Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1951

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1951 were Linda for girls (313 babies) and David for boys (319). David ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 14,558 babies born in North Dakota in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1951

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

Renae: 23 babies, 48.4× the national rate
Marlys: 18 babies, 24.5× the national rate
Lavonne: 16 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Paulette: 47 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Lynette: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Candace: 28 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Renee: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Faye: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Colleen: 41 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bonita: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Myron: 27 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Lyle: 27 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Loren: 22 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Duane: 66 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Terrance: 26 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Daryl: 25 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Dean: 63 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Rodney: 86 babies, 5× the national rate
Kent: 24 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Terrence: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Linda	313	–	1
2	Mary	250	–	2
3	Susan	209	↑2	6
4	Patricia	186	↑5	3
5	Deborah	179	↑5	4
6	Kathleen	169	↓3	10
7	Karen	168	–	8
8	Sandra	158	↓4	9
9	Barbara	148	↓1	5
10	Carol	145	↓4	11
11	Diane	129	–	15
12	Pamela	121	↑10	16
13	Nancy	119	↑2	7
14	Debra	104	↑18	18
15	Sharon	103	↓3	13
16	Donna	101	↓2	12
17	Bonnie	89	↑1	37
18	Cheryl	88	↓5	30
19	Margaret	85	↑4	17
20	Cynthia	84	↑1	20
21	Connie	75	↑3	44
22	Judy	71	↓3	26
23	Judith	68	↓6	25
24	Shirley	68	↓4	27
25	Janice	66	↓9	21
26	Beverly	63	↑4	33
27	Peggy	63	–	40
28	Betty	61	↑3	29
29	Joyce	61	new	28
30	Jane	57	↓5	43
31	Gail	56	↑19	36
32	Rebecca	56	↑2	32
33	Janet	53	–	19
34	Brenda	51	↑1	14
35	Vicki	51	↓6	58
36	Darlene	49	↑6	79
37	Joan	48	↓11	39
38	Marilyn	48	↓10	41
39	Gloria	47	↓3	31
40	Kathryn	47	↓3	45
41	Paulette	47	new	>100
42	Jacqueline	45	new	56
43	Jean	43	↓3	49
44	Colleen	41	–	>100
45	Elizabeth	40	–	23
46	Rita	40	↓8	61
47	Joann	39	new	>100
48	Kathy	39	↓7	35
49	Julie	37	new	99
50	Lois	35	new	85

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	David	319	–	5
2	James	315	↑1	1
3	Robert	299	↓1	2
4	Michael	262	↑2	4
5	Richard	230	↓1	7
6	Thomas	230	↑5	8
7	John	216	↓2	3
8	Gary	201	–	10
9	Steven	183	↑4	13
10	Dennis	159	↑2	17
11	Mark	156	↑4	20
12	Ronald	153	↓2	12
13	Kenneth	151	↑3	16
14	Larry	147	↓7	11
15	William	136	↓1	6
16	Donald	135	↓7	15
17	Douglas	134	–	27
18	Timothy	130	↑2	28
19	Gregory	121	↑10	25
20	Bruce	115	↓2	26
21	Roger	109	↓2	29
22	Daniel	105	↑3	21
23	Paul	92	↑4	18
24	Wayne	91	↑2	37
25	Rodney	86	↑5	84
26	Charles	83	↓4	9
27	Keith	80	↑5	59
28	Terry	78	↓5	30
29	Gerald	77	↓8	36
30	Dale	76	↓6	49
31	Duane	66	↓3	>100
32	Dean	63	↑4	>100
33	Jerry	57	↓2	24
34	Patrick	57	↑3	39
35	Craig	54	↑13	63
36	Allen	50	↑4	72
37	Stephen	49	↑1	19
38	Jeffrey	48	↑6	35
39	Joseph	47	↓5	14
40	Eugene	46	↑5	65
41	Alan	45	↓2	40
42	Randy	45	new	56
43	Curtis	44	↓8	91
44	Kevin	42	new	53
45	Edward	41	new	23
46	George	37	↓3	22
47	Raymond	37	↓6	32
48	Scott	36	new	68
49	Jerome	35	↓16	>100
50	Darrell	31	↓1	>100

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