Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1991

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1991 were Ashley for girls (121 babies) and Tyler for boys (143). Tyler ranked #16 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,612 babies born in North Dakota in 1991 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1991

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: 28 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Carly: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Breanna: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Miranda: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kelsey: 71 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Leah: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Alexis: 42 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Katie: 38 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jenna: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Paige: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Brady: 30 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Tanner: 44 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Brock: 15 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Cole: 30 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Bryce: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Levi: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
Preston: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Casey: 41 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lucas: 32 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Seth: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1991

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Ashley	121	–	1
2	Jessica	90	↑3	2
3	Kayla	88	↑3	12
4	Amanda	82	–	4
5	Samantha	81	↓3	5
6	Emily	77	↑3	10
7	Brittany	71	↓4	3
8	Kelsey	71	↑5	26
9	Megan	71	↓2	11
10	Stephanie	62	↑1	7
11	Sarah	57	↓3	6
12	Shelby	56	new	33
13	Jennifer	55	↓1	8
14	Amber	52	↑3	16
15	Danielle	52	↑4	17
16	Rachel	49	–	14
17	Courtney	45	↓7	19
18	Alexis	42	↑18	47
19	Elizabeth	41	↑1	9
20	Nicole	41	↓5	15
21	Hannah	40	↑5	29
22	Alyssa	39	↓4	30
23	Katie	38	↓9	53
24	Chelsea	37	↑18	18
25	Heather	37	↓3	23
26	Cassandra	35	↑5	54
27	Rebecca	34	↓4	21
28	Erin	32	↑11	44
29	Taylor	29	↑17	32
30	Chelsey	28	↑13	>100
31	Sara	27	↓10	37
32	Jenna	26	↓5	80
33	Miranda	26	↑15	90
34	Andrea	25	↓4	39
35	Katherine	25	↓7	25
36	Laura	25	↓12	35
37	Paige	25	↑7	76
38	Tiffany	25	↑9	27
39	Leah	24	new	91
40	Melissa	24	↓15	20
41	Alexandra	23	↑8	36
42	Breanna	23	new	>100
43	Brooke	23	↓8	65
44	Brianna	21	↓15	51
45	Caitlin	21	–	55
46	Jamie	21	↓6	60
47	Lindsey	21	↓13	52
48	Angela	20	new	59
49	Whitney	20	new	68
50	Allison	19	–	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Tyler	143	↑2	16
2	Michael	141	–	1
3	Matthew	135	↓2	3
4	Jacob	126	↑4	17
5	Christopher	102	↑1	2
6	Brandon	99	↑8	15
7	Jordan	97	↑3	29
8	Nicholas	94	↑5	12
9	Andrew	88	↓5	5
10	Joshua	85	↓3	4
11	Cody	83	↓2	24
12	Justin	80	↓1	14
13	Ryan	79	↓8	11
14	Zachary	78	↑2	22
15	Adam	63	↑4	36
16	Kyle	60	↓4	21
17	Alexander	56	↑5	26
18	Eric	56	↓3	25
19	Aaron	55	↓2	31
20	Daniel	55	↑8	6
21	Benjamin	51	↓3	33
22	Taylor	51	↑19	52
23	David	50	↓3	8
24	Nathan	49	↓3	42
25	John	48	↑2	10
26	Robert	48	↑4	13
27	Joseph	47	↓3	9
28	Travis	46	↑1	44
29	Tanner	44	↑18	>100
30	Alex	42	↑5	63
31	Dylan	42	↑19	46
32	Jared	42	↑1	64
33	Casey	41	↓1	90
34	Dustin	41	↑3	56
35	James	41	↓9	7
36	Jonathan	41	↑8	20
37	Derek	40	↓14	59
38	Ethan	40	↓13	65
39	Thomas	38	–	28
40	Austin	35	↓4	50
41	Jesse	34	↑2	51
42	Timothy	33	new	32
43	Lucas	32	↑2	>100
44	Steven	32	↓6	27
45	William	32	↑4	19
46	Anthony	31	↓15	18
47	Samuel	31	↓7	39
48	Scott	31	new	57
49	Brady	30	new	>100
50	Cole	30	new	>100

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