Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1986

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1986 were Ashley for girls (172 babies) and Michael for boys (192). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 9,413 babies born in North Dakota in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1986

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: 87 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Kelsey: 47 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Kari: 24 babies, 6× the national rate
Heidi: 23 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Miranda: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Lacey: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jenna: 48 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jill: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Brianna: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Katie: 64 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Brady: 32 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Tanner: 18 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Kelly: 21 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Brock: 19 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Cole: 21 babies, 7× the national rate
Bryce: 19 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Levi: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Cody: 81 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jordan: 83 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Casey: 42 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Ashley	172	–	2
2	Jessica	157	↑1	1
3	Amanda	147	↓1	3
4	Jennifer	110	–	4
5	Sarah	109	–	5
6	Megan	88	↑2	11
7	Kayla	87	↑7	64
8	Brittany	83	↑2	8
9	Amy	81	↑2	22
10	Nicole	80	↓4	7
11	Amber	78	↓2	13
12	Heather	76	↓5	9
13	Stephanie	70	↑5	6
14	Elizabeth	65	↑1	10
15	Katie	64	↑7	38
16	Danielle	63	↑3	16
17	Lindsey	57	↑3	39
18	Samantha	57	↑13	21
19	Sara	55	↓2	27
20	Melissa	54	↓7	12
21	Rachel	50	↓5	15
22	Laura	49	↑2	20
23	Whitney	49	new	32
24	Andrea	48	↓3	36
25	Jenna	48	↓13	55
26	Kelsey	47	new	>100
27	Alicia	42	↑6	45
28	Rebecca	42	↓2	26
29	Erin	41	↓6	30
30	Emily	38	↓3	24
31	Kimberly	37	↓2	18
32	Lisa	35	↓4	40
33	Kelly	33	↑5	29
34	Cassandra	32	new	60
35	Allison	31	↑1	42
36	Katherine	31	↑9	28
37	Tiffany	31	↓2	17
38	Jamie	30	↓13	34
39	Anna	29	↑1	51
40	Angela	28	↓10	33
41	Michelle	28	↓9	23
42	Courtney	26	new	35
43	Crystal	26	↓6	25
44	Kathryn	26	↑3	48
45	Lindsay	25	↑3	46
46	Christina	24	↓3	19
47	Kari	24	↓1	>100
48	Kristin	24	↓14	50
49	Alyssa	23	new	85
50	Heidi	23	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Michael	192	↑2	1
2	Christopher	174	↑2	2
3	Matthew	159	↓1	3
4	Joshua	153	↓3	4
5	Andrew	144	↑3	8
6	Ryan	125	–	11
7	Tyler	120	↓2	40
8	Brandon	113	↓1	13
9	Kyle	105	↑3	23
10	Adam	98	↑1	24
11	Jacob	97	↑17	31
12	Justin	91	↓3	14
13	Daniel	90	↑1	6
14	Nicholas	90	↓1	17
15	Dustin	87	↑1	42
16	Eric	83	↓6	22
17	Jordan	83	↑17	53
18	Cody	81	↑1	56
19	David	78	↓1	5
20	Nathan	76	↑1	43
21	Joseph	73	↓4	12
22	Aaron	71	↑7	33
23	James	68	↓1	7
24	Anthony	67	↑11	19
25	Benjamin	67	↑6	30
26	John	66	↓3	10
27	Zachary	64	↓7	38
28	Jason	58	↓13	18
29	Brian	56	↓5	20
30	Thomas	56	↓3	26
31	Jeremy	54	↑5	28
32	Robert	53	↓7	9
33	Jared	52	–	58
34	Travis	47	↓2	49
35	Kevin	46	↑15	21
36	Derek	45	↓6	57
37	Jesse	45	–	48
38	Steven	44	↑4	25
39	Casey	42	↑7	83
40	Jonathan	41	↓14	16
41	Scott	40	↓2	44
42	Paul	37	↑2	45
43	Chad	36	↑5	59
44	Patrick	35	↓3	39
45	William	35	↓7	15
46	Jeffrey	34	↓3	32
47	Sean	34	new	37
48	Timothy	34	↓8	27
49	Brady	32	new	>100
50	Alexander	31	new	41

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