Most popular boys’ names in North Dakota, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	221
2	Michael	197
3	Christopher	182
4	Chad	175
5	Brian	125
6	David	117
7	Scott	115
8	John	109
9	James	101
10	Mark	96
11	Ryan	95
12	Shawn	79
13	Daniel	75
14	Jeffrey	73
14	Robert	73
14	Steven	73
17	Kevin	68
18	Troy	64
19	Paul	63
20	Matthew	60
21	Eric	56
22	Travis	55
23	Timothy	53
24	Thomas	51
25	Todd	50

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Aaron	48
26	Cory	48
26	William	48
29	Richard	46
30	Shane	45
31	Jeremy	43
32	Corey	42
33	Craig	40
34	Brent	38
34	Patrick	38
36	Bradley	37
37	Joseph	36
37	Nathan	36
39	Gregory	35
40	Douglas	34
40	Jonathan	34
42	Justin	31
43	Charles	28
44	Donald	27
44	Jamie	27
44	Jon	27
44	Keith	27
44	Wade	27
49	Anthony	26
49	Bryan	26
49	Kenneth	26
52	Rodney	24
52	Sean	24
54	Peter	23
54	Shannon	23
56	Darin	22
56	Dean	22
58	Darren	21
58	Jay	21
58	Kyle	21
61	Curtis	20
61	Jesse	20
61	Ronald	20
61	Wayne	20
65	Joel	19
66	Brett	18
66	Chris	18
66	Dennis	18
66	Gary	18
66	George	18
71	Randy	17
72	Derek	16
72	Lance	16
72	Tracy	16
75	Alan	15
75	Andrew	15
75	Jeffery	15
75	Kelly	15
79	Jared	14
79	Larry	14
79	Raymond	14
79	Terry	14
83	Brandon	13
83	Lee	13
83	Russell	13
86	Joshua	12
86	Mitchell	12
88	Dale	11
88	Erik	11
88	Jody	11
88	Kent	11
88	Roger	11
93	Adam	10
93	Allen	10
93	Donovan	10
93	Duane	10
93	Frank	10
93	Frederick	10
93	Greg	10
93	Jerome	10
93	Marc	10
93	Mike	10
93	Samuel	10
93	Trevor	10