Popular baby names in North Dakota, 2000

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 2000 were Madison for girls (82 babies) and Jacob for boys (114). Madison ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 5,845 babies born in North Dakota in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 2000

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

Mckenna: 19 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Abby: 15 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Mckenzie: 21 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Paige: 33 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Kennedy: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Morgan: 43 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bailey: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Sydney: 43 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Madison: 82 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Brooke: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Brady: 34 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Brayden: 21 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Jayden: 21 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Trey: 19 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Dawson: 25 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Braden: 18 babies, 6× the national rate
Tanner: 41 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Parker: 29 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Wyatt: 28 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Drew: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Madison	82	↑1	3
2	Alexis	69	↑2	6
3	Hannah	62	↓2	2
4	Emily	59	↓1	1
5	Taylor	54	–	10
6	Ashley	46	↑5	4
7	Grace	45	↓1	19
8	Megan	45	↓1	18
9	Morgan	43	–	25
10	Sydney	43	↑10	23
11	Abigail	42	↑2	14
12	Olivia	36	↑12	16
13	Sarah	35	↑3	5
14	Samantha	34	↓4	7
15	Alyssa	33	↓1	12
16	Kaitlyn	33	↑5	30
17	Paige	33	↑25	69
18	Rachel	33	↑1	21
19	Elizabeth	32	↓4	9
20	Lauren	32	↑15	11
21	Jessica	28	↓9	8
22	Kayla	28	↑12	13
23	Emma	26	↓15	17
24	Haley	26	↑8	28
25	Brooke	23	↓7	51
26	Allison	22	↑10	44
27	Katelyn	22	↑6	54
28	Bailey	21	↓1	68
29	Mckenzie	21	↓3	>100
30	Victoria	21	new	20
31	Amanda	20	↑14	32
32	Courtney	20	↓2	59
33	Anna	19	↓11	22
34	Faith	19	↓3	66
35	Katherine	19	new	33
36	Mckenna	19	new	>100
37	Brianna	18	↓20	15
38	Rebecca	18	new	39
39	Shelby	18	↓2	70
40	Chloe	17	new	38
41	Destiny	17	new	24
42	Mackenzie	17	new	43
43	Sierra	17	↓14	53
44	Brittany	16	↓1	60
45	Mariah	16	↓1	75
46	Abby	15	new	>100
47	Kennedy	15	new	>100
48	Jordan	14	new	50
49	Kendra	14	new	>100
50	Mercedes	14	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Jacob	114	–	1
2	Hunter	73	↑1	35
3	Ethan	71	↑9	25
4	Matthew	66	↑3	3
5	Austin	61	↑1	23
6	Tyler	61	↓2	10
7	Andrew	58	↑11	7
8	Dylan	58	↓6	24
9	Zachary	58	↓4	15
10	Logan	51	↑11	40
11	Nicholas	51	↓1	6
12	Mason	46	new	64
13	Michael	45	↓5	2
14	Alexander	44	–	20
15	Brandon	44	↓2	12
16	Christopher	44	↑32	5
17	Cole	43	↓2	71
18	Noah	43	↓7	27
19	Samuel	42	↑3	28
20	Joseph	41	↓1	8
21	Tanner	41	↑5	93
22	Benjamin	40	↓2	26
23	Joshua	40	↓14	4
24	Brady	34	↑3	>100
25	Justin	34	↑5	19
26	Isaac	33	↑7	53
27	Nathan	32	↓4	30
28	Adam	31	↑11	45
29	Jordan	31	↓13	36
30	Parker	29	new	>100
31	Ryan	29	↓14	13
32	Kyle	28	↑2	37
33	Wyatt	28	↓1	>100
34	Luke	27	new	59
35	Cody	26	↓10	60
36	Evan	26	↑5	55
37	Thomas	26	–	33
38	Aaron	25	–	41
39	Alex	25	↑4	62
40	Christian	25	new	22
41	Dawson	25	↓10	>100
42	Chase	24	new	77
43	Isaiah	24	↓7	47
44	Jack	24	new	46
45	Seth	24	↓10	63
46	Bryce	23	new	92
47	Daniel	23	↓7	9
48	Jackson	23	new	72
49	John	23	↓25	14
50	Riley	22	↓8	>100

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