Most popular boys’ names in North Dakota, 1986

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	192
2	Christopher	174
3	Matthew	159
4	Joshua	153
5	Andrew	144
6	Ryan	125
7	Tyler	120
8	Brandon	113
9	Kyle	105
10	Adam	98
11	Jacob	97
12	Justin	91
13	Daniel	90
13	Nicholas	90
15	Dustin	87
16	Eric	83
16	Jordan	83
18	Cody	81
19	David	78
20	Nathan	76
21	Joseph	73
22	Aaron	71
23	James	68
24	Anthony	67
24	Benjamin	67

Rank	Name	Babies
26	John	66
27	Zachary	64
28	Jason	58
29	Brian	56
29	Thomas	56
31	Jeremy	54
32	Robert	53
33	Jared	52
34	Travis	47
35	Kevin	46
36	Derek	45
36	Jesse	45
38	Steven	44
39	Casey	42
40	Jonathan	41
41	Scott	40
42	Paul	37
43	Chad	36
44	Patrick	35
44	William	35
46	Jeffrey	34
46	Sean	34
46	Timothy	34
49	Brady	32
50	Alexander	31
50	Shawn	31
52	Corey	30
53	Alex	29
53	Brett	29
53	Cory	29
56	Bradley	28
57	Luke	26
58	Shane	25
58	Trevor	25
60	Bryan	24
60	Mark	24
62	Austin	23
62	Charles	23
62	Mitchell	23
65	Cole	21
65	Erik	21
65	Kelly	21
65	Lucas	21
69	Seth	20
70	Brent	19
70	Brock	19
70	Bryce	19
70	Craig	19
70	Evan	19
70	Lance	19
70	Lee	19
70	Nathaniel	19
78	Blake	18
78	Devin	18
78	Richard	18
78	Tanner	18
82	Stephen	16
83	Dylan	15
83	Ian	15
83	Levi	15
86	Gabriel	14
86	Garrett	14
86	Logan	14
86	Peter	14
86	Todd	14
91	Gregory	13
92	Derrick	12
92	Grant	12
92	Philip	12
92	Ross	12
96	Cameron	11
96	Chase	11
96	Darin	11
96	Douglas	11
96	Drew	11
96	Jeremiah	11
96	Marcus	11
96	Preston	11
96	Samuel	11
96	Shaun	11
96	Wade	11