Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1985

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1985 were Ashley for girls (218 babies) and Joshua for boys (205). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 10,118 babies born in North Dakota in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1985

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: 66 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Chelsey: 15 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Jodi: 18 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Kari: 26 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kelsey: 24 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jenna: 70 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Nichole: 28 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Miranda: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Krista: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bethany: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Tanner: 21 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Brady: 24 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Cole: 27 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Tyson: 20 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Levi: 23 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Tyler: 138 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lucas: 29 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Cody: 78 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Casey: 39 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jordan: 57 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Ashley	218	–	2
2	Amanda	154	↑2	4
3	Jessica	149	↓1	1
4	Jennifer	137	↓1	3
5	Sarah	120	↑1	5
6	Nicole	100	↓1	7
7	Heather	88	↑1	8
8	Megan	87	↓1	10
9	Amber	83	↑2	16
10	Brittany	82	↑15	17
11	Amy	70	↑1	20
12	Jenna	70	↑7	50
13	Melissa	70	–	11
14	Kayla	66	↓5	>100
15	Elizabeth	64	↑3	9
16	Rachel	63	↑1	13
17	Sara	63	↓3	30
18	Stephanie	63	↓8	6
19	Danielle	62	↓3	18
20	Lindsey	58	↓5	37
21	Andrea	57	↑3	33
22	Katie	55	↓2	39
23	Erin	53	–	26
24	Laura	52	↓3	14
25	Jamie	49	new	27
26	Rebecca	45	↑4	25
27	Emily	44	↑4	24
28	Lisa	44	↓2	36
29	Kimberly	43	↑11	19
30	Angela	41	↓3	31
31	Samantha	41	↑2	29
32	Michelle	40	↓10	22
33	Alicia	39	↓1	45
34	Kristin	35	↑3	49
35	Tiffany	33	–	23
36	Allison	32	new	46
37	Crystal	31	↓9	21
38	Kelly	30	↑5	28
39	Kristen	30	↓5	38
40	Anna	29	new	54
41	Holly	29	new	56
42	April	28	new	47
43	Christina	28	↓2	12
44	Nichole	28	new	95
45	Katherine	27	↓9	32
46	Kari	26	↓1	>100
47	Kathryn	26	new	48
48	Lindsay	26	↓19	40
49	Shannon	26	↓10	41
50	Bethany	25	↓4	94

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Joshua	205	↑3	4
2	Matthew	201	–	3
3	Michael	185	↓2	1
4	Christopher	164	↓1	2
5	Tyler	138	↑2	43
6	Ryan	136	↓1	12
7	Brandon	127	↓1	13
8	Andrew	114	↑1	11
9	Justin	106	↑1	15
10	Eric	101	↑5	21
11	Adam	100	↑6	22
12	Kyle	100	↑6	27
13	Nicholas	95	↑12	19
14	Daniel	94	↓6	5
15	Jason	89	↓3	14
16	Dustin	88	↓5	41
17	Joseph	88	↑4	10
18	David	86	↓5	6
19	Cody	78	↑4	52
20	Zachary	76	↑16	39
21	Nathan	75	↓2	40
22	James	74	–	7
23	John	73	↓7	9
24	Brian	72	–	18
25	Robert	72	↑3	8
26	Jonathan	67	↓6	17
27	Thomas	66	↑3	25
28	Jacob	65	↑4	35
29	Aaron	63	↓15	33
30	Derek	63	↑7	56
31	Benjamin	58	↓2	31
32	Travis	58	↓6	46
33	Jared	57	↑7	58
34	Jordan	57	↑8	62
35	Anthony	54	↑4	20
36	Jeremy	54	↓9	30
37	Jesse	54	↑4	51
38	William	49	↑11	16
39	Scott	48	↓6	44
40	Timothy	43	↓9	26
41	Patrick	42	↑5	37
42	Steven	42	↓8	24
43	Jeffrey	41	↑2	29
44	Paul	41	new	42
45	Bradley	39	new	53
46	Casey	39	↓11	86
47	Shane	38	new	68
48	Chad	37	↓5	57
49	Mark	34	↓11	32
50	Kevin	31	↓3	23

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