Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1988

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1988 were Amanda for girls (157 babies) and Michael for boys (159). Amanda ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 8,721 babies born in North Dakota in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1988

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, 7.2× the national rate
Jill: 18 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Kari: 19 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Miranda: 25 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Kelsey: 60 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lacey: 24 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Heidi: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kayla: 119 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jenna: 34 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Nichole: 17 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Brady: 27 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Brock: 18 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Cole: 18 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Tyson: 16 babies, 7× the national rate
Levi: 25 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Lucas: 33 babies, 5× the national rate
Casey: 44 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Bryce: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Tyler: 124 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jordan: 79 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Amanda	157	↑2	3
2	Ashley	154	↓1	2
3	Jessica	151	↓1	1
4	Kayla	119	–	20
5	Sarah	105	–	4
6	Samantha	85	↑4	8
7	Megan	84	↑5	12
8	Brittany	81	–	6
9	Nicole	81	–	9
10	Heather	79	↑3	14
11	Amber	73	↓5	15
12	Jennifer	73	↓1	5
13	Elizabeth	65	↑2	10
14	Rachel	64	↑5	19
15	Melissa	63	↑17	16
16	Kelsey	60	–	64
17	Tiffany	54	↑20	13
18	Emily	53	–	18
19	Laura	53	↑10	23
20	Katie	52	↓6	40
21	Stephanie	49	–	7
22	Alyssa	47	↑3	47
23	Danielle	47	↓16	17
24	Amy	42	↓7	29
25	Lindsey	42	↑1	48
26	Sara	42	↓6	30
27	Rebecca	38	↑3	26
28	Cassandra	37	↑10	59
29	Courtney	36	↑12	24
30	Whitney	36	↓8	39
31	Kimberly	35	↓3	25
32	Jenna	34	↓5	66
33	Michelle	34	↓9	21
34	Allison	32	↓1	46
35	Erin	32	↓4	37
36	Chelsey	31	↓1	>100
37	Erica	29	new	31
38	Chelsea	27	↓2	33
39	Miranda	25	new	>100
40	Kristen	24	↑7	36
41	Lacey	24	↑2	>100
42	Anna	23	new	54
43	Caitlin	23	new	44
44	Christine	23	new	51
45	Lindsay	23	↑3	57
46	Hannah	22	new	61
47	Katherine	22	↓8	27
48	Alicia	21	↓3	50
49	Andrea	21	↓26	35
50	Bethany	21	new	89

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Michael	159	↑1	1
2	Matthew	147	↓1	3
3	Andrew	138	–	5
4	Justin	138	↑2	7
5	Joshua	128	↓1	4
6	Tyler	124	↑2	33
7	Christopher	120	↓2	2
8	Brandon	99	↓1	17
9	Cody	88	↑5	43
10	Kyle	85	–	21
11	Ryan	84	↓2	13
12	Nicholas	81	↓1	14
13	Jacob	79	↑5	28
14	Jordan	79	↑2	52
15	Daniel	74	↓3	8
16	John	71	↑3	11
17	Zachary	70	↑6	29
18	Adam	68	↓5	26
19	Benjamin	67	↑1	30
20	David	65	↓5	6
21	Joseph	65	↑5	12
22	Eric	62	↓5	19
23	Dustin	59	↓2	48
24	Travis	59	↓2	41
25	Jared	58	↑6	60
26	Aaron	56	↑7	31
27	James	56	↓3	9
28	Derek	54	–	53
29	Nathan	53	↓4	44
30	Steven	53	↑2	24
31	Anthony	50	↑6	18
32	Thomas	50	↑4	23
33	Alexander	46	↑17	34
34	Jonathan	46	↓5	15
35	Brian	45	↓1	22
36	Casey	44	↓6	83
37	Alex	43	↑6	58
38	Scott	42	↑4	47
39	Jason	39	↓4	27
40	Robert	39	↓13	10
41	Timothy	37	↑8	25
42	Jesse	35	↓2	55
43	Kevin	35	↓5	20
44	Jeremy	34	↑2	35
45	Lucas	33	new	>100
46	Samuel	33	new	45
47	Charles	30	new	37
48	William	30	↓4	16
49	Paul	29	↓8	46
50	Seth	29	new	90

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