Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1970

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1970 were Michelle for girls (157 babies) and Michael for boys (259). Michelle ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 9,518 babies born in North Dakota in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1970

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

Karla: 32 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Kari: 31 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Jodi: 62 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Kristi: 38 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jody: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Kristie: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tami: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Sara: 28 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tricia: 28 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Sheri: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Lynn: 15 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Wade: 34 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Darin: 31 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Chad: 135 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Kelly: 46 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Cory: 31 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Shane: 60 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Brent: 51 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dean: 34 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kyle: 30 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michelle	157	–	4
2	Lisa	134	–	2
3	Jennifer	121	↑1	1
4	Melissa	96	↑1	7
5	Kimberly	90	↓2	3
6	Amy	81	↑1	5
7	Julie	78	↓1	11
8	Susan	72	↑6	15
9	Jodi	62	↑8	95
10	Angela	59	↑1	6
11	Dawn	59	↓3	16
12	Tammy	57	↑1	8
13	Nicole	54	new	30
14	Tracy	52	↑2	10
15	Laura	51	↑3	13
16	Lori	51	↓6	23
17	Mary	43	↓8	9
18	Stephanie	43	↓3	17
19	Kelly	42	↑8	20
20	Sheila	42	new	75
21	Stacey	41	↑23	48
22	Stacy	41	↑16	42
23	Nancy	40	↓4	50
24	Pamela	40	↓3	26
25	Patricia	40	↑3	24
26	Shannon	40	↑6	22
27	Brenda	39	↓15	40
28	Kristi	38	↓3	>100
29	Tanya	38	new	76
30	Karen	37	↓10	12
31	Kristin	37	↑11	63
32	Heidi	36	↓6	81
33	Christine	35	↓10	14
34	Rhonda	34	↓5	46
35	Wendy	34	↓13	28
36	Tamara	33	↓6	79
37	Andrea	32	new	43
38	Ann	32	new	62
39	Jill	32	↓8	52
40	Karla	32	new	>100
41	Tina	32	↓8	21
42	Kari	31	↓18	>100
43	Rebecca	30	–	29
44	Teresa	30	↓5	34
45	Denise	29	↓10	36
46	Barbara	28	↓6	41
47	Paula	28	↓11	57
48	Sara	28	new	>100
49	Shelly	28	↓12	>100
50	Tricia	28	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	259	–	1
2	Jason	186	↑7	13
3	Scott	166	–	12
4	David	155	↓2	3
5	James	145	↑5	2
6	John	143	↑2	4
7	Chad	135	↑14	51
8	Brian	127	↓3	8
9	Robert	124	↓5	5
10	Steven	114	↑1	15
11	Mark	106	↓5	9
12	Todd	105	↓5	28
13	Paul	102	↑7	23
14	Jeffrey	98	–	11
15	Christopher	95	↑3	6
16	Daniel	90	↓4	19
17	Thomas	80	↓1	17
18	Troy	78	↓5	41
19	Richard	75	↓4	10
20	Kevin	71	↓3	14
21	Shawn	71	↑1	34
22	Timothy	71	↓3	20
23	Eric	64	↑14	18
24	William	64	↓1	7
25	Shane	60	↑3	64
26	Bradley	54	↓1	47
27	Brent	51	–	74
28	Patrick	49	↓4	33
29	Matthew	47	↑13	24
30	Kelly	46	↑9	>100
31	Darren	44	↑5	75
32	Gregory	44	↑6	26
33	Corey	40	↓7	84
34	Douglas	39	↓1	36
35	Charles	37	↑5	21
36	Craig	37	↓6	39
37	Kenneth	37	↓8	25
38	Donald	35	↓3	30
39	Randy	35	new	59
40	Dean	34	↓9	>100
41	Jay	34	new	97
42	Wade	34	new	>100
43	Anthony	32	↑4	22
44	Travis	32	new	69
45	Cory	31	↓4	>100
46	Dale	31	new	>100
47	Darin	31	↓4	>100
48	Jon	31	↑1	68
49	Andrew	30	new	32
50	Joseph	30	↓18	16

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