Most popular boys’ names in North Dakota, 1997

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Austin	123
2	Jacob	116
3	Zachary	93
4	Tyler	83
5	Michael	76
6	Nicholas	72
7	Alexander	70
8	Matthew	68
9	Jordan	66
10	Cody	63
11	Logan	62
12	Joshua	61
13	Brandon	60
13	Dylan	60
15	Andrew	56
16	Hunter	55
17	Christopher	53
18	Ethan	51
19	Kyle	47
19	Ryan	47
19	Samuel	47
22	Tanner	45
23	Benjamin	44
24	Nathan	42
24	Noah	42

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joseph	41
27	Adam	38
27	Cole	38
29	Brady	36
29	Jonathan	36
29	Justin	36
29	William	36
33	Wyatt	35
34	Aaron	33
35	John	32
35	Seth	32
37	Alex	30
37	Daniel	30
37	Mason	30
40	Anthony	29
40	Dalton	29
42	James	28
42	Thomas	28
44	Levi	27
44	Riley	27
46	Christian	26
46	Connor	26
46	Jesse	26
46	Robert	26
50	Caleb	25
51	David	24
52	Devin	23
52	Isaac	23
52	Lucas	23
55	Evan	22
55	Luke	22
55	Timothy	22
58	Colton	21
58	Eric	21
60	Bryce	20
60	Sean	20
60	Trevor	20
63	Chase	19
63	Ian	19
63	Tristan	19
66	Garrett	18
66	Jared	18
66	Taylor	18
66	Ty	18
70	Brett	17
70	Drew	17
70	Richard	17
70	Spencer	17
74	Alec	16
75	Bailey	15
75	Carter	15
75	Casey	15
75	Jack	15
75	Jayden	15
75	Parker	15
81	Cameron	14
81	Grant	14
83	Brian	13
83	Derek	13
83	Jason	13
83	Shane	13
87	Blake	12
87	Gabriel	12
87	Gavin	12
87	Isaiah	12
87	Jaden	12
87	Jonah	12
87	Lane	12
87	Patrick	12
87	Travis	12
96	Braden	11
96	Charles	11
96	Devon	11
96	Dillon	11
96	Gage	11
96	Nathaniel	11