Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1996

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1996 were Emily for girls (86 babies) and Jacob for boys (120). Jacob ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,796 babies born in North Dakota in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1996

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

Mckenzie: 20 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Mikayla: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Paige: 37 babies, 4× the national rate
Kaylee: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Kylie: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Bailey: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Katie: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Michaela: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Shelby: 41 babies, 3× the national rate
Breanna: 24 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Jayden: 15 babies, 25.5× the national rate
Brady: 40 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Tanner: 59 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Lane: 15 babies, 7× the national rate
Ty: 16 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Levi: 25 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Wyatt: 29 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Cole: 38 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Riley: 23 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Drew: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Emily	86	↑2	1
2	Taylor	77	–	6
3	Hannah	72	↑2	7
4	Ashley	70	↓3	3
5	Madison	65	↑6	15
6	Alexis	61	↑1	8
7	Samantha	59	↓3	5
8	Jessica	53	–	2
9	Rachel	49	↑5	9
10	Sarah	47	↓1	4
11	Megan	45	↓5	12
12	Alyssa	42	↑6	23
13	Brittany	42	↑2	14
14	Shelby	41	↑2	35
15	Courtney	39	↓2	21
16	Paige	37	↑1	65
17	Amanda	36	↑2	13
18	Morgan	36	↓6	25
19	Kayla	34	↓9	11
20	Alexandra	32	↑2	26
21	Kelsey	32	↑8	36
22	Anna	30	↑21	33
23	Elizabeth	30	↓2	10
24	Brooke	29	↑7	45
25	Kaitlyn	29	↑2	40
26	Sydney	28	↑21	39
27	Brianna	27	↑1	17
28	Haley	27	↓4	30
29	Katelyn	26	↓6	64
30	Danielle	25	↑6	29
31	Nicole	25	↓11	22
32	Bailey	24	new	85
33	Breanna	24	↑5	74
34	Rebecca	24	new	24
35	Allison	23	↑2	38
36	Katherine	23	new	31
37	Katie	23	new	81
38	Sierra	23	↑2	62
39	Abigail	22	↓13	32
40	Erin	22	↑5	51
41	Jordan	22	↑9	49
42	Jennifer	21	↓9	19
43	Jenna	20	↑6	83
44	Mckenzie	20	↓9	>100
45	Amber	19	↓13	27
46	Kaylee	19	new	>100
47	Kylie	19	new	>100
48	Lauren	19	↓23	16
49	Mariah	19	↓15	63
50	Victoria	19	new	18

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Jacob	120	↑1	3
2	Austin	106	↑1	9
3	Tyler	90	↓2	7
4	Andrew	83	↑10	10
5	Matthew	79	↓1	2
6	Brandon	74	↑5	8
7	Nicholas	74	–	6
8	Alexander	69	↑1	22
9	Michael	66	↓3	1
10	Ryan	65	↓2	16
11	Zachary	65	↓6	14
12	Logan	64	↑10	42
13	Jordan	61	↓3	27
14	Tanner	59	↓1	90
15	Joshua	56	↑2	5
16	Joseph	54	↑11	12
17	Benjamin	50	↓2	29
18	Cody	50	↓2	31
19	Dylan	49	↓7	33
20	Justin	45	↓2	20
21	Noah	41	new	50
22	Alex	40	↑10	53
23	Brady	40	↑2	>100
24	Hunter	40	↑2	47
25	Daniel	39	↑4	11
26	Cole	38	↓5	>100
27	Jonathan	37	new	21
28	Taylor	36	↑5	82
29	Christian	35	↑10	24
30	Kyle	35	↓6	25
31	Nathan	35	↓8	37
32	Chase	34	new	76
33	David	34	↓3	13
34	Ethan	34	↑9	62
35	Thomas	34	↓4	28
36	Christopher	33	↓16	4
37	John	33	↑7	15
38	Samuel	33	new	30
39	Robert	30	↓2	23
40	James	29	↑10	17
41	Wyatt	29	↓7	>100
42	Aaron	28	↓23	34
43	Grant	28	↓5	>100
44	Tristan	28	new	68
45	Adam	27	↓17	39
46	Seth	27	↓6	>100
47	Garrett	26	new	85
48	Luke	26	new	75
49	Devin	25	↓8	60
50	Evan	25	new	65

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