Most popular boys’ names in North Dakota, 1988

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	159
2	Matthew	147
3	Andrew	138
3	Justin	138
5	Joshua	128
6	Tyler	124
7	Christopher	120
8	Brandon	99
9	Cody	88
10	Kyle	85
11	Ryan	84
12	Nicholas	81
13	Jacob	79
13	Jordan	79
15	Daniel	74
16	John	71
17	Zachary	70
18	Adam	68
19	Benjamin	67
20	David	65
20	Joseph	65
22	Eric	62
23	Dustin	59
23	Travis	59
25	Jared	58

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Aaron	56
26	James	56
28	Derek	54
29	Nathan	53
29	Steven	53
31	Anthony	50
31	Thomas	50
33	Alexander	46
33	Jonathan	46
35	Brian	45
36	Casey	44
37	Alex	43
38	Scott	42
39	Jason	39
39	Robert	39
41	Timothy	37
42	Jesse	35
42	Kevin	35
44	Jeremy	34
45	Lucas	33
45	Samuel	33
47	Charles	30
47	William	30
49	Paul	29
49	Seth	29
51	Brady	27
51	Mark	27
51	Patrick	27
51	Sean	27
51	Shawn	27
56	Bradley	26
56	Shane	26
58	Cory	25
58	Levi	25
60	Devin	24
61	Austin	23
61	Chad	23
61	Evan	23
64	Corey	21
64	Mitchell	21
64	Richard	21
64	Trevor	21
68	Dylan	20
68	Jeffrey	20
70	Brock	18
70	Bryan	18
70	Cole	18
70	Taylor	18
74	Luke	17
74	Stephen	17
76	Bryce	16
76	Marcus	16
76	Tyson	16
79	Brett	15
79	Cameron	15
79	Troy	15
82	Drew	14
82	Erik	14
82	Lee	14
82	Logan	14
82	Mathew	14
82	Preston	14
88	Garrett	13
88	Grant	13
88	Tanner	13
91	Blake	12
91	Craig	12
91	Lance	12
91	Ross	12
95	Brent	11
95	Gregory	11
95	Ian	11
95	Joel	11
95	Keith	11
95	Kelly	11
95	Kenneth	11
95	Mason	11
95	Peter	11