Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1969

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1969 were Michelle for girls (155 babies) and Michael for boys (294). Michelle ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 9,292 babies born in North Dakota in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1969

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: 42 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Janelle: 19 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Kristi: 41 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Karla: 22 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Jodi: 54 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Shari: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Robyn: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Becky: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Heidi: 39 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Shelly: 32 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Wade: 25 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Cory: 32 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Darin: 31 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Chad: 66 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Brent: 46 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Shane: 46 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dean: 42 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kent: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kelly: 33 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Duane: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michelle	155	↑1	2
2	Lisa	152	↓1	1
3	Kimberly	86	↑1	4
4	Jennifer	85	↑7	3
5	Melissa	82	↑4	5
6	Julie	81	↓3	12
7	Amy	69	↑17	6
8	Dawn	67	↑4	21
9	Mary	66	↓2	8
10	Lori	63	–	20
11	Angela	62	↑2	7
12	Brenda	62	↓6	38
13	Tammy	60	↓8	9
14	Susan	58	↓6	11
15	Stephanie	56	↑11	19
16	Tracy	56	↑6	17
17	Jodi	54	↑18	95
18	Laura	52	↓4	10
19	Nancy	50	↓4	45
20	Karen	48	↓4	13
21	Pamela	45	↓4	24
22	Wendy	43	↑9	29
23	Christine	42	↑21	14
24	Kari	42	↑4	>100
25	Kristi	41	↓4	>100
26	Heidi	39	↑8	80
27	Kelly	39	↓7	15
28	Patricia	39	↑1	18
29	Rhonda	39	↓11	44
30	Tamara	39	↑13	78
31	Jill	37	↓12	51
32	Shannon	35	↑9	31
33	Tina	35	–	22
34	Heather	34	new	34
35	Denise	33	↓10	35
36	Paula	33	↓4	50
37	Shelly	32	↓1	>100
38	Stacy	32	↓1	53
39	Teresa	32	↓12	32
40	Barbara	29	new	39
41	Jacqueline	29	new	62
42	Kristin	29	new	76
43	Rebecca	29	↓3	28
44	Stacey	29	new	52
45	Cindy	28	new	74
46	Deborah	28	↓16	27
47	Elizabeth	28	↓9	16
48	Theresa	28	new	49
49	Linda	26	↓10	33
50	Debra	25	new	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michael	294	–	1
2	David	181	–	2
3	Scott	156	↑2	12
4	Robert	135	↑2	5
5	Brian	131	↑3	9
6	Mark	124	↑4	8
7	Todd	124	↑2	28
8	John	122	↓4	4
9	Jason	120	↑11	25
10	James	109	↓7	3
11	Steven	108	↓4	14
12	Daniel	95	↑6	18
13	Troy	93	↑2	42
14	Jeffrey	90	↓3	11
15	Richard	90	↑1	10
16	Thomas	84	↑3	13
17	Kevin	83	↓3	16
18	Christopher	81	↑4	7
19	Timothy	75	↓7	17
20	Paul	73	↓7	22
21	Chad	66	–	69
22	Shawn	57	↑13	41
23	William	57	↑1	6
24	Patrick	51	↑2	31
25	Bradley	50	↓8	53
26	Corey	48	new	58
27	Brent	46	↑4	92
28	Shane	46	new	87
29	Kenneth	45	new	23
30	Craig	42	↓1	39
31	Dean	42	↓8	89
32	Joseph	42	↑2	15
33	Douglas	41	↓8	34
34	Keith	40	↑3	36
35	Donald	39	↑5	30
36	Darren	36	↑8	60
37	Eric	36	new	21
38	Gregory	34	↑3	26
39	Kelly	33	↓7	>100
40	Charles	32	↓12	19
41	Cory	32	new	>100
42	Matthew	32	new	24
43	Darin	31	↓13	>100
44	Terry	30	↓17	52
45	Bruce	29	new	72
46	Ronald	29	↓3	29
47	Anthony	28	new	20
48	Gary	28	↓10	35
49	Jon	27	↓10	68
50	Dennis	26	↓4	44

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