Most popular boys’ names in North Dakota, 1973

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	217
2	Jason	209
3	Chad	160
4	Christopher	154
5	Brian	120
6	David	110
6	Ryan	110
8	Robert	107
9	Scott	106
10	James	91
10	John	91
12	Mark	76
13	Daniel	72
13	Travis	72
15	Matthew	70
16	Steven	65
17	Eric	62
17	Paul	62
19	Jeffrey	59
19	Shawn	59
21	Todd	57
22	Aaron	55
22	Kevin	55
24	Brent	53
24	Jeremy	53

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Thomas	52
26	William	52
28	Timothy	51
29	Shane	48
30	Richard	44
31	Justin	42
31	Troy	42
33	Joseph	37
34	Jamie	36
35	Anthony	35
35	Cory	35
37	Corey	34
38	Bradley	32
38	Jonathan	32
38	Patrick	32
41	Joshua	31
42	Charles	29
42	Gregory	29
42	Nathan	29
45	Gary	28
45	Jon	28
47	Craig	27
48	Joel	26
48	Kelly	26
50	Andrew	25
51	Bryan	24
52	Darin	23
52	Terry	23
52	Wade	23
55	Darren	22
55	Dean	22
55	Randy	22
58	Jay	21
58	Kenneth	21
60	Douglas	20
60	Lee	20
60	Ronald	20
63	Donald	19
63	Jared	19
63	Peter	19
63	Sean	19
67	Brett	17
67	Erik	17
67	Shannon	17
67	Tracy	17
67	Wayne	17
72	Dennis	16
72	Jesse	16
72	Keith	16
72	Larry	16
76	Benjamin	15
76	Dale	15
76	Derek	15
76	Edward	15
76	Stephen	15
81	Brandon	14
82	Dana	13
83	Jerry	12
83	Kyle	12
83	Roger	12
83	Russell	12
83	Trevor	12
88	Adam	11
88	Alan	11
88	Billy	11
88	Casey	11
88	Curtis	11
88	Jeffery	11
88	Kent	11
88	Lance	11
88	Micheal	11
88	Nicholas	11
88	Raymond	11
99	Clinton	10
99	Greg	10
99	Kirk	10