Most popular boys’ names in North Dakota, 1985

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joshua	205
2	Matthew	201
3	Michael	185
4	Christopher	164
5	Tyler	138
6	Ryan	136
7	Brandon	127
8	Andrew	114
9	Justin	106
10	Eric	101
11	Adam	100
11	Kyle	100
13	Nicholas	95
14	Daniel	94
15	Jason	89
16	Dustin	88
16	Joseph	88
18	David	86
19	Cody	78
20	Zachary	76
21	Nathan	75
22	James	74
23	John	73
24	Brian	72
24	Robert	72

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jonathan	67
27	Thomas	66
28	Jacob	65
29	Aaron	63
29	Derek	63
31	Benjamin	58
31	Travis	58
33	Jared	57
33	Jordan	57
35	Anthony	54
35	Jeremy	54
35	Jesse	54
38	William	49
39	Scott	48
40	Timothy	43
41	Patrick	42
41	Steven	42
43	Jeffrey	41
43	Paul	41
45	Bradley	39
45	Casey	39
47	Shane	38
48	Chad	37
49	Mark	34
50	Kevin	31
50	Shawn	31
52	Lucas	29
53	Cole	27
53	Luke	27
55	Peter	26
56	Evan	25
56	Richard	25
58	Alexander	24
58	Austin	24
58	Brady	24
58	Corey	24
58	Nathaniel	24
63	Bryan	23
63	Levi	23
63	Mitchell	23
63	Trevor	23
67	Craig	22
68	Brent	21
68	Cory	21
68	Derrick	21
68	Erik	21
68	Tanner	21
73	Lance	20
73	Samuel	20
73	Stephen	20
73	Tyson	20
77	Alex	19
77	Blake	19
77	Brett	19
77	Charles	19
77	Sean	19
77	Seth	19
83	Joel	17
84	Lee	16
85	Phillip	15
85	Ross	15
87	Curtis	14
87	Ian	14
87	Jamie	14
87	Philip	14
91	Brock	13
91	Devin	13
91	Gregory	13
91	Jonathon	13
91	Kenneth	13
91	Marcus	13
91	Wade	13
98	Douglas	12
98	Drew	12
98	Dylan	12
98	Grant	12
98	Keith	12
98	Kelly	12
98	Preston	12