Most popular boys’ names in North Dakota, 1983

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	220
2	Matthew	216
3	Christopher	208
4	Joshua	204
5	Ryan	184
6	Justin	136
7	Daniel	127
8	Adam	113
8	Brandon	113
10	Andrew	108
11	David	106
11	Jason	106
13	Tyler	103
14	Dustin	95
15	Kyle	94
16	Nicholas	93
17	Joseph	92
18	John	91
19	Eric	89
20	Brian	88
20	Nathan	88
22	Aaron	81
22	Travis	81
24	James	77
25	Robert	75

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jeremy	74
27	Jacob	73
28	Jesse	67
29	Benjamin	65
29	Steven	65
31	Thomas	61
32	Cody	59
33	Chad	57
34	Anthony	56
35	Scott	54
36	Derek	51
37	Jared	47
38	Patrick	46
38	Paul	46
40	Jonathan	45
41	Jeffrey	44
42	Timothy	43
43	William	42
44	Casey	40
44	Mark	40
46	Bradley	38
47	Kevin	37
48	Brett	35
49	Jordan	34
49	Shawn	34
51	Lucas	32
51	Richard	32
51	Zachary	32
54	Cory	31
55	Luke	29
56	Charles	26
57	Brent	25
58	Bryan	24
58	Cole	24
58	Lance	24
58	Lee	24
62	Craig	23
62	Derrick	23
62	Gregory	23
62	Seth	23
62	Troy	23
67	Kenneth	22
67	Shane	22
69	Ian	21
70	Kelly	20
70	Todd	20
72	Peter	19
72	Trevor	19
74	Mathew	18
74	Samuel	18
76	Joel	17
76	Keith	17
78	Evan	16
78	Randy	16
78	Ross	16
78	Sean	16
78	Wade	16
83	Corey	15
83	Jamie	15
83	Stephen	15
86	Chase	14
86	Douglas	14
86	Jeremiah	14
86	Mitchell	14
90	Curtis	13
90	Jay	13
90	Jon	13
90	Levi	13
90	Marcus	13
95	Caleb	12
95	Darren	12
95	Drew	12
95	Raymond	12
99	Alexander	11
99	Austin	11
99	Darin	11
99	Grant	11
99	Philip	11