Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1954

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1954 were Mary for girls (269 babies) and David for boys (329). David ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 14,861 babies born in North Dakota in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1954

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: 17 babies, 30.8× the national rate
Laurel: 21 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Bonita: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Lynette: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Paulette: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Colleen: 52 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Shelley: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Julie: 77 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Renee: 36 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Marla: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Monte: 21 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Loren: 24 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Duane: 76 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Myron: 20 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Terrance: 32 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Lyle: 22 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Dean: 72 babies, 6× the national rate
Lynn: 30 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Bradley: 56 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Allan: 34 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Mary	269	–	1
2	Debra	226	–	6
3	Susan	202	↑2	5
4	Linda	197	↓1	2
5	Deborah	185	↓1	3
6	Karen	183	–	8
7	Cynthia	180	↑3	10
8	Sandra	147	↑3	13
9	Patricia	145	–	4
10	Nancy	144	↓2	9
11	Pamela	144	↑5	12
12	Barbara	137	↓5	7
13	Kathleen	118	↓1	14
14	Diane	115	↑1	17
15	Carol	107	↓2	15
16	Sharon	86	↑1	16
17	Connie	84	↑12	39
18	Cheryl	78	↓4	22
19	Julie	77	↑1	70
20	Rebecca	75	↓1	26
21	Bonnie	74	↑5	52
22	Donna	72	↓4	11
23	Brenda	71	↓2	18
24	Marilyn	66	↑15	35
25	Vicki	65	↑9	50
26	Jane	63	↓2	49
27	Peggy	61	↓5	48
28	Beverly	60	↑9	31
29	Margaret	55	↑3	21
30	Kathryn	54	↓5	51
31	Denise	53	new	24
32	Elizabeth	53	↓5	20
33	Colleen	52	↑7	>100
34	Gail	50	↓1	37
35	Janet	50	↓7	19
36	Joan	50	↓6	40
37	Janice	49	↓6	25
38	Jean	49	new	56
39	Wanda	46	↑4	58
40	Judy	45	↓5	29
41	Judith	42	↓18	30
42	Kathy	42	↓4	23
43	Shirley	42	↓7	33
44	Rita	40	new	67
45	Sheila	40	new	60
46	Renee	36	new	>100
47	Darlene	35	↑3	76
48	Joyce	35	↓6	28
49	Paula	35	new	38
50	Sherry	35	new	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	David	329	–	5
2	Michael	288	↑1	1
3	James	266	↓1	3
4	Robert	255	–	2
5	John	229	–	4
6	Steven	215	–	11
7	Mark	210	↑3	12
8	Richard	193	↓1	7
9	Thomas	177	↓1	8
10	Gary	165	↓1	9
11	Timothy	149	–	26
12	Ronald	142	↑3	15
13	Daniel	137	↑1	18
14	William	131	↓1	6
15	Paul	130	↑10	16
16	Douglas	121	–	29
17	Larry	120	↑2	19
18	Donald	113	↓6	14
19	Jeffrey	113	↑7	23
20	Bruce	112	↑2	30
21	Gregory	106	↓1	25
22	Terry	106	↑2	27
23	Kenneth	101	–	17
24	Wayne	100	↑4	41
25	Dale	96	↑2	50
26	Dennis	88	↓8	21
27	Rodney	88	↓6	66
28	Kevin	85	↑4	28
29	Roger	85	↓12	34
30	Randy	84	–	33
31	Scott	80	↑9	40
32	Duane	76	↑3	>100
33	Charles	75	↓2	10
34	Dean	72	↑4	>100
35	Craig	68	↑1	51
36	Gerald	63	↓3	44
37	Bradley	56	↑4	>100
38	Curtis	55	↓1	84
39	Keith	55	↓10	45
40	Patrick	50	↓6	38
41	Jerome	47	↑5	>100
42	Joseph	44	–	13
43	Kim	44	new	>100
44	Allen	42	↑1	82
45	Jerry	41	↓6	31
46	Brian	40	↓3	48
47	Randall	40	new	55
48	Edward	39	new	22
49	Alan	37	–	43
50	Peter	36	new	37

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