Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1982

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1982 were Jessica for girls (251 babies) and Joshua for boys (244). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #7 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 11,031 babies born in North Dakota in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1982

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

Kayla: 64 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Tessa: 15 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Kari: 41 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Lacey: 42 babies, 6× the national rate
Kristi: 26 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Heidi: 35 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jodi: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Shawna: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Miranda: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Katie: 57 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Brady: 18 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Wade: 20 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Cole: 20 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Tyler: 111 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Casey: 50 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Cody: 46 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kelly: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dustin: 120 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lance: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Luke: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jessica	251	–	2
2	Jennifer	216	–	1
3	Amanda	174	–	3
4	Sarah	151	–	4
5	Nicole	112	↑3	6
6	Melissa	111	↓1	5
7	Amber	104	–	18
8	Amy	98	↓2	10
9	Heather	90	↑1	12
10	Michelle	76	↑6	11
11	Sara	76	↑2	28
12	Stephanie	71	↑12	7
13	Lisa	70	↑4	23
14	Elizabeth	67	↑4	8
15	Kayla	64	new	>100
16	Ashley	63	↑17	17
17	Lindsey	63	↑10	40
18	Andrea	62	↓3	27
19	Erin	62	↓7	20
20	Angela	61	↓9	16
21	Rebecca	61	↓12	15
22	Katie	57	↓2	45
23	Crystal	54	↓1	9
24	Kristen	51	↑2	33
25	Kristin	49	–	37
26	Rachel	45	↓12	21
27	Jamie	44	↓8	29
28	Emily	43	↑6	24
29	Kelly	43	↑1	25
30	Lacey	42	new	>100
31	Kari	41	↓2	>100
32	Laura	41	↓9	22
33	Megan	41	↑7	34
34	Danielle	39	↑13	31
35	Julie	37	↑10	41
36	Kimberly	37	↓15	14
37	Heidi	35	↓9	86
38	Lindsay	35	↓3	39
39	Tara	34	↓8	47
40	Tiffany	32	↓4	13
41	Erica	29	↑3	35
42	Christina	28	↓4	19
43	Jill	28	↓4	89
44	Shannon	28	↓1	38
45	Alicia	27	↓8	53
46	April	27	↓14	32
47	Natalie	27	new	51
48	Cassandra	26	new	62
49	Courtney	26	↓8	43
50	Kristi	26	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Joshua	244	↑1	7
2	Michael	223	↓1	1
3	Christopher	214	↑3	2
4	Matthew	207	–	3
5	Ryan	180	↓2	13
6	Justin	178	↓1	12
7	Jason	146	–	4
8	Daniel	120	↑7	10
9	Dustin	120	↓1	42
10	David	116	↑2	5
11	Tyler	111	↑24	66
12	Eric	102	↑4	20
13	Andrew	99	↓4	17
14	Travis	95	↓3	39
15	Brandon	93	↑2	18
16	Nathan	93	↓6	36
17	Jeremy	91	↓4	28
18	Adam	90	↑11	19
19	Nicholas	90	↑5	22
20	Aaron	89	↑10	30
21	John	88	↓1	8
22	Joseph	88	↓8	11
23	James	85	↓5	6
24	Brian	83	↓1	14
25	Robert	79	↓3	9
26	Jonathan	78	–	16
27	Jesse	76	↓8	43
28	Benjamin	75	↓3	33
29	Scott	75	↓8	34
30	Thomas	67	↑3	23
31	Chad	66	↓4	48
32	Derek	59	↑6	50
33	Anthony	57	↑15	21
34	Jeffrey	56	↓2	29
35	Kyle	55	↓7	47
36	William	52	↑10	15
37	Casey	50	↑5	86
38	Timothy	50	↓4	24
39	Mark	48	↑5	32
40	Steven	48	↓9	26
41	Cody	46	new	95
42	Jacob	46	↓6	41
43	Jared	43	↓6	54
44	Richard	43	↓1	27
45	Patrick	40	new	37
46	Paul	40	↓5	35
47	Bradley	39	–	51
48	Brett	37	new	72
49	Shawn	36	↓4	52
50	Cory	32	new	93

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