Sophie, is 17 now - she was a 2/3 when I moved. Now I"m aorund kids my daughter's age - she's 10.
Re: Maren
Maren, Ingrid, Annika, Siri, Haakon, Sven, Soren, and Leif - are all pretty common around here. A lot of people like to honor their Scandinavian.
Anyway, I compared DC's top 100 to ND and there are some big differences:
DC:
https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/namesbystate.cgi
ND:
https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/namesbystate.cgi
Perhaps it's just different age groups. My niece, Sophie, is 17 now - she was a 2/3 when I moved. Now I"m aorund kids my daughter's age - she's 10.
Re: Maren
Maren, Ingrid, Annika, Siri, Haakon, Sven, Soren, and Leif - are all pretty common around here. A lot of people like to honor their Scandinavian.
Anyway, I compared DC's top 100 to ND and there are some big differences:
DC:
https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/namesbystate.cgi
ND:
https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/namesbystate.cgi
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I've never met an Oscar! I assumed that name never recovered from Oscar the Grouch
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I noticed names that seemed to belong to black culture on the DC list, not so much ND. I'd be really interested in comparing Fargo's lists with the rest of ND. We're as close to a multicultural city as you get in ND, and we have a growing immigrant population We also have a growing Orthodox Jewish community (apparently Fargo had one before, about 100 years ago.)
I might see if I can get a peek at the class lists of my nieces and nephews.
Years ago I read that the midwest tends to follow popular naming trends, New England/Mid Alantic tends to stick to classic names, and nature-inspired names are more common in the mountain states. And Southern US follows its own rules.
I might see if I can get a peek at the class lists of my nieces and nephews.
Years ago I read that the midwest tends to follow popular naming trends, New England/Mid Alantic tends to stick to classic names, and nature-inspired names are more common in the mountain states. And Southern US follows its own rules.
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I’m in the twin cities where there’s similar Scandinavian influence and have never met a Maren. Lots of Ingrids, Annikas, Leifs etc but never a Maren. I’m not around a ton of kids however, so maybe it’s gotten more common and I’m just not aware.
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Weird. It seems pretty common around here.
But it also seems that ND goes for the really odd ones - like Haakon & Inga.
But it also seems that ND goes for the really odd ones - like Haakon & Inga.
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