Most popular boys’ names in North Dakota, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	211
2	Jason	201
3	Ryan	193
4	Christopher	170
5	Matthew	152
6	Joshua	144
6	Justin	144
8	Jeremy	138
9	David	122
10	Nathan	107
11	Eric	103
12	Chad	100
13	John	92
14	Brian	91
14	James	91
16	Scott	81
16	Travis	81
18	Daniel	79
18	Robert	79
20	Joseph	68
20	Mark	68
22	Aaron	67
22	Nicholas	67
24	Timothy	65
25	Steven	64

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Andrew	61
27	Benjamin	58
27	Paul	58
29	Jeffrey	54
30	Shawn	53
31	Jesse	52
31	Kevin	52
33	Thomas	51
34	Adam	47
35	Dustin	46
36	Shane	45
37	Brandon	44
38	Bradley	43
39	Corey	42
39	William	42
41	Brent	40
41	Jonathan	40
43	Cory	39
44	Patrick	36
45	Anthony	35
45	Bryan	35
45	Charles	35
48	Casey	34
49	Richard	32
50	Derek	29
50	Kyle	29
50	Troy	29
53	Kelly	28
54	Gregory	26
55	Shaun	25
56	Joel	24
56	Tyler	24
58	Lance	22
59	Jamie	21
60	Curtis	20
60	Darren	20
60	Erik	20
60	Jacob	20
60	Lee	20
65	Craig	19
65	Kristopher	19
65	Wade	19
68	Cody	18
68	Nathaniel	18
68	Sean	18
68	Todd	18
72	Donald	17
72	Douglas	17
72	Jared	17
72	Jon	17
72	Keith	17
72	Kenneth	17
78	Philip	16
78	Samuel	16
78	Trevor	16
81	Darin	15
82	Austin	14
82	Derrick	14
82	Jay	14
82	Peter	14
82	Seth	14
82	Stephen	14
82	Wayne	14
89	Brock	13
89	Lucas	13
91	Brett	12
91	Dale	12
91	Edward	12
91	Terry	12
95	Clinton	11
95	Gabriel	11
95	Gary	11
95	Jeremiah	11
95	Kent	11
95	Luke	11
95	Mathew	11
95	Mitchell	11