Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1953

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1953 were Mary for girls (283 babies) and David for boys (331). David ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 14,455 babies born in North Dakota in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1953

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

Lavonne: 19 babies, 18.6× the national rate
Laurel: 19 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Paulette: 29 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lynette: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Shelley: 29 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bonita: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Julie: 75 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Gayle: 35 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Colleen: 42 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Candace: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Loren: 24 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Lyle: 27 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Duane: 59 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Terrance: 24 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Lynn: 35 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Kelly: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Dean: 57 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Bradley: 50 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Rodney: 107 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ross: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Mary	283	↑1	1
2	Debra	223	↑6	7
3	Linda	208	↓2	2
4	Deborah	175	↓1	3
5	Susan	175	↓1	5
6	Karen	160	↑5	9
7	Barbara	155	↓2	6
8	Nancy	149	↓1	8
9	Patricia	149	↓3	4
10	Cynthia	144	↑6	12
11	Sandra	143	↓2	11
12	Kathleen	141	↓2	14
13	Carol	121	↓1	16
14	Cheryl	105	↑3	28
15	Diane	105	↓1	17
16	Pamela	100	↓3	10
17	Sharon	89	↓2	15
18	Donna	83	–	13
19	Rebecca	83	↑10	24
20	Julie	75	↑13	74
21	Brenda	70	↑3	18
22	Peggy	68	↓3	44
23	Judith	67	↓3	30
24	Jane	65	↑2	43
25	Kathryn	61	↑6	48
26	Bonnie	60	↑2	45
27	Elizabeth	58	↑9	21
28	Janet	56	↑4	19
29	Connie	55	↓7	47
30	Joan	54	↑4	37
31	Janice	53	↓8	22
32	Margaret	53	↓5	20
33	Gail	51	↑13	39
34	Vicki	50	↓4	61
35	Judy	49	↓14	27
36	Shirley	49	↑4	29
37	Beverly	47	↓12	34
38	Kathy	45	↑5	23
39	Marilyn	44	↓1	36
40	Colleen	42	↑4	>100
41	Betty	41	↓2	33
42	Joyce	40	–	26
43	Wanda	38	↓8	57
44	Marcia	37	new	84
45	Roberta	37	new	90
46	Valerie	37	new	88
47	Jacqueline	36	new	58
48	Elaine	35	new	77
49	Gayle	35	new	>100
50	Darlene	34	↓2	75

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	David	331	–	5
2	James	278	↑1	2
3	Michael	247	↑2	3
4	Robert	242	↓2	1
5	John	228	↓1	4
6	Steven	202	↑2	11
7	Richard	195	↓1	7
8	Thomas	187	↑1	8
9	Gary	173	↓2	10
10	Mark	167	–	12
11	Timothy	161	↑4	26
12	Donald	141	↑1	14
13	William	139	↑7	6
14	Daniel	136	↑5	20
15	Ronald	129	↓3	15
16	Douglas	126	↑1	27
17	Roger	121	↑9	31
18	Dennis	118	↓7	19
19	Larry	118	↓3	18
20	Gregory	108	↓2	24
21	Rodney	107	↑7	58
22	Bruce	104	↓1	28
23	Kenneth	101	↓9	17
24	Terry	100	↓2	30
25	Paul	96	↓1	16
26	Jeffrey	94	↑6	25
27	Dale	88	↓4	48
28	Wayne	85	↓3	40
29	Keith	72	–	47
30	Randy	69	↑4	35
31	Charles	68	↓4	9
32	Kevin	63	↑4	36
33	Gerald	62	↓2	42
34	Patrick	61	↑13	39
35	Duane	59	↓5	>100
36	Craig	58	↑9	60
37	Curtis	57	↓2	86
38	Dean	57	↓1	>100
39	Jerry	51	↓6	29
40	Scott	51	↑3	46
41	Bradley	50	new	>100
42	Joseph	47	↓3	13
43	Brian	42	↓3	53
44	Stephen	40	↓6	21
45	Allen	39	↓4	81
46	Jerome	39	↓4	>100
47	Raymond	36	↑2	34
48	Lynn	35	new	>100
49	Alan	34	↓5	43
50	Darrell	34	new	>100

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