Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1980

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (241 babies) and Joshua for boys (242). Joshua ranked #7 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 10,420 babies born in North Dakota in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1980

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: 41 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Heidi: 53 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jodi: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kristine: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kristi: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tanya: 35 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Miranda: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jill: 42 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Mandy: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Mindy: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Wade: 22 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Tyler: 55 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Kelly: 22 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Levi: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lance: 25 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Cody: 26 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Mitchell: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Joey: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Casey: 41 babies, 4× the national rate
Jay: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	241	–	1
2	Jessica	209	–	3
3	Amanda	176	–	2
4	Heather	126	↑2	6
5	Sarah	123	–	5
6	Melissa	109	↓2	4
7	Nicole	97	–	7
8	Amy	89	↑1	8
9	Michelle	79	↑1	10
10	Amber	74	↑1	22
11	Erin	74	↑3	20
12	Angela	68	↓4	12
13	Stephanie	68	↑3	13
14	Crystal	65	↑18	18
15	Lisa	64	↓3	16
16	Rebecca	62	↑10	17
17	Sara	59	↓4	27
18	Laura	58	↑9	21
19	Andrea	55	↓4	28
20	Jamie	55	↑8	24
21	Kelly	54	↓2	19
22	Heidi	53	↓2	79
23	Katie	53	↓5	44
24	Elizabeth	52	↓2	9
25	Kristen	50	new	39
26	Megan	48	↑16	30
27	Rachel	43	↓6	23
28	Christina	42	↓5	15
29	Jill	42	↓4	66
30	Kari	41	↑8	>100
31	Kimberly	40	↓14	11
32	Kristin	37	new	37
33	Tanya	35	↑13	88
34	Emily	34	↑9	31
35	Katherine	33	new	35
36	Tiffany	33	↑8	14
37	Carrie	31	↓3	46
38	Lindsey	29	new	91
39	Tara	29	↓15	43
40	April	28	↓1	26
41	Holly	28	↓8	52
42	Kristi	28	↑5	>100
43	Alicia	27	new	47
44	Dawn	27	↓9	67
45	Mary	27	↑4	25
46	Julie	26	↓16	32
47	Shannon	26	↓18	29
48	Danielle	25	↓3	33
49	Erica	25	↓9	34
50	Brooke	23	new	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Joshua	242	↑5	7
2	Michael	222	↑1	1
3	Justin	183	↑4	13
4	Matthew	178	↑1	6
5	Ryan	174	↓1	15
6	Christopher	166	↓4	2
7	Jason	155	↓6	3
8	Jeremy	130	↑1	18
9	David	113	↓1	4
10	Travis	110	↑1	37
11	Eric	103	↑7	16
12	Brian	100	↑4	12
13	Dustin	98	↑16	44
14	Nathan	98	↓4	36
15	Daniel	95	↑4	11
16	Scott	95	↑6	33
17	John	89	↓5	8
18	Nicholas	88	↑2	17
19	James	87	↓6	5
20	Robert	87	↓6	9
21	Adam	85	↑12	22
22	Andrew	84	↑1	19
23	Chad	84	↓6	39
24	Jesse	75	↑8	45
25	Aaron	72	↓10	34
26	Brandon	72	↑1	31
27	Joseph	72	↓6	10
28	Benjamin	65	↑6	32
29	Jonathan	65	↑10	21
30	Steven	64	–	28
31	Derek	62	new	50
32	Thomas	61	↓6	25
33	Jeffrey	60	↓8	27
34	Tyler	55	↑11	>100
35	Paul	53	↑7	35
36	William	51	↑4	14
37	Timothy	48	↓13	20
38	Shawn	45	↓2	47
39	Mark	43	↓11	30
40	Kyle	42	↓3	57
41	Casey	41	new	93
42	Bradley	39	↑2	51
43	Jacob	38	new	43
44	Anthony	36	↓1	24
45	Charles	36	new	29
46	Shane	36	↓11	69
47	Kevin	35	↓16	23
48	Patrick	35	↓7	38
49	Craig	30	new	73
50	Jared	30	↓2	61

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