Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1990

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1990 were Ashley for girls (136 babies) and Matthew for boys (132). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,862 babies born in North Dakota in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1990

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

Abby: 18 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Lacey: 21 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Chelsey: 24 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Jenna: 36 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Katie: 49 babies, 4× the national rate
Miranda: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Bethany: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Paige: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kelsey: 54 babies, 3× the national rate
Shelby: 20 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Brady: 20 babies, 12× the national rate
Tanner: 29 babies, 10× the national rate
Brock: 18 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Levi: 19 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Lucas: 32 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Casey: 42 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Bryce: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Dillon: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lance: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Ross: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Ashley	136	–	2
2	Samantha	117	↑2	5
3	Brittany	112	↑2	3
4	Amanda	109	↓2	4
5	Jessica	106	↓2	1
6	Kayla	96	–	14
7	Megan	93	↑1	11
8	Sarah	71	↓1	6
9	Emily	64	↑2	12
10	Courtney	59	↑5	17
11	Stephanie	59	↑3	7
12	Jennifer	55	↑1	8
13	Kelsey	54	↓4	32
14	Katie	49	↑10	53
15	Nicole	47	↓3	13
16	Rachel	47	–	16
17	Amber	46	↓7	15
18	Alyssa	42	↑1	27
19	Danielle	42	↑6	18
20	Elizabeth	42	↓3	9
21	Sara	41	↑28	34
22	Heather	38	↓1	19
23	Rebecca	38	↓1	21
24	Laura	37	↑7	29
25	Melissa	37	↑3	20
26	Hannah	36	↑15	30
27	Jenna	36	↓1	81
28	Katherine	31	↑5	26
29	Brianna	29	↑5	61
30	Andrea	28	↑13	40
31	Cassandra	28	↓13	49
32	Kristen	28	↑3	42
33	Lauren	28	↑12	10
34	Lindsey	28	↑4	51
35	Brooke	27	new	70
36	Alexis	25	new	66
37	Amy	25	↓8	38
38	Brittney	25	↓2	44
39	Erin	25	↑5	43
40	Jamie	25	↑7	55
41	Michelle	25	↑1	22
42	Chelsea	24	↓5	24
43	Chelsey	24	↓23	>100
44	Paige	24	new	79
45	Caitlin	23	new	50
46	Taylor	23	new	46
47	Tiffany	23	↓24	23
48	Miranda	22	new	>100
49	Alexandra	21	↑1	37
50	Allison	21	↓23	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Matthew	132	–	3
2	Michael	123	–	1
3	Tyler	123	↑1	21
4	Andrew	112	↑1	7
5	Ryan	105	↑5	11
6	Christopher	103	–	2
7	Joshua	102	↓4	4
8	Jacob	100	–	20
9	Cody	96	↑2	31
10	Jordan	92	↓1	29
11	Justin	87	↑1	9
12	Kyle	82	↑3	18
13	Nicholas	82	↓6	14
14	Brandon	78	↑2	19
15	Eric	73	↑7	24
16	Zachary	73	↑3	22
17	Aaron	71	↑4	34
18	Benjamin	69	–	33
19	Adam	64	↓6	32
20	David	55	–	6
21	Nathan	54	↑2	44
22	Alexander	52	↑5	28
23	Derek	51	↑3	54
24	Joseph	51	↑5	10
25	Ethan	49	↑17	58
26	James	49	↑2	8
27	John	48	↓10	12
28	Daniel	47	↓14	5
29	Travis	46	↓5	42
30	Robert	45	↑4	13
31	Anthony	42	↑2	15
32	Casey	42	↑3	89
33	Jared	42	↓1	63
34	Brian	41	↑5	27
35	Alex	40	↑13	59
36	Austin	38	↑9	55
37	Dustin	38	↓12	50
38	Steven	38	↓7	25
39	Thomas	38	↑1	26
40	Samuel	36	↑7	45
41	Taylor	36	new	64
42	Jeremy	34	↑1	40
43	Jesse	32	↓7	48
44	Jonathan	32	↓14	17
45	Lucas	32	new	>100
46	Jason	29	↑3	46
47	Tanner	29	↓9	>100
48	Evan	28	new	71
49	William	27	↓8	16
50	Dylan	25	new	83

← North Dakota 1989 North Dakota: all years · US 1990 North Dakota 1991 →