Most popular boys’ names in North Dakota, 1981

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	214
2	Joshua	210
3	Ryan	196
4	Matthew	194
5	Justin	185
6	Christopher	172
7	Jason	146
8	Dustin	123
9	Andrew	107
10	Nathan	106
11	Travis	104
12	David	102
13	Jeremy	101
14	Joseph	99
15	Daniel	97
16	Eric	96
17	Brandon	88
17	James	88
19	Jesse	87
19	John	87
21	Scott	83
22	Robert	82
23	Brian	81
24	Nicholas	79
25	Benjamin	78

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jonathan	75
27	Chad	73
27	Kyle	73
29	Adam	68
30	Aaron	62
31	Steven	59
32	Jeffrey	58
32	Thomas	58
34	Timothy	56
35	Tyler	53
36	Jacob	49
36	Jared	49
38	Derek	47
38	Shane	47
40	Brent	46
40	Paul	46
42	Casey	44
42	Richard	44
44	Mark	42
44	Shawn	42
46	William	41
47	Bradley	40
48	Anthony	38
49	Lucas	35
50	Kevin	34
51	Corey	33
52	Patrick	31
53	Ross	30
54	Cody	28
55	Brett	27
56	Bryan	26
56	Charles	26
58	Douglas	25
58	Luke	25
58	Mitchell	25
61	Erik	24
61	Kelly	24
63	Joel	23
63	Jordan	23
63	Levi	23
66	Cory	22
66	Peter	22
66	Troy	22
69	Kenneth	21
70	Keith	20
71	Lance	19
71	Seth	19
71	Stephen	19
71	Todd	19
71	Trevor	19
76	Darren	18
76	Gregory	18
76	Randy	18
79	Ian	17
79	Shaun	17
81	Brady	16
81	Craig	16
81	Jamie	16
81	Jon	16
81	Zachary	16
86	Austin	15
86	Derrick	15
86	Garrett	15
89	Carl	14
89	Jeremiah	14
89	Lee	14
89	Sean	14
89	Tanner	14
94	Clinton	13
94	Curtis	13
94	Philip	13
97	Donald	12
98	Blake	11
98	Kristopher	11
98	Mathew	11
98	Nathaniel	11
98	Raymond	11
98	Russell	11
98	Samuel	11
98	Wesley	11