Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1983

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1983 were Jessica for girls (193 babies) and Michael for boys (220). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 10,604 babies born in North Dakota in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1983

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

Chelsey: 16 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Kayla: 96 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Kari: 30 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Heidi: 39 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kelsey: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Mandy: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jill: 32 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lacey: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lindsey: 84 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Beth: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Wade: 16 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Cole: 24 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Kelly: 20 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Tyler: 103 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Cody: 59 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Lucas: 32 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Casey: 40 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lee: 24 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lance: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ross: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jessica	193	–	2
2	Amanda	187	↑1	3
3	Jennifer	183	↓1	1
4	Ashley	145	↑12	4
5	Nicole	138	–	7
6	Sarah	138	↓2	5
7	Heather	96	↑2	9
8	Kayla	96	↑7	81
9	Melissa	91	↓3	6
10	Stephanie	88	↑2	8
11	Amy	86	↓3	12
12	Amber	85	↓5	17
13	Lindsey	84	↑4	35
14	Erin	80	↑5	18
15	Megan	71	↑18	21
16	Rebecca	71	↑5	19
17	Angela	70	↑3	22
18	Rachel	70	↑8	20
19	Emily	62	↑9	25
20	Katie	57	↑2	45
21	Lisa	57	↓8	27
22	Laura	56	↑10	23
23	Sara	53	↓12	31
24	Michelle	50	↓14	13
25	Jamie	47	↑2	28
26	Andrea	46	↓8	30
27	Elizabeth	46	↓13	10
28	Kristen	46	↓4	37
29	Crystal	43	↓6	11
30	Alicia	42	↑15	41
31	Lindsay	42	↑7	36
32	Christina	40	↑10	16
33	Heidi	39	↑4	95
34	Kimberly	39	↑2	15
35	Danielle	37	↓1	29
36	Kristin	37	↓11	42
37	Tara	35	↑2	51
38	Tiffany	35	↑2	14
39	Jill	32	↑4	98
40	Kelly	32	↓11	26
41	Kari	30	↓10	>100
42	Samantha	30	new	40
43	Shannon	30	↑1	38
44	Cassandra	29	↑4	70
45	Erica	29	↓4	33
46	Lacey	27	↓16	>100
47	April	26	↓1	39
48	Holly	25	new	48
49	Katherine	25	new	34
50	Mary	24	new	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Michael	220	↑1	1
2	Matthew	216	↑2	3
3	Christopher	208	–	2
4	Joshua	204	↓3	5
5	Ryan	184	–	13
6	Justin	136	–	12
7	Daniel	127	↑1	8
8	Adam	113	↑10	18
9	Brandon	113	↑6	17
10	Andrew	108	↑3	15
11	David	106	↓1	4
12	Jason	106	↓5	7
13	Tyler	103	↓2	57
14	Dustin	95	↓5	43
15	Kyle	94	↑20	34
16	Nicholas	93	↑3	21
17	Joseph	92	↑5	11
18	John	91	↑3	9
19	Eric	89	↓7	20
20	Brian	88	↑4	14
21	Nathan	88	↓5	40
22	Aaron	81	↓2	29
23	Travis	81	↓9	41
24	James	77	↓1	6
25	Robert	75	–	10
26	Jeremy	74	↓9	30
27	Jacob	73	↑15	36
28	Jesse	67	↓1	46
29	Benjamin	65	↓1	32
30	Steven	65	↑10	23
31	Thomas	61	↓1	24
32	Cody	59	↑9	81
33	Chad	57	↓2	49
34	Anthony	56	↓1	22
35	Scott	54	↓6	38
36	Derek	51	↓4	51
37	Jared	47	↑6	56
38	Patrick	46	↑7	37
39	Paul	46	↑7	39
40	Jonathan	45	↓14	19
41	Jeffrey	44	↓7	28
42	Timothy	43	↓4	26
43	William	42	↓7	16
44	Casey	40	↓7	90
45	Mark	40	↓6	31
46	Bradley	38	↑1	52
47	Kevin	37	new	25
48	Brett	35	–	73
49	Jordan	34	new	72
50	Shawn	34	↓1	53

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