Most popular boys’ names in North Dakota, 1980

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joshua	242
2	Michael	222
3	Justin	183
4	Matthew	178
5	Ryan	174
6	Christopher	166
7	Jason	155
8	Jeremy	130
9	David	113
10	Travis	110
11	Eric	103
12	Brian	100
13	Dustin	98
13	Nathan	98
15	Daniel	95
15	Scott	95
17	John	89
18	Nicholas	88
19	James	87
19	Robert	87
21	Adam	85
22	Andrew	84
22	Chad	84
24	Jesse	75
25	Aaron	72

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Brandon	72
25	Joseph	72
28	Benjamin	65
28	Jonathan	65
30	Steven	64
31	Derek	62
32	Thomas	61
33	Jeffrey	60
34	Tyler	55
35	Paul	53
36	William	51
37	Timothy	48
38	Shawn	45
39	Mark	43
40	Kyle	42
41	Casey	41
42	Bradley	39
43	Jacob	38
44	Anthony	36
44	Charles	36
44	Shane	36
47	Kevin	35
47	Patrick	35
49	Craig	30
49	Jared	30
51	Brent	29
52	Richard	28
53	Erik	27
54	Cody	26
54	Troy	26
56	Cory	25
56	Jay	25
56	Joel	25
56	Lance	25
56	Lucas	25
56	Luke	25
62	Corey	23
62	Todd	23
64	Kelly	22
64	Peter	22
64	Wade	22
67	Curtis	21
68	Bryan	20
68	Derrick	20
68	Mitchell	20
68	Seth	20
72	Jeremiah	19
72	Kenneth	19
72	Trevor	19
75	Jamie	18
75	Jon	18
77	Gregory	17
78	Levi	16
79	Brett	15
79	Douglas	15
79	Joey	15
79	Keith	15
83	Austin	14
83	Edward	14
83	Lee	14
83	Nathaniel	14
83	Russell	14
83	Stephen	14
83	Zachary	14
90	Brock	13
90	Donald	13
90	Kristopher	13
90	Randy	13
94	Brady	12
94	Dana	12
94	Darren	12
94	Grant	12
94	Philip	12
94	Ross	12
94	Terry	12