Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1973

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (213 babies) and Michael for boys (217). Social Security records list 8,250 babies born in North Dakota in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1973

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: 40 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Karla: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Becky: 21 babies, 5× the national rate
Heidi: 51 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kristi: 30 babies, 4× the national rate
Sheri: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jodi: 30 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Sara: 31 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kristie: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Shelly: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Darin: 23 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Wade: 23 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Cory: 35 babies, 6× the national rate
Brent: 53 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Dean: 22 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Kelly: 26 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Chad: 160 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Travis: 72 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jared: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Corey: 34 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	213	–	1
2	Michelle	126	↑1	3
3	Lisa	89	↓1	5
4	Stephanie	88	↑5	9
5	Melissa	87	–	6
6	Amy	85	↓2	2
7	Nicole	76	↓1	11
8	Heather	74	↑4	8
9	Rebecca	73	↑13	10
10	Kimberly	72	↓3	4
11	Angela	67	↓1	7
12	Heidi	51	↑2	65
13	Julie	49	↓5	12
14	Dawn	47	↑2	21
15	Lori	43	↑24	28
16	Tammy	42	↓5	15
17	Kari	40	↑14	>100
18	Tracy	40	↓3	20
19	Wendy	39	↑14	29
20	Shannon	38	↓2	22
21	Andrea	37	↑11	30
22	Sarah	37	↑14	35
23	Tanya	37	↑3	50
24	Tina	36	↓11	24
25	Stacy	33	↓6	32
26	Teresa	32	↑17	45
27	Christine	31	↓7	17
28	Sara	31	↑20	89
29	Stacey	31	↓8	41
30	Brenda	30	↓3	53
31	Jodi	30	↓7	100
32	Kristi	30	↓7	>100
33	Jessica	29	↑11	34
34	Kristen	29	new	58
35	Melanie	29	↓5	43
36	Karen	26	↓2	23
37	Kelly	26	↓2	18
38	Elizabeth	25	↑12	13
39	Tara	25	new	37
40	Carrie	24	↑5	46
41	Mary	24	↓24	14
42	Rachel	24	–	42
43	Holly	22	↑3	54
44	Rhonda	22	new	70
45	Shelly	22	new	>100
46	Becky	21	new	>100
47	Tonya	21	new	36
48	Kristin	20	↓10	78
49	Patricia	20	new	27
50	Sheila	20	↓9	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Michael	217	↑1	1
2	Jason	209	↓1	3
3	Chad	160	↑1	25
4	Christopher	154	↓1	2
5	Brian	120	–	8
6	David	110	–	5
7	Ryan	110	↑4	30
8	Robert	107	↑7	7
9	Scott	106	↓2	18
10	James	91	↓1	4
11	John	91	↓3	6
12	Mark	76	↓2	15
13	Daniel	72	–	11
14	Travis	72	↑8	53
15	Matthew	70	↑5	10
16	Steven	65	–	20
17	Eric	62	↑4	13
18	Paul	62	↑1	24
19	Jeffrey	59	↓5	17
20	Shawn	59	↓8	27
21	Todd	57	↑4	35
22	Aaron	55	↑4	34
23	Kevin	55	↓6	14
24	Brent	53	↑10	80
25	Jeremy	53	↑6	33
26	Thomas	52	↓2	19
27	William	52	↑1	9
28	Timothy	51	↓5	22
29	Shane	48	↑1	54
30	Richard	44	↓1	16
31	Justin	42	↑11	51
32	Troy	42	↓14	59
33	Joseph	37	↑4	12
34	Jamie	36	↑11	70
35	Anthony	35	↑14	21
36	Cory	35	↓9	>100
37	Corey	34	↓5	89
38	Bradley	32	↓2	62
39	Jonathan	32	↑2	31
40	Patrick	32	↓5	37
41	Joshua	31	new	42
42	Charles	29	↑1	23
43	Gregory	29	↓4	26
44	Nathan	29	↓6	63
45	Gary	28	new	44
46	Jon	28	–	94
47	Craig	27	↓14	48
48	Joel	26	new	73
49	Kelly	26	new	>100
50	Andrew	25	new	29

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