Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1997

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1997 were Emily for girls (88 babies) and Austin for boys (123). Austin ranked #9 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,624 babies born in North Dakota in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1997

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: 32 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Kylee: 17 babies, 9× the national rate
Kendra: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Mikayla: 21 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Paige: 36 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kaylee: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Katie: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Hailey: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lindsey: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Madison: 80 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Jayden: 15 babies, 19.3× the national rate
Brady: 36 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Ty: 18 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Wyatt: 35 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Levi: 27 babies, 6× the national rate
Carter: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Tanner: 45 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Riley: 27 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Drew: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Seth: 32 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Emily	88	–	1
2	Hannah	82	↑1	5
3	Madison	80	↑2	10
4	Samantha	67	↑3	6
5	Taylor	64	↓3	7
6	Megan	59	↑5	11
7	Alexis	56	↓1	8
8	Ashley	44	↓4	3
9	Sarah	41	↑1	4
10	Elizabeth	39	↑13	9
11	Kayla	39	↑8	12
12	Morgan	39	↑6	22
13	Nicole	38	↑18	21
14	Alyssa	36	↓2	15
15	Paige	36	↑1	64
16	Kaitlyn	32	↑9	41
17	Mckenzie	32	↑27	>100
18	Sydney	32	↑8	35
19	Courtney	31	↓4	28
20	Jessica	31	↓12	2
21	Amanda	30	↓4	16
22	Rachel	30	↓13	13
23	Amber	28	↑22	29
24	Haley	28	↑4	31
25	Allison	27	↑10	39
26	Abigail	26	↑13	26
27	Alexandra	26	↓7	30
28	Katherine	26	↑8	32
29	Rebecca	26	↑5	25
30	Brooke	25	↓6	45
31	Brianna	24	↓4	17
32	Shelby	24	↓18	43
33	Brittany	23	↓20	20
34	Hailey	23	new	80
35	Katie	23	↑2	87
36	Sierra	23	↑2	56
37	Jasmine	22	new	24
38	Jennifer	22	↑4	18
39	Katelyn	21	↓10	63
40	Mariah	21	↑9	67
41	Mikayla	21	new	>100
42	Danielle	20	↓12	34
43	Grace	20	new	69
44	Kelsey	20	↓23	57
45	Lindsey	20	new	95
46	Kaylee	19	–	>100
47	Mackenzie	19	new	71
48	Sara	19	new	50
49	Savannah	19	new	47
50	Bailey	18	↓18	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Austin	123	↑1	9
2	Jacob	116	↓1	2
3	Zachary	93	↑8	13
4	Tyler	83	↓1	10
5	Michael	76	↑4	1
6	Nicholas	72	↑1	6
7	Alexander	70	↑1	22
8	Matthew	68	↓3	3
9	Jordan	66	↑4	26
10	Cody	63	↑8	36
11	Logan	62	↑1	42
12	Joshua	61	↑3	5
13	Brandon	60	↓7	8
14	Dylan	60	↑5	30
15	Andrew	56	↓11	7
16	Hunter	55	↑8	44
17	Christopher	53	↑19	4
18	Ethan	51	↑16	46
19	Kyle	47	↑11	24
20	Ryan	47	↓10	16
21	Samuel	47	↑17	27
22	Tanner	45	↓8	82
23	Benjamin	44	↓6	29
24	Nathan	42	↑7	34
25	Noah	42	↓4	38
26	Joseph	41	↓10	12
27	Adam	38	↑18	39
28	Cole	38	↓2	72
29	Brady	36	↓6	>100
30	Jonathan	36	↓3	21
31	Justin	36	↓11	20
32	William	36	new	19
33	Wyatt	35	↑8	>100
34	Aaron	33	↑8	33
35	John	32	↑2	15
36	Seth	32	↑10	97
37	Alex	30	↓15	55
38	Daniel	30	↓13	11
39	Mason	30	new	89
40	Anthony	29	new	18
41	Dalton	29	new	90
42	James	28	↓2	17
43	Thomas	28	↓8	31
44	Levi	27	new	>100
45	Riley	27	new	>100
46	Christian	26	↓17	25
47	Connor	26	new	52
48	Jesse	26	new	63
49	Robert	26	↓10	23
50	Caleb	25	new	47

← North Dakota 1996 North Dakota: all years · US 1997 North Dakota 1998 →