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Baby names in North Dakota in the 1980s

In North Dakota in the 1980s the most given names were Michael (1,952 boys) and Jessica (1,815 girls), of 98,683 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in North Dakota each year, the 1980s shaded
North Dakota births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101930195019701990201020251980-1989BoysGirls
North Dakota births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101930195019701990201020251980-1989BoysGirls
North Dakota births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101930195019701990201020251980-1989BoysGirls
North Dakota births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101950199020251980-1989BoysGirls

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

North Dakota, 1980-1989: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in North Dakota, 1980s

Girls, 1980-1989
#NameBirths
1Jessica1,815
2Amanda1,608
3Jennifer1,494
4Ashley1,304
5Sarah1,213
6Nicole976
7Heather843
8Amber832
9Melissa764
10Kayla753
11Amy736
12Megan705
13Stephanie649
14Elizabeth577
15Rachel565
16Sara559
17Katie550
18Rebecca537
19Brittany533
20Erin527
Boys, 1980-1989
#NameBirths
1Michael1,952
2Joshua1,845
3Matthew1,844
4Christopher1,665
5Ryan1,437
6Justin1,326
7Andrew1,177
8Tyler1,077
9Brandon1,036
10Daniel981
11David911
12Jason910
13Dustin885
14Nicholas881
15Adam876
16Eric856
17Kyle814
18John793
19Nathan787
20Joseph757

Births summed over 1980-1989, per sex.

The names most over-represented in North Dakota in the 1980s

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, 1980-1989.

More about names in North Dakota

  1. The 1980s 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 1990sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1980The 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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