Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1981

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1981 were Jessica for girls (258 babies) and Michael for boys (214). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 10,767 babies born in North Dakota in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1981

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, 7.2× the national rate
Lacey: 22 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Jodi: 23 babies, 5× the national rate
Heidi: 43 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Mindy: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lindsey: 44 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kelli: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Mandy: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kristi: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Miranda: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Brady: 16 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Ross: 30 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Kelly: 24 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Tyler: 53 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Levi: 23 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Brent: 46 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dustin: 123 babies, 4× the national rate
Shane: 47 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Mitchell: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Casey: 44 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jessica	258	↑1	2
2	Jennifer	238	↓1	1
3	Amanda	186	–	3
4	Sarah	154	↑1	4
5	Melissa	114	↑1	5
6	Amy	106	↑2	6
7	Amber	102	↑3	20
8	Nicole	95	↓1	7
9	Rebecca	94	↑7	12
10	Heather	86	↓6	10
11	Angela	83	↑1	15
12	Erin	72	↓1	19
13	Sara	70	↑4	26
14	Rachel	66	↑13	22
15	Andrea	63	↑4	24
16	Michelle	63	↓7	11
17	Lisa	60	↓2	18
18	Elizabeth	57	↑6	9
19	Jamie	54	↑1	28
20	Katie	54	↑3	44
21	Kimberly	53	↑10	13
22	Crystal	51	↓8	16
23	Laura	51	↓5	21
24	Stephanie	51	↓11	8
25	Kristin	49	↑7	31
26	Kristen	45	↓1	38
27	Lindsey	44	↑11	58
28	Heidi	43	↓6	84
29	Kari	41	↑1	>100
30	Kelly	39	↓9	23
31	Tara	39	↑8	45
32	April	38	↑8	25
33	Ashley	37	new	34
34	Emily	37	–	29
35	Lindsay	36	new	47
36	Tiffany	34	–	14
37	Alicia	32	↑6	46
38	Christina	32	↓10	17
39	Jill	31	↓10	78
40	Megan	31	↓14	33
41	Courtney	29	new	43
42	Katherine	28	↓7	39
43	Shannon	28	↑4	32
44	Erica	27	↑5	36
45	Julie	27	↑1	37
46	Allison	26	new	57
47	Danielle	26	↑1	30
48	Kathryn	26	new	48
49	Tanya	26	↓16	92
50	Holly	24	↓9	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Michael	214	↑1	1
2	Joshua	210	↓1	6
3	Ryan	196	↑2	13
4	Matthew	194	–	3
5	Justin	185	↓2	12
6	Christopher	172	–	2
7	Jason	146	–	4
8	Dustin	123	↑5	42
9	Andrew	107	↑13	18
10	Nathan	106	↑4	36
11	Travis	104	↓1	40
12	David	102	↓3	5
13	Jeremy	101	↓5	22
14	Joseph	99	↑13	11
15	Daniel	97	–	10
16	Eric	96	↓5	17
17	Brandon	88	↑9	19
18	James	88	↑1	7
19	Jesse	87	↑5	37
20	John	87	↓3	8
21	Scott	83	↓5	34
22	Robert	82	↓2	9
23	Brian	81	↓11	14
24	Nicholas	79	↓6	21
25	Benjamin	78	↑3	32
26	Jonathan	75	↑3	16
27	Chad	73	↓4	47
28	Kyle	73	↑12	52
29	Adam	68	↓8	20
30	Aaron	62	↓5	30
31	Steven	59	↓1	28
32	Jeffrey	58	↑1	29
33	Thomas	58	↓1	26
34	Timothy	56	↑3	24
35	Tyler	53	↓1	96
36	Jacob	49	↑7	43
37	Jared	49	↑13	57
38	Derek	47	↓7	53
39	Shane	47	↑7	81
40	Brent	46	new	88
41	Paul	46	↓6	35
42	Casey	44	↓1	85
43	Richard	44	new	27
44	Mark	42	↓5	33
45	Shawn	42	↓7	49
46	William	41	↓10	15
47	Bradley	40	↓5	50
48	Anthony	38	↓4	23
49	Lucas	35	new	89
50	Kevin	34	↓3	25

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