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Baby names in North Dakota in the 1970s

In North Dakota in the 1970s the most given names were Jason (2,286 boys) and Jennifer (2,047 girls), of 91,170 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in North Dakota each year, the 1970s shaded
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North Dakota births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101930195019701990201020251970-1979BoysGirls
North Dakota births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101930195019701990201020251970-1979BoysGirls
North Dakota births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101950199020251970-1979BoysGirls

Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

North Dakota, 1970-1979: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in North Dakota, 1970s

Girls, 1970-1979
#NameBirths
1Jennifer2,047
2Melissa1,096
3Amy1,076
4Michelle1,054
5Lisa947
6Heather868
7Angela843
8Nicole813
9Jessica750
10Sarah687
11Kimberly630
12Stephanie618
13Rebecca542
14Julie535
15Sara488
16Heidi486
17Dawn464
18Amanda458
19Shannon443
20Andrea404
Boys, 1970-1979
#NameBirths
1Jason2,286
2Michael2,215
3Christopher1,563
4Chad1,354
5Ryan1,244
6David1,208
7Scott1,125
8Brian1,068
9Matthew1,025
10James1,003
11John980
12Jeremy926
13Robert918
14Eric826
15Daniel792
16Travis779
17Steven760
18Mark753
19Jeffrey724
20Joshua680

Births summed over 1970-1979, per sex.

The names most over-represented in North Dakota in the 1970s

Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).

Girls

Boys

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1970-1979.

More about names in North Dakota

  1. The 1970s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
  2. North Dakota: 2025 and every year since 1910The state’s top names now and its number ones by year.
  3. North Dakota in the 1980sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1970The first year of the decade, nationally.
  5. Every state’s most given namesEach state since 1910.
  6. Look up any nameIts rank, births since 1880 and the people alive with it.

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