Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1978

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1978 were Jennifer for girls (228 babies) and Michael for boys (211). Social Security records list 9,601 babies born in North Dakota in 1978 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1978

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, 7.5× the national rate
Heidi: 52 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jodi: 31 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kristi: 37 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lindsey: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tanya: 32 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Krista: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Sara: 74 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jill: 44 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Katie: 26 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Darin: 15 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Wade: 19 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Kelly: 28 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Tyler: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Darren: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Brent: 40 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Travis: 81 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Trevor: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Casey: 34 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lance: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1978

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jennifer	228	–	1
2	Jessica	154	–	3
3	Melissa	141	↑2	2
4	Sarah	140	–	8
5	Heather	119	↑1	5
6	Amy	112	↑1	4
7	Angela	94	↓4	7
8	Amanda	92	–	6
9	Nicole	90	↑1	10
10	Lisa	76	↑2	11
11	Sara	74	–	28
12	Andrea	66	↑4	23
13	Michelle	66	↓4	9
14	Stephanie	63	↑1	16
15	Amber	61	↑14	30
16	Rebecca	60	↓2	17
17	Kelly	56	↓4	12
18	Heidi	52	–	83
19	Tara	47	↑1	40
20	Kimberly	46	↑1	13
21	Jill	44	↓2	46
22	Julie	43	–	26
23	Laura	43	↑5	19
24	Kari	42	↓1	>100
25	Christina	41	↑12	15
26	Erin	40	↑5	21
27	Crystal	37	↑12	18
28	Kristi	37	↑17	98
29	Jamie	36	↓3	20
30	Elizabeth	35	↓3	14
31	Shannon	34	↓14	22
32	Carrie	33	↑1	35
33	Tanya	32	↑8	82
34	Jodi	31	↑8	>100
35	Rachel	31	↓3	25
36	Dawn	30	↓12	52
37	Mary	30	↓3	24
38	Wendy	30	↓2	56
39	Erica	29	new	34
40	Stacy	29	↓10	44
41	Holly	28	↓16	55
42	Katie	26	new	90
43	Melanie	25	↓5	54
44	Tina	24	new	45
45	Tracy	24	↑2	47
46	Danielle	23	new	31
47	Stacey	23	↓12	53
48	Tiffany	23	new	32
49	Katherine	22	new	38
50	Kristina	22	new	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Michael	211	↑1	1
2	Jason	201	↓1	2
3	Ryan	193	–	14
4	Christopher	170	–	3
5	Matthew	152	↑1	6
6	Joshua	144	↑3	12
7	Justin	144	↑5	28
8	Jeremy	138	↓3	18
9	David	122	↑4	4
10	Nathan	107	↑4	36
11	Eric	103	↓3	16
12	Chad	100	↓5	35
13	John	92	↑7	7
14	Brian	91	↓3	9
15	James	91	↑2	5
16	Scott	81	↑3	30
17	Travis	81	↓7	46
18	Daniel	79	↓3	11
19	Robert	79	↓1	8
20	Joseph	68	↓4	10
21	Mark	68	↑8	26
22	Aaron	67	–	32
23	Nicholas	67	new	25
24	Timothy	65	↑6	17
25	Steven	64	↓4	24
26	Andrew	61	↓3	22
27	Benjamin	58	–	34
28	Paul	58	↑15	33
29	Jeffrey	54	↓3	19
30	Shawn	53	↑6	39
31	Jesse	52	↓3	51
32	Kevin	52	↓7	15
33	Thomas	51	↓1	23
34	Adam	47	↑15	29
35	Dustin	46	↑4	68
36	Shane	45	↓5	65
37	Brandon	44	↓4	40
38	Bradley	43	↑4	53
39	Corey	42	↓15	61
40	William	42	↓2	13
41	Brent	40	↑3	87
42	Jonathan	40	↓1	31
43	Cory	39	↓9	73
44	Patrick	36	↓7	42
45	Anthony	35	↓5	20
46	Bryan	35	↓1	43
47	Charles	35	↓1	27
48	Casey	34	↑2	92
49	Richard	32	↓14	21
50	Derek	29	new	75

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