Most popular boys’ names in North Dakota, 1979

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	228
2	Christopher	209
2	Michael	209
4	Ryan	174
5	Matthew	173
6	Joshua	162
7	Justin	134
8	David	127
9	Jeremy	114
10	Nathan	111
11	Travis	107
12	John	101
13	James	98
14	Robert	95
15	Aaron	87
16	Brian	86
16	Chad	86
18	Eric	85
19	Daniel	83
20	Nicholas	81
21	Joseph	80
21	Scott	80
23	Andrew	79
24	Timothy	68
25	Jeffrey	67

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Thomas	61
27	Brandon	60
27	Mark	60
29	Dustin	59
30	Steven	56
31	Kevin	55
32	Jesse	53
33	Adam	51
33	Benjamin	51
35	Shane	50
36	Shawn	43
37	Kyle	42
37	Richard	42
39	Jonathan	41
39	William	41
41	Patrick	39
41	Paul	39
43	Anthony	35
44	Bradley	33
44	Tyler	33
46	Corey	31
46	Cory	31
46	Jared	31
49	Troy	30
50	Brent	29
50	Bryan	29
50	Casey	29
50	Derek	29
50	Lucas	29
55	Jacob	28
56	Charles	27
56	Jay	27
56	Joel	27
59	Jamie	26
59	Peter	26
61	Cody	25
62	Luke	24
62	Samuel	24
64	Kelly	23
65	Craig	22
65	Kristopher	22
65	Lance	22
65	Todd	22
65	Wade	22
70	Gregory	21
70	Jeremiah	21
72	Curtis	20
73	Mitchell	19
74	Douglas	18
74	Erik	18
76	Brett	17
76	Sean	17
76	Shaun	17
79	Chris	16
79	Jon	16
81	Garrett	15
81	Levi	15
83	Donald	14
83	Gary	14
83	Lee	14
83	Mathew	14
83	Randy	14
88	Brock	13
88	Keith	13
88	Kenneth	13
88	Philip	13
88	Seth	13
88	Stephen	13
94	Brady	12
94	Dallas	12
94	Darren	12
94	Gabriel	12
94	Trent	12
94	Trevor	12
100	Allen	11
100	Ronald	11
100	Shannon	11
100	Tanner	11
100	Terry	11
100	Wayne	11