Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1971

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (155 babies) and Jason for boys (234). Jason ranked #8 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,925 babies born in North Dakota in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1971

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

Renae: 16 babies, 18.9× the national rate
Kari: 26 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Kristi: 40 babies, 5× the national rate
Jody: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Tanya: 50 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Becky: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Tami: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Sara: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jodi: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Shelly: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Darin: 26 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Wade: 21 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Cory: 33 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Dean: 31 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Chad: 149 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Shane: 57 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Corey: 42 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kelly: 25 babies, 4× the national rate
Jamie: 33 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jay: 28 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	155	↑2	1
2	Michelle	142	↓1	2
3	Lisa	136	↓1	3
4	Amy	105	↑2	5
5	Melissa	91	↓1	7
6	Angela	73	↑4	6
7	Dawn	69	↑4	14
8	Kimberly	69	↓3	4
9	Lori	66	↑7	25
10	Julie	63	↓3	10
11	Tammy	61	↑1	8
12	Shannon	57	↑14	21
13	Stephanie	57	↑5	11
14	Nicole	54	↓1	27
15	Tanya	50	↑14	72
16	Susan	47	↓8	17
17	Brenda	46	↑10	43
18	Stacy	46	↑4	32
19	Tracy	46	↓5	13
20	Mary	43	↓3	9
21	Heather	40	new	12
22	Kristi	40	↑6	>100
23	Nancy	40	–	52
24	Tina	39	↑17	20
25	Wendy	39	↑10	29
26	Laura	38	↓11	16
27	Sarah	37	new	58
28	Elizabeth	35	new	19
29	Heidi	35	↑3	77
30	Rebecca	35	↑13	23
31	Kelly	34	↓12	22
32	Stacey	34	↓11	41
33	Tamara	33	↑3	80
34	Denise	32	↑11	36
35	Cynthia	30	new	24
36	Jodi	30	↓27	94
37	Rhonda	30	↓3	46
38	Holly	29	new	76
39	Sandra	29	new	31
40	Shelly	29	↑9	>100
41	Karen	28	↓11	15
42	Paula	28	↑5	63
43	Kristin	27	↓12	71
44	Kari	26	↓2	>100
45	Sara	26	↑3	>100
46	Tricia	26	↑4	>100
47	Jill	25	↓8	59
48	Deborah	24	new	33
49	Patricia	24	↓24	26
50	Jacqueline	23	new	75

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jason	234	↑1	8
2	Michael	226	↓1	1
3	Scott	183	–	10
4	David	150	–	3
5	Chad	149	↑2	29
6	Brian	119	↑2	9
7	Mark	115	↑4	13
8	James	113	↓3	2
9	Christopher	111	↑6	6
10	John	105	↓4	4
11	Robert	94	↓2	5
12	Jeffrey	92	↑2	12
13	Steven	92	↓3	16
14	Todd	90	↓2	30
15	Paul	83	↓2	24
16	Shawn	78	↑5	28
17	Eric	70	↑6	18
18	Kevin	68	↑2	14
19	Thomas	67	↓2	17
20	Troy	67	↓2	46
21	Daniel	65	↓5	20
22	William	65	↑2	7
23	Matthew	58	↑6	19
24	Timothy	58	↓2	21
25	Shane	57	–	60
26	Bradley	53	–	58
27	Richard	52	↓8	11
28	Ryan	49	new	51
29	Travis	48	↑15	61
30	Jeremy	46	new	45
31	Craig	45	↑5	43
32	Corey	42	↑1	77
33	Aaron	37	new	41
34	Gregory	35	↓2	26
35	Kenneth	35	↑2	25
36	Patrick	35	↓8	35
37	Brent	34	↓10	73
38	Jonathan	34	new	40
39	Cory	33	↑6	>100
40	Jamie	33	new	96
41	Dean	31	↓1	>100
42	Donald	30	↓4	34
43	Charles	29	↓8	22
44	Douglas	29	↓10	39
45	Jay	28	↓4	>100
46	Joseph	28	↑4	15
47	Terry	27	new	56
48	Andrew	26	↑1	33
49	Darin	26	↓2	>100
50	Keith	26	new	37

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