Most popular boys’ names in North Dakota, 1970

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	259
2	Jason	186
3	Scott	166
4	David	155
5	James	145
6	John	143
7	Chad	135
8	Brian	127
9	Robert	124
10	Steven	114
11	Mark	106
12	Todd	105
13	Paul	102
14	Jeffrey	98
15	Christopher	95
16	Daniel	90
17	Thomas	80
18	Troy	78
19	Richard	75
20	Kevin	71
20	Shawn	71
20	Timothy	71
23	Eric	64
23	William	64
25	Shane	60

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bradley	54
27	Brent	51
28	Patrick	49
29	Matthew	47
30	Kelly	46
31	Darren	44
31	Gregory	44
33	Corey	40
34	Douglas	39
35	Charles	37
35	Craig	37
35	Kenneth	37
38	Donald	35
38	Randy	35
40	Dean	34
40	Jay	34
40	Wade	34
43	Anthony	32
43	Travis	32
45	Cory	31
45	Dale	31
45	Darin	31
45	Jon	31
49	Andrew	30
49	Joseph	30
49	Kyle	30
49	Ronald	30
53	Jonathan	29
54	Keith	28
55	Joel	27
55	Lance	27
57	Peter	26
57	Russell	26
59	Bryan	24
59	Dennis	24
59	Ryan	24
62	Bruce	23
62	Nathan	23
64	Aaron	22
64	Gary	22
64	Jerry	22
64	Terry	22
68	Rodney	21
69	Chris	19
69	Jeremy	19
71	Edward	18
71	Jamie	18
71	Shannon	18
71	Wayne	18
75	Curtis	17
75	Sean	17
75	Stephen	17
78	Brett	16
79	Allen	15
79	Duane	15
79	Lynn	15
79	Roger	15
83	Kent	14
83	Larry	14
83	Lee	14
83	Trent	14
87	Carl	13
87	Gerald	13
87	Marc	13
87	Mike	13
91	Erik	12
91	Jody	12
91	Justin	12
91	Neil	12
95	Jeffery	11
95	Randall	11
97	Alan	10
97	Brad	10
97	Darrin	10
97	Frank	10
97	Jerome	10
97	Kurt	10
97	Lyle	10
97	Ricky	10