Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1975

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (205 babies) and Jason for boys (255). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,865 babies born in North Dakota in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1975

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: 42 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Jolene: 17 babies, 6× the national rate
Heidi: 60 babies, 5× the national rate
Nichole: 25 babies, 5× the national rate
Kristi: 36 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Becky: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jodi: 37 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jenny: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sara: 47 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Sheila: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Darin: 19 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Wade: 22 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Travis: 100 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Kelly: 26 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Troy: 50 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Corey: 48 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Brent: 41 babies, 4× the national rate
Chad: 147 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dustin: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Cory: 28 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	205	–	1
2	Amy	146	–	2
3	Heather	123	↑2	3
4	Melissa	105	–	4
5	Michelle	100	↓2	6
6	Lisa	99	–	8
7	Angela	97	↑1	5
8	Nicole	91	↓1	10
9	Rebecca	73	↑1	11
10	Sarah	66	↑8	17
11	Kimberly	63	–	7
12	Jessica	61	↑3	13
13	Stephanie	61	↓4	9
14	Heidi	60	↓2	66
15	Julie	55	↑1	18
16	Sara	47	↑1	54
17	Laura	45	↑25	20
18	Tracy	44	↑4	24
19	Tanya	43	–	50
20	Dawn	42	↓6	23
21	Kari	42	–	>100
22	Jill	40	↑4	46
23	Tara	39	↑25	41
24	Shannon	38	↓1	21
25	Jodi	37	↑5	94
26	Wendy	37	↓1	33
27	Andrea	36	↑16	28
28	Kristi	36	↓4	>100
29	Stacy	36	↓9	34
30	Stacey	33	↑20	44
31	Lori	32	↓18	39
32	Mary	31	↑4	19
33	Carrie	30	↑5	29
34	Christine	30	↓6	22
35	Amanda	29	new	14
36	Rachel	29	↑1	26
37	Christina	28	new	12
38	Erin	28	new	38
39	Tina	28	↓6	35
40	Teresa	27	new	61
41	April	26	new	25
42	Holly	26	↓13	55
43	Karen	26	↓3	27
44	Melanie	25	↑3	52
45	Nichole	25	new	>100
46	Patricia	25	new	36
47	Susan	25	↓16	32
48	Amber	24	new	59
49	Elizabeth	24	↓14	15
50	Tiffany	24	new	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jason	255	–	2
2	Michael	235	–	1
3	Christopher	164	–	3
4	Chad	147	–	27
5	Ryan	141	–	23
6	David	119	↑1	5
7	Jeremy	117	↑3	24
8	Matthew	114	–	9
9	Scott	102	↓3	17
10	Travis	100	↑6	51
11	Brian	97	↓2	8
12	James	93	↓1	4
13	John	91	↑6	7
14	Daniel	90	↑3	11
15	Eric	88	↑3	13
16	Jeffrey	76	↓2	14
17	Robert	76	↓5	6
18	Steven	75	↓5	18
19	Aaron	64	↑1	32
20	Joshua	58	↑18	26
21	Justin	57	↑12	37
22	Kevin	57	↑1	15
23	Timothy	56	↑4	22
24	Bradley	55	↑11	52
25	Joseph	55	↑4	12
26	Shawn	54	↓4	31
27	William	54	↑5	10
28	Nathan	51	↑9	45
29	Troy	50	↓3	69
30	Corey	48	new	71
31	Mark	48	↓16	19
32	Paul	46	↓8	29
33	Shane	44	↓12	57
34	Jonathan	43	↑5	30
35	Brent	41	↓10	79
36	Andrew	39	↑4	28
37	Benjamin	38	new	36
38	Thomas	38	↓10	20
39	Todd	37	↓8	43
40	Jamie	36	↓10	62
41	Bryan	35	↑3	47
42	Jesse	34	new	64
43	Patrick	34	new	39
44	Anthony	31	↓3	21
45	Dustin	30	new	96
46	Cory	28	↓10	99
47	Peter	27	new	54
48	Kelly	26	↓1	>100
49	Adam	25	↓6	38
50	Charles	25	↓2	25

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