Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1984

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1984 were Ashley for girls (188 babies) and Michael for boys (219). Ashley ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 10,237 babies born in North Dakota in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1984

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: 86 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Chelsey: 17 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Tessa: 15 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Kari: 28 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Kelsey: 23 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Lacey: 34 babies, 5× the national rate
Trista: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Heidi: 32 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Miranda: 27 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Krista: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Tanner: 16 babies, 13× the national rate
Brady: 20 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Cole: 25 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Casey: 57 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Levi: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kelly: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Tyler: 129 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Cody: 73 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Luke: 31 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Mitchell: 27 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Ashley	188	↑3	3
2	Jessica	169	↓1	2
3	Jennifer	167	–	1
4	Amanda	151	↓2	4
5	Nicole	130	–	7
6	Sarah	117	–	5
7	Megan	104	↑8	11
8	Heather	96	↓1	9
9	Kayla	86	↓1	100
10	Stephanie	83	–	6
11	Amber	81	↑1	18
12	Amy	80	↓1	13
13	Melissa	80	↓4	8
14	Sara	67	↑9	32
15	Lindsey	64	↓2	35
16	Danielle	61	↑19	16
17	Rachel	61	↑1	15
18	Elizabeth	60	↑9	10
19	Jenna	56	new	54
20	Katie	56	–	44
21	Laura	56	↑1	19
22	Michelle	53	↑2	17
23	Erin	50	↓9	25
24	Andrea	48	↑2	28
25	Brittany	48	new	41
26	Lisa	46	↓5	29
27	Angela	45	↓10	26
28	Crystal	45	↑1	12
29	Lindsay	45	↑2	36
30	Rebecca	45	↓14	23
31	Emily	44	↓12	24
32	Alicia	43	↓2	40
33	Samantha	42	↑9	39
34	Kristen	41	↓6	38
35	Tiffany	41	↑3	14
36	Katherine	34	↑13	30
37	Kristin	34	↓1	47
38	Lacey	34	↑8	>100
39	Shannon	34	↑4	37
40	Kimberly	33	↓6	22
41	Christina	32	↓9	20
42	Heidi	32	↓9	>100
43	Kelly	31	↓3	27
44	Tara	29	↓7	49
45	Kari	28	↓4	>100
46	Bethany	27	new	93
47	Carrie	27	new	78
48	Chelsea	27	new	84
49	Miranda	27	new	>100
50	Cassandra	26	↓6	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Michael	219	–	1
2	Matthew	210	–	3
3	Christopher	197	–	2
4	Joshua	187	–	4
5	Ryan	159	–	12
6	Brandon	133	↑3	15
7	Tyler	129	↑6	47
8	Daniel	113	↓1	6
9	Andrew	102	↑1	14
10	Justin	101	↓4	13
11	Dustin	95	↑3	41
12	Jason	95	–	11
13	David	94	↓2	5
14	Aaron	91	↑8	29
15	Eric	88	↑4	22
16	John	88	↑2	8
17	Adam	87	↓9	18
18	Kyle	82	↓3	34
19	Nathan	79	↑2	38
20	Jonathan	78	↑20	19
21	Joseph	76	↓4	10
22	James	74	↑2	7
23	Cody	73	↑9	62
24	Brian	68	↓4	17
25	Nicholas	68	↓9	20
26	Travis	68	↓3	42
27	Jeremy	66	↓1	31
28	Robert	64	↓3	9
29	Benjamin	63	–	30
30	Thomas	62	↑1	25
31	Timothy	60	↑11	26
32	Jacob	59	↓5	37
33	Scott	59	↑2	39
34	Steven	59	↓4	23
35	Casey	57	↑9	82
36	Zachary	54	new	45
37	Derek	53	↓1	52
38	Mark	52	↑7	32
39	Anthony	50	↓5	21
40	Jared	50	↓3	59
41	Jesse	47	↓13	50
42	Jordan	44	↑7	65
43	Chad	41	↓10	51
44	Shawn	40	↑6	56
45	Jeffrey	38	↓4	28
46	Patrick	37	↓8	36
47	Kevin	34	–	24
48	Luke	31	new	>100
49	William	31	↓6	16
50	Cory	30	new	83

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