Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1972

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (196 babies) and Jason for boys (221). Jason ranked #7 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,578 babies born in North Dakota in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1972

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

Janelle: 16 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Kari: 35 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Kristi: 39 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jodi: 39 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Heidi: 54 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jody: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Leah: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Nichole: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Sheila: 26 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Carmen: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Wade: 27 babies, 9× the national rate
Cory: 48 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Darin: 22 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Corey: 42 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Chad: 175 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dean: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ryan: 95 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Travis: 55 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Brent: 38 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Nathan: 36 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	196	–	1
2	Lisa	125	↑1	3
3	Michelle	122	↓1	2
4	Amy	106	–	5
5	Melissa	98	–	7
6	Nicole	93	↑8	10
7	Kimberly	73	↑1	4
8	Julie	69	↑2	12
9	Stephanie	64	↑4	8
10	Angela	58	↓4	6
11	Tammy	57	–	11
12	Heather	56	↑9	9
13	Tina	56	↑11	18
14	Heidi	54	↑15	64
15	Tracy	53	↑4	19
16	Dawn	44	↓9	20
17	Mary	43	↑3	13
18	Shannon	43	↓6	22
19	Stacy	42	↓1	33
20	Christine	41	new	16
21	Stacey	41	↑11	41
22	Rebecca	40	↑8	14
23	Susan	40	↓7	24
24	Jodi	39	↑12	97
25	Kristi	39	↓3	>100
26	Tanya	39	↓11	54
27	Brenda	38	↓10	44
28	Denise	36	↑6	35
29	Laura	36	↓3	17
30	Melanie	36	new	42
31	Kari	35	↑13	>100
32	Andrea	31	new	30
33	Wendy	29	↓8	29
34	Karen	28	↑7	21
35	Kelly	28	↓4	23
36	Sarah	28	↓9	49
37	Jill	26	↑10	62
38	Kristin	26	↑5	67
39	Lori	26	↓30	28
40	Michele	26	new	36
41	Sheila	26	new	90
42	Rachel	25	new	40
43	Teresa	25	new	39
44	Jessica	24	new	46
45	Carrie	23	new	53
46	Holly	23	↓8	71
47	Pamela	22	new	34
48	Sara	22	↓3	>100
49	Ann	21	new	91
50	Elizabeth	21	↓22	15

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jason	221	–	7
2	Michael	197	–	1
3	Christopher	182	↑6	2
4	Chad	175	↑1	25
5	Brian	125	↑1	8
6	David	117	↓2	4
7	Scott	115	↓4	11
8	John	109	↑2	5
9	James	101	↓1	3
10	Mark	96	↓3	18
11	Ryan	95	↑17	39
12	Shawn	79	↑4	28
13	Daniel	75	↑8	15
14	Jeffrey	73	↓2	17
15	Robert	73	↓4	6
16	Steven	73	↓3	19
17	Kevin	68	↑1	13
18	Troy	64	↑2	49
19	Paul	63	↓4	24
20	Matthew	60	↑3	10
21	Eric	56	↓4	16
22	Travis	55	↑7	57
23	Timothy	53	↑1	21
24	Thomas	51	↓5	20
25	Todd	50	↓11	31
26	Aaron	48	↑7	40
27	Cory	48	↑12	>100
28	William	48	↓6	9
29	Richard	46	↓2	14
30	Shane	45	↓5	55
31	Jeremy	43	↓1	42
32	Corey	42	–	95
33	Craig	40	↓2	46
34	Brent	38	↑3	77
35	Patrick	38	↑1	35
36	Bradley	37	↓10	61
37	Joseph	36	↑9	12
38	Nathan	36	new	79
39	Gregory	35	↓5	26
40	Douglas	34	↑4	43
41	Jonathan	34	↓3	37
42	Justin	31	new	60
43	Charles	28	–	23
44	Donald	27	↓2	36
45	Jamie	27	↓5	72
46	Jon	27	new	89
47	Keith	27	↑3	38
48	Wade	27	new	>100
49	Anthony	26	new	22
50	Bryan	26	new	45

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