Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1977

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (260 babies) and Jason for boys (237). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,802 babies born in North Dakota in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1977

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

Renae: 18 babies, 23.7× the national rate
Kari: 46 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Heidi: 53 babies, 5× the national rate
Jodi: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kara: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jody: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Sara: 83 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Mandy: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Nichole: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kristi: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Brock: 17 babies, 8× the national rate
Darin: 15 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Wade: 20 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Kelly: 32 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Dean: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Lance: 31 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Travis: 108 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Cody: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Tyler: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dustin: 43 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	260	–	1
2	Jessica	128	↑3	4
3	Angela	119	↑3	6
4	Sarah	118	↑3	11
5	Melissa	117	↓3	2
6	Heather	112	↓2	5
7	Amy	103	↓4	3
8	Amanda	85	↑5	9
9	Michelle	84	–	7
10	Nicole	84	↓2	15
11	Sara	83	–	27
12	Lisa	75	–	12
13	Kelly	66	↑9	10
14	Rebecca	58	↓4	17
15	Stephanie	58	↑1	14
16	Andrea	56	↑8	24
17	Shannon	55	↓3	19
18	Heidi	53	↑1	81
19	Jill	51	↑1	41
20	Tara	51	↑3	35
21	Kimberly	49	↓3	8
22	Julie	46	↓7	22
23	Kari	46	↑9	>100
24	Dawn	45	↓7	43
25	Holly	45	↑17	52
26	Jamie	45	↓1	18
27	Elizabeth	43	↑11	13
28	Laura	42	↑1	20
29	Amber	41	↑6	33
30	Stacy	41	↓3	42
31	Erin	38	↓1	23
32	Rachel	38	↓1	26
33	Carrie	34	↑12	28
34	Mary	34	↓8	21
35	Stacey	33	↑11	56
36	Wendy	32	↑5	49
37	Christina	31	↓1	16
38	Melanie	31	↑5	53
39	Crystal	30	↓2	25
40	Mandy	30	↑4	94
41	Tanya	29	↓13	67
42	Jodi	28	↓21	>100
43	Karen	27	new	32
44	Jaime	26	new	46
45	Kristi	26	↑3	>100
46	Alicia	25	new	60
47	Tracy	25	↓14	50
48	Jenny	24	new	>100
49	Kara	24	new	>100
50	Monica	24	new	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jason	237	–	2
2	Michael	206	–	1
3	Ryan	193	↑2	16
4	Christopher	165	↓1	3
5	Jeremy	162	↓1	15
6	Matthew	141	↑2	9
7	Chad	122	↓1	34
8	Eric	114	↓1	17
9	Joshua	112	–	14
10	Travis	108	–	44
11	Brian	104	–	8
12	Justin	104	↑9	30
13	David	102	↑1	4
14	Nathan	89	↑4	36
15	Daniel	88	↑2	11
16	Joseph	87	↑17	10
17	James	86	↓4	5
18	Robert	86	↓3	6
19	Scott	84	↓3	27
20	John	83	↓8	7
21	Steven	70	↓2	23
22	Aaron	68	–	32
23	Andrew	67	↑9	24
24	Corey	64	↑16	52
25	Kevin	64	↓2	13
26	Jeffrey	63	↓6	19
27	Benjamin	61	↑12	29
28	Jesse	61	↑7	54
29	Mark	61	–	25
30	Timothy	57	↑8	18
31	Shane	51	↓5	61
32	Thomas	49	↑2	22
33	Brandon	47	↑13	41
34	Cory	47	↑3	67
35	Richard	47	↑12	20
36	Shawn	47	↓12	37
37	Patrick	46	↑13	40
38	William	46	↓7	12
39	Dustin	43	↑2	81
40	Anthony	42	↑5	21
41	Jonathan	40	↓11	28
42	Bradley	39	↓14	49
43	Paul	38	↓18	31
44	Brent	36	↓17	85
45	Bryan	36	new	42
46	Charles	34	new	26
47	Craig	32	↑2	64
48	Kelly	32	new	>100
49	Adam	31	↓7	33
50	Casey	31	new	>100

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