Most popular boys’ names in North Dakota, 1977

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	237
2	Michael	206
3	Ryan	193
4	Christopher	165
5	Jeremy	162
6	Matthew	141
7	Chad	122
8	Eric	114
9	Joshua	112
10	Travis	108
11	Brian	104
11	Justin	104
13	David	102
14	Nathan	89
15	Daniel	88
16	Joseph	87
17	James	86
17	Robert	86
19	Scott	84
20	John	83
21	Steven	70
22	Aaron	68
23	Andrew	67
24	Corey	64
24	Kevin	64

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jeffrey	63
27	Benjamin	61
27	Jesse	61
27	Mark	61
30	Timothy	57
31	Shane	51
32	Thomas	49
33	Brandon	47
33	Cory	47
33	Richard	47
33	Shawn	47
37	Patrick	46
37	William	46
39	Dustin	43
40	Anthony	42
41	Jonathan	40
42	Bradley	39
43	Paul	38
44	Brent	36
44	Bryan	36
46	Charles	34
47	Craig	32
47	Kelly	32
49	Adam	31
49	Casey	31
49	Lance	31
49	Todd	31
49	Troy	31
54	Jamie	29
55	Gregory	27
56	Douglas	26
56	Jay	26
58	Derek	22
58	Kyle	22
60	Randy	21
61	Joel	20
61	Tyler	20
61	Wade	20
64	Jacob	19
65	Cody	18
65	Jeremiah	18
67	Brock	17
67	Lee	17
69	Dean	16
69	Jared	16
69	Jon	16
69	Kenneth	16
69	Nicholas	16
69	Stephen	16
75	Darin	15
75	Mitchell	15
75	Russell	15
78	Darren	14
78	Dennis	14
78	Micheal	14
78	Peter	14
78	Shannon	14
83	Brett	13
83	Dale	13
83	Erik	13
83	Keith	13
83	Luke	13
83	Sean	13
83	Seth	13
90	Brad	12
90	Ross	12
90	Tony	12
93	Curtis	11
93	Edward	11
93	Gary	11
93	Kory	11
93	Lucas	11
93	Marc	11
93	Shaun	11
93	Terry	11