Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1987

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1987 were Ashley for girls (180 babies) and Matthew for boys (168). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,001 babies born in North Dakota in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1987

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: 31 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Kari: 27 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Kayla: 135 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kelsey: 54 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lacey: 27 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Brianna: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Heidi: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Alyssa: 43 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Katie: 63 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jenna: 41 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Brady: 27 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Cole: 23 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Tyson: 18 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Preston: 23 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Casey: 50 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lucas: 26 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bryce: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Levi: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Tyler: 119 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Grant: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Ashley	180	–	2
2	Jessica	155	–	1
3	Amanda	153	–	3
4	Kayla	135	↑3	27
5	Sarah	110	–	5
6	Amber	84	↑5	15
7	Danielle	83	↑9	14
8	Brittany	82	–	7
9	Nicole	82	↑1	8
10	Samantha	73	↑8	11
11	Jennifer	71	↓7	4
12	Megan	68	↓6	12
13	Heather	66	↓1	9
14	Katie	63	↑1	38
15	Elizabeth	55	↓1	10
16	Kelsey	54	↑10	67
17	Amy	53	↓8	24
18	Emily	52	↑12	19
19	Rachel	52	↑2	17
20	Sara	51	↓1	29
21	Stephanie	50	↓8	6
22	Whitney	50	↑1	32
23	Andrea	44	↑1	36
24	Michelle	44	↑17	21
25	Alyssa	43	↑24	60
26	Lindsey	43	↓9	41
27	Jenna	41	↓2	57
28	Kimberly	39	↑3	23
29	Laura	39	↓7	22
30	Rebecca	39	↓2	25
31	Erin	38	↓2	34
32	Melissa	38	↓12	13
33	Allison	34	↑2	44
34	Angela	31	↑6	35
35	Chelsey	31	new	>100
36	Chelsea	30	new	47
37	Tiffany	30	–	18
38	Cassandra	28	↓4	68
39	Katherine	28	↓3	28
40	Lisa	28	↓8	40
41	Courtney	27	↑1	33
42	Kari	27	↑5	>100
43	Lacey	27	new	>100
44	Jamie	26	↓6	39
45	Alicia	25	↓18	46
46	Crystal	24	↓3	26
47	Kristen	23	new	42
48	Lindsay	23	↓3	49
49	Brianna	22	new	>100
50	Brooke	22	new	94

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Matthew	168	↑2	3
2	Michael	167	↓1	1
3	Andrew	159	↑2	6
4	Joshua	141	–	4
5	Christopher	133	↓3	2
6	Justin	126	↑6	9
7	Brandon	125	↑1	14
8	Tyler	119	↓1	39
9	Ryan	115	↓3	13
10	Kyle	103	↓1	22
11	Nicholas	101	↑3	16
12	Daniel	95	↑1	7
13	Adam	88	↓3	27
14	Cody	87	↑4	49
15	David	86	↑4	5
16	Jordan	82	↑1	52
17	Eric	70	↓1	21
18	Jacob	69	↓7	31
19	John	67	↑7	11
20	Benjamin	66	↑5	28
21	Dustin	65	↓6	44
22	Travis	65	↑12	42
23	Zachary	63	↑4	33
24	James	62	↓1	8
25	Nathan	62	↓5	45
26	Joseph	56	↓5	12
27	Robert	56	↑5	10
28	Derek	53	↑8	54
29	Jonathan	51	↑11	18
30	Casey	50	↑9	80
31	Jared	50	↑2	58
32	Steven	50	↑6	25
33	Aaron	47	↓11	34
34	Brian	47	↓5	20
35	Jason	47	↓7	23
36	Thomas	44	↓6	24
37	Anthony	43	↓13	17
38	Kevin	41	↓3	19
39	Jeffrey	40	↑7	32
40	Jesse	40	↓3	55
41	Paul	39	↑1	46
42	Scott	39	↓1	43
43	Alex	38	new	60
44	William	38	↑1	15
45	Shane	37	new	65
46	Jeremy	35	↓15	29
47	Chad	33	↓4	63
48	Brett	32	new	71
49	Timothy	32	↓1	26
50	Alexander	30	–	37

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