Most popular boys’ names in North Dakota, 1976

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	258
2	Michael	234
3	Christopher	157
4	Jeremy	135
4	Ryan	135
6	Chad	130
7	Eric	116
8	Matthew	106
9	Joshua	105
9	Travis	105
11	Brian	100
12	John	98
13	James	96
14	David	95
14	Robert	95
16	Scott	89
17	Daniel	81
18	Nathan	78
19	Steven	75
20	Jeffrey	71
21	Justin	68
22	Aaron	64
23	Kevin	62
24	Shawn	61
25	Paul	58

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Shane	54
27	Brent	53
28	Bradley	52
28	Mark	52
30	Jonathan	51
30	William	51
32	Andrew	47
32	Joseph	47
32	Thomas	47
35	Jesse	46
35	Troy	46
37	Cory	44
37	Timothy	44
39	Benjamin	43
40	Corey	40
41	Dustin	36
42	Adam	33
42	Gregory	33
42	Jamie	33
45	Anthony	32
46	Brandon	31
46	Richard	31
48	Kyle	30
49	Craig	29
50	Patrick	28
51	Charles	27
51	Todd	27
51	Wade	27
54	Kelly	26
55	Casey	25
56	Derek	23
57	Jared	22
57	Jon	22
59	Keith	21
59	Russell	21
61	Bryan	20
62	Joel	19
63	Samuel	18
63	Terry	18
65	Cody	17
65	Dennis	17
65	Donald	17
68	Jay	16
68	Peter	16
70	Curtis	15
70	Douglas	15
70	Stephen	15
73	Brett	14
73	Edward	14
73	Erik	14
73	Grant	14
73	Jacob	14
73	Jeremiah	14
73	Kenneth	14
80	Darren	13
80	Lance	13
80	Lee	13
80	Ronald	13
80	Sean	13
80	Seth	13
80	Trevor	13
87	Philip	12
87	Tyler	12
89	Brock	11
89	Gary	11
89	Jeffery	11
89	Randy	11
89	Wayne	11
94	Darin	10
94	Shannon	10
94	Wesley	10
97	Bobby	9
97	Dale	9
97	Kory	9
97	Larry	9
97	Loren	9
97	Marcus	9
97	Nicholas	9
97	Randall	9
97	Raymond	9