Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1968

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1968 were Lisa for girls (165 babies) and Michael for boys (214). Social Security records list 9,015 babies born in North Dakota in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1968

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

Kari: 35 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Kristi: 41 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Karla: 21 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Jodi: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Shelly: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Joan: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jody: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Heidi: 32 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Becky: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Brenda: 72 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Wade: 38 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Cory: 17 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Darin: 42 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Chad: 61 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Kent: 23 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Bradley: 73 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Corey: 24 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Dean: 54 babies, 5× the national rate
Brent: 41 babies, 5× the national rate
Kelly: 41 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	165	–	1
2	Michelle	120	–	2
3	Julie	86	–	16
4	Kimberly	83	–	3
5	Tammy	74	↑7	8
6	Brenda	72	↑1	34
7	Mary	71	↑2	6
8	Susan	69	↓2	10
9	Melissa	64	↑1	5
10	Lori	61	↓5	22
11	Jennifer	59	↑9	4
12	Dawn	50	↑2	21
13	Angela	47	↑30	7
14	Laura	47	↑7	11
15	Nancy	46	↓7	39
16	Karen	45	↓3	9
17	Pamela	45	↑6	20
18	Rhonda	45	↓3	42
19	Jill	44	↑28	46
20	Kelly	42	↑17	12
21	Kristi	41	↑20	>100
22	Tracy	41	↑8	25
23	Sandra	38	↑1	26
24	Amy	36	↓5	13
25	Denise	36	↓14	35
26	Stephanie	36	↑1	23
27	Teresa	36	↓11	30
28	Kari	35	new	>100
29	Patricia	35	–	15
30	Deborah	34	↑9	27
31	Wendy	34	↓13	31
32	Paula	33	↑6	45
33	Tina	33	↓8	18
34	Heidi	32	new	89
35	Jodi	32	↓18	97
36	Shelly	32	↓10	98
37	Stacy	32	↓3	64
38	Elizabeth	31	↓7	17
39	Linda	31	↓11	28
40	Rebecca	30	↓18	33
41	Shannon	29	new	53
42	Sheila	29	↓9	59
43	Tamara	28	↑3	80
44	Christine	27	↓9	14
45	Kathleen	27	new	40
46	Laurie	27	↓1	79
47	Cheryl	26	↓15	37
48	Donna	26	new	24
49	Sarah	26	new	78
50	Cynthia	25	↓6	19

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	214	–	1
2	David	191	–	2
3	James	143	↑1	4
4	John	143	↑3	3
5	Scott	141	↓2	14
6	Robert	130	–	5
7	Steven	122	↑2	15
8	Brian	120	–	10
9	Todd	117	↑1	28
10	Mark	116	↑1	7
11	Jeffrey	113	↓6	11
12	Timothy	98	↑2	13
13	Paul	96	↑2	19
14	Kevin	95	↓2	17
15	Troy	94	↑3	40
16	Richard	77	↑1	8
17	Bradley	73	↑4	57
18	Daniel	70	↓2	18
19	Thomas	67	↓6	12
20	Jason	64	↑7	47
21	Chad	61	↓2	>100
22	Christopher	60	↑7	9
23	Dean	54	↓1	78
24	William	52	↓4	6
25	Douglas	48	↓2	33
26	Patrick	47	↑2	30
27	Terry	44	↓2	48
28	Charles	42	↑12	20
29	Craig	42	↑12	41
30	Darin	42	↑12	>100
31	Brent	41	↓1	>100
32	Kelly	41	↑7	97
33	Jay	40	↑5	88
34	Joseph	40	↑10	16
35	Shawn	39	–	43
36	Wade	38	new	>100
37	Keith	37	↓13	35
38	Gary	36	↓4	32
39	Jon	34	new	65
40	Donald	33	↓3	29
41	Gregory	33	↓15	26
42	Randy	33	↓9	54
43	Ronald	33	↑4	25
44	Darren	32	↓8	60
45	Bryan	31	new	51
46	Dennis	31	↑4	45
47	Rodney	28	new	42
48	Stephen	28	new	27
49	Wayne	27	↓4	63
50	Jonathan	26	new	53

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