Most popular boys’ names in North Dakota, 1974

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	257
2	Michael	221
3	Christopher	156
4	Chad	150
5	Ryan	130
6	Scott	119
7	David	111
8	Matthew	104
9	Brian	99
9	Jeremy	99
11	James	89
11	Robert	89
13	Steven	76
14	Jeffrey	71
14	Mark	71
14	Travis	71
17	Daniel	69
18	Eric	68
19	John	67
20	Aaron	64
21	Shane	60
22	Shawn	58
23	Kevin	57
24	Paul	52
25	Brent	51

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Troy	51
27	Timothy	48
28	Thomas	47
29	Joseph	45
30	Jamie	44
30	Todd	44
32	William	43
33	Justin	42
34	Richard	41
35	Bradley	40
36	Cory	39
36	Nathan	39
38	Joshua	38
39	Jonathan	37
40	Andrew	36
41	Anthony	32
42	Jay	31
43	Adam	29
43	Bryan	29
43	Douglas	29
46	Keith	28
46	Kelly	28
48	Charles	27
49	Wade	26
50	Craig	25
50	Joel	25
50	Patrick	25
53	Donald	23
53	Gregory	23
55	Darren	22
56	Benjamin	21
56	Darin	21
56	Derek	21
56	Dustin	21
60	Erik	20
60	Kyle	20
60	Russell	20
63	Corey	19
63	Jesse	19
65	Casey	18
65	Lee	18
65	Randy	18
68	Brandon	17
68	Terry	17
70	Kenneth	16
70	Sean	16
70	Wayne	16
73	Brett	15
73	Dean	15
73	Jon	15
73	Stephen	15
77	Curtis	14
77	Ronald	14
79	Blaine	13
79	Chris	13
79	Peter	13
79	Shannon	13
83	Dennis	12
83	Jacob	12
85	Brad	11
85	Gary	11
85	Kent	11
85	Lance	11
85	Larry	11
85	Micheal	11
85	Trevor	11
92	Allen	10
92	Billy	10
92	Dale	10
92	Duane	10
92	Kurt	10
97	Cody	9
97	Damon	9
97	Derrick	9
97	Edward	9
97	Jared	9
97	Jerry	9
97	Kirk	9
97	Luke	9
97	Randall	9
97	Rodney	9
97	Samuel	9