Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1952

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1952 were Linda for girls (284 babies) and David for boys (344). David ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 14,507 babies born in North Dakota in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1952

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: 19 babies, 32× the national rate
Mavis: 15 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Renee: 47 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Paulette: 39 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Laurel: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Colleen: 43 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Julie: 53 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Carla: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Arlene: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Audrey: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Myron: 27 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Duane: 76 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Loren: 20 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Lyle: 26 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Terrance: 25 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Rodney: 79 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Daryl: 21 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Bradley: 35 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lynn: 26 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dean: 51 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Linda	284	–	1
2	Mary	270	–	2
3	Deborah	196	↑2	4
4	Susan	172	↓1	5
5	Barbara	170	↑4	6
6	Patricia	160	↓2	3
7	Nancy	159	↑6	7
8	Debra	155	↑6	9
9	Sandra	155	↓1	10
10	Kathleen	147	↓4	11
11	Karen	146	↓4	8
12	Carol	137	↓2	12
13	Pamela	109	↓1	17
14	Diane	108	↓3	16
15	Sharon	103	–	14
16	Cynthia	98	↑4	18
17	Cheryl	89	↑1	31
18	Donna	80	↓2	13
19	Peggy	76	↑8	43
20	Judith	71	↑3	25
21	Judy	70	↑1	26
22	Connie	67	↓1	44
23	Janice	65	↑2	23
24	Brenda	64	↑10	15
25	Beverly	61	↑1	35
26	Jane	61	↑4	42
27	Margaret	61	↓8	21
28	Bonnie	60	↓11	41
29	Rebecca	59	↑3	30
30	Vicki	56	↑5	61
31	Kathryn	55	↑9	48
32	Janet	53	↑1	19
33	Julie	53	↑16	85
34	Joan	49	↑3	37
35	Wanda	49	new	54
36	Elizabeth	48	↑9	22
37	Renee	47	new	>100
38	Marilyn	46	–	38
39	Betty	45	↓11	32
40	Shirley	45	↓16	28
41	Jean	44	↑2	50
42	Joyce	44	↓13	27
43	Kathy	44	↑5	29
44	Colleen	43	–	>100
45	Sheila	42	new	64
46	Gail	41	↓15	39
47	Gloria	41	↓8	36
48	Darlene	39	↓12	77
49	Paulette	39	↓8	>100
50	Ann	37	new	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	David	344	–	5
2	Robert	303	↑1	2
3	James	276	↓1	1
4	John	237	↑3	3
5	Michael	224	↓1	4
6	Richard	199	↓1	7
7	Gary	191	↑1	10
8	Steven	185	↑1	11
9	Thomas	177	↓3	8
10	Mark	168	↑1	17
11	Dennis	153	↓1	18
12	Ronald	153	–	15
13	Donald	146	↑3	13
14	Kenneth	146	↓1	16
15	Timothy	143	↑3	27
16	Larry	135	↓2	14
17	Douglas	132	–	28
18	Gregory	121	↑1	24
19	Daniel	115	↑3	20
20	William	113	↓5	6
21	Bruce	110	↓1	25
22	Terry	102	↑6	29
23	Dale	99	↑7	46
24	Paul	95	↓1	19
25	Wayne	94	↓1	38
26	Roger	93	↓5	30
27	Charles	88	↓1	9
28	Rodney	79	↓3	84
29	Keith	78	↓2	49
30	Duane	76	↑1	>100
31	Gerald	76	↓2	39
32	Jeffrey	75	↑6	31
33	Jerry	64	–	26
34	Randy	59	↑8	41
35	Curtis	57	↑8	86
36	Kevin	52	↑8	43
37	Dean	51	↓5	>100
38	Stephen	50	↓1	21
39	Joseph	47	–	12
40	Brian	46	new	64
41	Allen	45	↓5	78
42	Jerome	41	↑7	>100
43	Scott	41	↑5	54
44	Alan	40	↓3	42
45	Craig	40	↓10	59
46	Randall	40	new	63
47	Patrick	38	↓13	37
48	Edward	37	↓3	23
49	Raymond	37	↓2	33
50	Russell	37	new	70

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