Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1989

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1989 were Ashley for girls (130 babies) and Matthew for boys (164). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,387 babies born in North Dakota in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1989

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: 41 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Kylie: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Breanna: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Paige: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kelsey: 75 babies, 4× the national rate
Jenna: 35 babies, 4× the national rate
Miranda: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Haley: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Brianna: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kendra: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Tanner: 37 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Cole: 25 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Levi: 22 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Casey: 41 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Bryce: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lucas: 28 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jordan: 94 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Luke: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ethan: 34 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Logan: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Ashley	130	↑1	2
2	Amanda	123	↓1	4
3	Jessica	123	–	1
4	Samantha	123	↑2	6
5	Brittany	111	↑3	3
6	Kayla	94	↓2	20
7	Sarah	86	↓2	5
8	Megan	83	↓1	11
9	Kelsey	75	↑7	31
10	Amber	68	↑1	14
11	Emily	68	↑7	13
12	Nicole	61	↓3	12
13	Jennifer	58	↓1	7
14	Stephanie	56	↑7	8
15	Courtney	53	↑14	21
16	Rachel	51	↓2	18
17	Elizabeth	46	↓4	10
18	Cassandra	43	↑10	54
19	Alyssa	41	↑3	33
20	Chelsey	41	↑16	>100
21	Heather	40	↓11	15
22	Rebecca	40	↑5	24
23	Tiffany	40	↓6	16
24	Katie	39	↓4	45
25	Danielle	38	↓2	17
26	Jenna	35	↑6	71
27	Allison	34	↑7	46
28	Melissa	34	↓13	19
29	Amy	31	↓5	35
30	Kimberly	31	↑1	28
31	Laura	31	↓12	25
32	Whitney	31	↓2	57
33	Katherine	29	↑14	26
34	Brianna	28	new	77
35	Kristen	28	↑5	36
36	Brittney	27	new	41
37	Chelsea	27	↑1	27
38	Lindsey	27	↓13	48
39	Lisa	27	new	55
40	Alicia	26	↑8	53
41	Hannah	26	↑5	42
42	Michelle	26	↓9	22
43	Andrea	25	↑6	39
44	Erin	25	↓9	40
45	Lauren	25	new	9
46	April	23	new	66
47	Jamie	23	new	52
48	Lindsay	23	↓3	63
49	Sara	23	↓23	29
50	Alexandra	22	new	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Matthew	164	↑1	3
2	Michael	151	↓1	1
3	Joshua	131	↑2	4
4	Tyler	125	↑2	30
5	Andrew	122	↓2	7
6	Christopher	117	↑1	2
7	Nicholas	96	↑5	14
8	Jacob	94	↑5	26
9	Jordan	94	↑5	44
10	Ryan	84	↑1	13
11	Cody	82	↓2	45
12	Justin	82	↓8	8
13	Adam	79	↑5	27
14	Daniel	76	↑1	6
15	Kyle	75	↓5	20
16	Brandon	73	↓8	18
17	John	73	↓1	12
18	Benjamin	67	↑1	29
19	Zachary	66	↓2	25
20	David	65	–	5
21	Aaron	62	↑5	31
22	Eric	62	–	21
23	Nathan	57	↑6	43
24	Travis	57	–	41
25	Dustin	55	↓2	48
26	Derek	53	↑2	54
27	Alexander	50	↑6	32
28	James	49	↓1	9
29	Joseph	48	↓8	11
30	Jonathan	47	↑4	17
31	Steven	44	↓1	22
32	Jared	43	↓7	57
33	Anthony	42	↓2	16
34	Robert	42	↑6	10
35	Casey	41	↑1	90
36	Jesse	40	↑6	50
37	Scott	37	↑1	51
38	Tanner	37	new	>100
39	Brian	35	↓4	24
40	Thomas	35	↓8	23
41	William	35	↑7	15
42	Ethan	34	new	87
43	Jeremy	33	↑1	34
44	Timothy	32	↓3	28
45	Austin	31	new	59
46	Paul	31	↑3	49
47	Samuel	30	↓1	47
48	Alex	29	↓11	60
49	Jason	29	↓10	35
50	Trevor	29	new	83

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