Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1974

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (233 babies) and Jason for boys (257). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,437 babies born in North Dakota in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1974

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

Jolene: 27 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Kari: 41 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Karla: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Kristi: 38 babies, 5× the national rate
Heidi: 53 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Beth: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jodi: 33 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Sara: 45 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Nichole: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tricia: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Wade: 26 babies, 8× the national rate
Darin: 21 babies, 7× the national rate
Cory: 39 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Kelly: 28 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Brent: 51 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Jay: 31 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Travis: 71 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dean: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Chad: 150 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Troy: 51 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	233	–	1
2	Amy	115	↑4	2
3	Michelle	112	↓1	3
4	Melissa	85	↑1	7
5	Heather	84	↑3	4
6	Lisa	82	↓3	8
7	Nicole	80	–	11
8	Angela	75	↑3	5
9	Stephanie	73	↓5	9
10	Rebecca	64	↓1	10
11	Kimberly	63	↓1	6
12	Heidi	53	–	60
13	Lori	52	↑2	30
14	Dawn	46	–	22
15	Jessica	45	↑18	17
16	Julie	45	↓3	14
17	Sara	45	↑11	61
18	Sarah	45	↑4	20
19	Tanya	44	↑4	46
20	Stacy	43	↑5	38
21	Kari	41	↓4	>100
22	Tracy	41	↓4	23
23	Shannon	40	↓3	18
24	Kristi	38	↑8	>100
25	Wendy	35	↓6	32
26	Jill	34	new	58
27	Brenda	33	↑3	59
28	Christine	33	↓1	19
29	Holly	33	↑14	56
30	Jodi	33	↑1	91
31	Susan	33	new	27
32	Tammy	33	↓16	24
33	Tina	33	↓9	25
34	Danielle	32	new	40
35	Elizabeth	32	↑3	12
36	Mary	32	↑5	13
37	Rachel	32	↑5	36
38	Carrie	31	↑2	42
39	Tonya	29	↑8	37
40	Karen	28	↓4	26
41	Jolene	27	new	>100
42	Laura	27	new	21
43	Andrea	26	↓22	35
44	Beth	26	new	>100
45	Kelly	26	↓8	15
46	Kristen	25	↓12	45
47	Melanie	25	↓12	51
48	Tara	25	↓9	39
49	Kristin	23	↓1	72
50	Stacey	23	↓21	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jason	257	↑1	2
2	Michael	221	↓1	1
3	Christopher	156	↑1	3
4	Chad	150	↓1	26
5	Ryan	130	↑2	25
6	Scott	119	↑3	18
7	David	111	↓1	4
8	Matthew	104	↑7	9
9	Brian	99	↓4	8
10	Jeremy	99	↑15	24
11	James	89	↓1	5
12	Robert	89	↓4	7
13	Steven	76	↑3	19
14	Jeffrey	71	↑5	15
15	Mark	71	↓3	16
16	Travis	71	↓2	54
17	Daniel	69	↓4	11
18	Eric	68	↓1	13
19	John	67	↓8	6
20	Aaron	64	↑2	32
21	Shane	60	↑8	56
22	Shawn	58	↓2	30
23	Kevin	57	–	14
24	Paul	52	↓6	27
25	Brent	51	↓1	76
26	Troy	51	↑6	63
27	Timothy	48	↑1	22
28	Thomas	47	↓2	20
29	Joseph	45	↑4	12
30	Jamie	44	↑4	68
31	Todd	44	↓10	39
32	William	43	↓5	10
33	Justin	42	↓2	43
34	Richard	41	↓4	17
35	Bradley	40	↑3	58
36	Cory	39	–	>100
37	Nathan	39	↑7	52
38	Joshua	38	↑3	29
39	Jonathan	37	–	33
40	Andrew	36	↑10	28
41	Anthony	32	↓6	21
42	Jay	31	new	>100
43	Adam	29	new	36
44	Bryan	29	new	45
45	Douglas	29	new	53
46	Keith	28	new	44
47	Kelly	28	↑2	>100
48	Charles	27	↓6	23
49	Wade	26	new	>100
50	Craig	25	↓3	57

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