Most popular boys’ names in North Dakota, 1982

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joshua	244
2	Michael	223
3	Christopher	214
4	Matthew	207
5	Ryan	180
6	Justin	178
7	Jason	146
8	Daniel	120
8	Dustin	120
10	David	116
11	Tyler	111
12	Eric	102
13	Andrew	99
14	Travis	95
15	Brandon	93
15	Nathan	93
17	Jeremy	91
18	Adam	90
18	Nicholas	90
20	Aaron	89
21	John	88
21	Joseph	88
23	James	85
24	Brian	83
25	Robert	79

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jonathan	78
27	Jesse	76
28	Benjamin	75
28	Scott	75
30	Thomas	67
31	Chad	66
32	Derek	59
33	Anthony	57
34	Jeffrey	56
35	Kyle	55
36	William	52
37	Casey	50
37	Timothy	50
39	Mark	48
39	Steven	48
41	Cody	46
41	Jacob	46
43	Jared	43
43	Richard	43
45	Patrick	40
45	Paul	40
47	Bradley	39
48	Brett	37
49	Shawn	36
50	Cory	32
50	Kevin	32
52	Brent	31
53	Shane	30
54	Corey	29
54	Luke	29
54	Zachary	29
57	Bryan	27
57	Charles	27
59	Craig	26
60	Derrick	25
60	Lance	25
60	Todd	25
63	Erik	24
63	Gregory	24
65	Kenneth	22
65	Troy	22
67	Jeremiah	21
67	Jon	21
67	Trevor	21
70	Cole	20
70	Wade	20
72	Austin	19
72	Jay	19
72	Keith	19
75	Brady	18
75	Donald	18
75	Jamie	18
75	Joel	18
75	Jordan	18
75	Kelly	18
75	Sean	18
75	Seth	18
83	Lee	17
83	Mitchell	17
83	Philip	17
83	Ross	17
87	Evan	16
87	Peter	16
87	Randy	16
90	Lucas	15
91	Garrett	14
91	Grant	14
91	Mathew	14
91	Phillip	14
95	Blake	13
95	Darren	13
95	Levi	13
95	Nathaniel	13
99	Allen	12
99	Darin	12
99	Douglas	12
99	Kristopher	12
99	Preston	12
99	Samuel	12
99	Shaun	12
99	Taylor	12