Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1979

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1979 were Jennifer for girls (230 babies) and Jason for boys (228). Jason ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 10,142 babies born in North Dakota in 1979 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1979

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: 31 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Jody: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Heidi: 49 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Mandy: 32 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Miranda: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Katie: 52 babies, 4× the national rate
Nichole: 32 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Candace: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Krista: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jodi: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Wade: 22 babies, 9× the national rate
Kelly: 23 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Tyler: 33 babies, 5× the national rate
Levi: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Mitchell: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Cody: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jay: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Chris: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Garrett: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dustin: 59 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jennifer	230	–	1
2	Jessica	171	–	4
3	Amanda	150	↑5	3
4	Melissa	140	↓1	2
5	Sarah	113	↓1	6
6	Heather	110	↓1	7
7	Nicole	107	↑2	9
8	Angela	101	↓1	8
9	Amy	95	↓3	5
10	Michelle	81	↑3	10
11	Amber	77	↑4	22
12	Lisa	69	↓2	13
13	Sara	69	↓2	30
14	Erin	64	↑12	21
15	Andrea	61	↓3	26
16	Stephanie	60	↓2	15
17	Kimberly	56	↑3	12
18	Katie	52	↑24	63
19	Kelly	51	↓2	16
20	Heidi	49	↓2	83
21	Rachel	48	↑14	27
22	Elizabeth	47	↑8	11
23	Christina	46	↑2	14
24	Tara	46	↓5	38
25	Jill	45	↓4	52
26	Rebecca	45	↓10	17
27	Laura	43	↓4	20
28	Jamie	42	↑1	19
29	Shannon	40	↑2	25
30	Julie	36	↓8	29
31	Stacy	36	↑9	43
32	Crystal	34	↓5	18
33	Holly	34	↑8	48
34	Carrie	33	↓2	41
35	Dawn	32	↑1	57
36	Mandy	32	new	>100
37	Nichole	32	new	>100
38	Kari	31	↓14	>100
39	April	30	new	23
40	Erica	30	↓1	32
41	Stacey	29	↑6	60
42	Megan	28	new	31
43	Emily	27	new	34
44	Tiffany	27	↑4	28
45	Danielle	25	↑1	33
46	Tanya	25	↓13	93
47	Kristi	24	↓19	>100
48	Tina	24	↓4	58
49	Mary	23	↓12	24
50	Susan	23	new	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jason	228	↑1	3
2	Christopher	209	↑2	2
3	Michael	209	↓2	1
4	Ryan	174	↓1	14
5	Matthew	173	–	6
6	Joshua	162	–	9
7	Justin	134	–	22
8	David	127	↑1	4
9	Jeremy	114	↓1	16
10	Nathan	111	–	37
11	Travis	107	↑6	36
12	John	101	↑1	7
13	James	98	↑2	5
14	Robert	95	↑5	8
15	Aaron	87	↑7	32
16	Brian	86	↓2	10
17	Chad	86	↓5	38
18	Eric	85	↓7	17
19	Daniel	83	↓1	12
20	Nicholas	81	↑3	15
21	Joseph	80	↓1	11
22	Scott	80	↓6	29
23	Andrew	79	↑3	20
24	Timothy	68	–	18
25	Jeffrey	67	↑4	24
26	Thomas	61	↑7	26
27	Brandon	60	↑10	35
28	Mark	60	↓7	30
29	Dustin	59	↑6	62
30	Steven	56	↓5	27
31	Kevin	55	↑1	19
32	Jesse	53	↓1	50
33	Adam	51	↑1	23
34	Benjamin	51	↓7	33
35	Shane	50	↑1	67
36	Shawn	43	↓6	43
37	Kyle	42	new	56
38	Richard	42	↑11	25
39	Jonathan	41	↑3	31
40	William	41	–	13
41	Patrick	39	↑3	39
42	Paul	39	↓14	34
43	Anthony	35	↑2	21
44	Bradley	33	↓6	47
45	Tyler	33	new	>100
46	Corey	31	↓7	63
47	Cory	31	↓4	82
48	Jared	31	new	65
49	Troy	30	new	99
50	Brent	29	↓9	84

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