Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1976

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (206 babies) and Jason for boys (258). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,067 babies born in North Dakota in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1976

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

Jodi: 40 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Kari: 31 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Leah: 30 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Katie: 21 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Heidi: 43 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Brooke: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kristi: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kara: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Mandy: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Nichole: 15 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Wade: 27 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Kelly: 26 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Travis: 105 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Brent: 53 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Cody: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Cory: 44 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Troy: 46 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Casey: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dustin: 36 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Chad: 130 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	206	–	1
2	Melissa	136	↑2	3
3	Amy	128	↓1	2
4	Heather	125	↓1	4
5	Jessica	106	↑7	8
6	Angela	100	↑1	5
7	Sarah	86	↑3	15
8	Nicole	84	–	13
9	Michelle	64	↓4	6
10	Rebecca	64	↓1	12
11	Sara	63	↑5	27
12	Lisa	62	↓6	9
13	Amanda	59	↑22	10
14	Shannon	58	↑10	17
15	Julie	51	–	21
16	Stephanie	51	↓3	11
17	Dawn	50	↑3	35
18	Kimberly	49	↓7	7
19	Heidi	43	↓5	70
20	Jill	42	↑2	52
21	Jodi	40	↑4	>100
22	Kelly	40	new	19
23	Tara	40	–	42
24	Andrea	39	↑3	25
25	Jamie	38	new	18
26	Mary	37	↑6	22
27	Stacy	34	↑2	38
28	Tanya	34	↓9	61
29	Laura	33	↓12	20
30	Erin	32	↑8	24
31	Rachel	32	↑5	23
32	Kari	31	↓11	>100
33	Tracy	31	↓15	37
34	Leah	30	new	>100
35	Amber	29	↑13	49
36	Christina	29	↑1	14
37	Crystal	29	new	36
38	Elizabeth	29	↑11	16
39	Susan	29	↑8	40
40	Tina	29	↓1	48
41	Wendy	29	↓15	39
42	Holly	27	–	56
43	Melanie	27	↑1	53
44	Mandy	26	new	100
45	Carrie	25	↓12	28
46	Stacey	25	↓16	51
47	Christine	24	↓13	26
48	Kristi	24	↓20	>100
49	Tammy	24	new	41
50	Danielle	21	new	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jason	258	–	2
2	Michael	234	–	1
3	Christopher	157	–	3
4	Jeremy	135	↑3	14
5	Ryan	135	–	16
6	Chad	130	↓2	29
7	Eric	116	↑8	13
8	Matthew	106	–	9
9	Joshua	105	↑11	18
10	Travis	105	–	46
11	Brian	100	–	8
12	John	98	↑1	6
13	James	96	↓1	5
14	David	95	↓8	4
15	Robert	95	↑2	7
16	Scott	89	↓7	24
17	Daniel	81	↓3	10
18	Nathan	78	↑10	39
19	Steven	75	↓1	20
20	Jeffrey	71	↓4	17
21	Justin	68	–	33
22	Aaron	64	↓3	30
23	Kevin	62	↓1	15
24	Shawn	61	↑2	34
25	Paul	58	↑7	28
26	Shane	54	↑7	57
27	Brent	53	↑8	78
28	Bradley	52	↓4	51
29	Mark	52	↑2	25
30	Jonathan	51	↑4	31
31	William	51	↓4	11
32	Andrew	47	↑4	27
33	Joseph	47	↓8	12
34	Thomas	47	↑4	23
35	Jesse	46	↑7	55
36	Troy	46	↓7	73
37	Cory	44	↑9	83
38	Timothy	44	↓15	21
39	Benjamin	43	↓2	32
40	Corey	40	↓10	64
41	Dustin	36	↑4	82
42	Adam	33	↑7	36
43	Gregory	33	new	35
44	Jamie	33	↓4	62
45	Anthony	32	↓1	22
46	Brandon	31	new	40
47	Richard	31	new	19
48	Kyle	30	new	80
49	Craig	29	new	61
50	Patrick	28	↓7	41

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