Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1950

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1950 were Linda for girls (336 babies) and David for boys (298). David ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 14,222 babies born in North Dakota in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1950

Names given at least 15 times in North Dakota that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Marlys: 22 babies, 30.6× the national rate
Lavonne: 15 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Kerry: 15 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Renee: 37 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Bonita: 32 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Audrey: 27 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Colleen: 38 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Paulette: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Marlene: 37 babies, 3× the national rate
Cheryl: 120 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Loren: 25 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Duane: 74 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Lyle: 30 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Myron: 17 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Daryl: 24 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Bradley: 37 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Terrance: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Dean: 47 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jerome: 55 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dwight: 34 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Linda	336	–	1
2	Mary	290	–	2
3	Kathleen	191	↑2	10
4	Sandra	186	↑5	8
5	Susan	182	↓1	5
6	Carol	174	↓3	9
7	Karen	162	–	12
8	Barbara	161	↓2	4
9	Patricia	161	↓1	3
10	Deborah	133	↑6	7
11	Diane	127	↑1	16
12	Sharon	122	↓2	11
13	Cheryl	120	↑2	29
14	Donna	115	–	13
15	Nancy	110	↓4	6
16	Janice	95	↑5	22
17	Judith	88	↓4	21
18	Bonnie	83	↑4	33
19	Judy	82	↓2	25
20	Shirley	81	↓2	19
21	Cynthia	78	↑4	23
22	Pamela	74	↑5	17
23	Margaret	71	↓3	15
24	Connie	68	↓5	44
25	Jane	65	↓1	39
26	Joan	64	↑11	40
27	Peggy	63	↑1	41
28	Marilyn	59	↓2	37
29	Vicki	59	↑5	61
30	Beverly	57	↓7	31
31	Betty	56	↓2	26
32	Debra	54	new	59
33	Janet	52	–	18
34	Rebecca	52	new	36
35	Brenda	51	↑3	14
36	Gloria	48	↓6	30
37	Kathryn	48	↑3	46
38	Rita	46	↑4	56
39	Constance	44	↑8	85
40	Jean	43	↑1	48
41	Kathy	43	↑9	38
42	Darlene	42	↓7	79
43	Charlotte	38	new	80
44	Colleen	38	new	>100
45	Elizabeth	37	↓1	24
46	Marlene	37	new	>100
47	Renee	37	↓4	>100
48	Katherine	36	↓9	58
49	Dorothy	35	new	35
50	Gail	35	↓2	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	David	298	–	5
2	Robert	290	↑1	2
3	James	283	↓1	1
4	Richard	232	–	7
5	John	225	–	3
6	Michael	225	–	4
7	Larry	198	↑3	11
8	Gary	191	↓1	10
9	Donald	182	↑5	14
10	Ronald	180	↓1	12
11	Thomas	168	–	8
12	Dennis	156	↓4	17
13	Steven	149	↓1	16
14	William	137	↑1	6
15	Mark	134	↑8	23
16	Kenneth	125	↓3	15
17	Douglas	121	↑3	28
18	Bruce	108	↑1	26
19	Roger	108	↓3	27
20	Timothy	104	↓2	32
21	Gerald	103	↑7	34
22	Charles	101	↓5	9
23	Terry	95	↑4	30
24	Dale	94	↑2	49
25	Daniel	94	–	21
26	Wayne	91	↓4	35
27	Paul	78	↓6	18
28	Duane	74	↑2	>100
29	Gregory	72	↓5	25
30	Rodney	69	↓1	88
31	Jerry	62	↑1	24
32	Keith	62	↑1	78
33	Jerome	55	↓2	>100
34	Joseph	53	↑9	13
35	Curtis	47	↑12	97
36	Dean	47	↑14	>100
37	Patrick	46	–	38
38	Stephen	45	–	19
39	Alan	41	↑5	41
40	Allen	41	↓6	71
41	Raymond	41	↓6	31
42	Brian	39	new	79
43	George	39	new	20
44	Jeffrey	39	↓2	43
45	Eugene	38	↓4	58
46	Marvin	38	new	93
47	Bradley	37	new	>100
48	Craig	37	↓8	69
49	Darrell	36	↓13	>100
50	Lawrence	35	↓11	33

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