Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1955

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1955 were Mary for girls (246 babies) and David for boys (325). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 14,680 babies born in North Dakota in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1955

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

Jolene: 15 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Laurel: 23 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Candace: 26 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Karla: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Paulette: 23 babies, 5× the national rate
Lynette: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Monica: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Shelley: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bonita: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Marla: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Lowell: 15 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Loren: 19 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Lyle: 21 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Kelly: 29 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Duane: 53 babies, 6× the national rate
Terrance: 25 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Dean: 64 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Bradley: 65 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Lynn: 27 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Wade: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Mary	246	–	1
2	Susan	206	↑1	5
3	Debra	198	↓1	4
4	Nancy	160	↑6	9
5	Karen	158	↑1	8
6	Barbara	151	↑6	7
7	Linda	149	↓3	3
8	Cynthia	146	↓1	11
9	Patricia	137	–	6
10	Sandra	132	↓2	13
11	Pamela	130	–	12
12	Deborah	122	↓7	2
13	Kathleen	116	–	17
14	Carol	109	↑1	15
15	Diane	103	↓1	14
16	Connie	85	↑1	35
17	Cheryl	78	↑1	19
18	Brenda	77	↑5	18
19	Julie	69	–	67
20	Sharon	67	↓4	16
21	Bonnie	66	–	45
22	Donna	65	–	10
23	Janet	62	↑12	20
24	Peggy	62	↑3	51
25	Vicki	59	–	52
26	Jane	58	–	50
27	Kathy	58	↑15	22
28	Marilyn	58	↓4	49
29	Rebecca	55	↓9	27
30	Laurie	53	new	91
31	Beverly	51	↓3	34
32	Joyce	51	↑16	29
33	Lori	51	new	89
34	Joan	49	↑2	46
35	Cindy	47	new	79
36	Janice	46	↑1	25
37	Sherry	46	↑13	56
38	Denise	45	↓7	23
39	Gail	45	↓5	42
40	Judy	45	–	32
41	Elizabeth	43	↓9	21
42	Kathryn	43	↓12	59
43	Rita	42	↑1	72
44	Renee	40	↑2	>100
45	Jean	39	↓7	60
46	Lynn	39	new	62
47	Debbie	37	new	63
48	Paula	37	↑1	39
49	Sheila	37	↓4	57
50	Teresa	36	new	26

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	David	325	–	2
2	Michael	294	–	1
3	James	262	–	3
4	Robert	228	–	4
5	Mark	217	↑2	9
6	Steven	208	–	10
7	Timothy	185	↑4	22
8	John	178	↓3	5
9	Richard	174	↓1	7
10	Gary	151	–	12
11	Thomas	142	↓2	8
12	Jeffrey	136	↑7	20
13	Paul	132	↑2	16
14	Bruce	131	↑6	32
15	Randy	127	↑15	30
16	Douglas	125	–	29
17	Ronald	124	↓5	18
18	Kenneth	118	↑5	15
19	Gregory	114	↑2	24
20	Kevin	114	↑8	27
21	Donald	112	↓3	14
22	William	112	↓8	6
23	Daniel	100	↓10	17
24	Larry	99	↓7	19
25	Dennis	97	↑1	23
26	Dale	95	↓1	52
27	Rodney	89	–	65
28	Roger	87	↑1	37
29	Terry	87	↓7	28
30	Craig	77	↑5	50
31	Wayne	72	↓7	44
32	Brian	70	↑14	40
33	Keith	70	↑6	39
34	Bradley	65	↑3	>100
35	Scott	65	↓4	38
36	Dean	64	↓2	>100
37	Charles	63	↓4	11
38	Duane	53	↓6	>100
39	Kim	51	↑4	98
40	Gerald	50	↓4	48
41	Patrick	48	↓1	41
42	Alan	44	↑7	43
43	Joseph	43	↓1	13
44	Curtis	41	↓6	79
45	Jon	40	new	>100
46	Randall	39	↑1	53
47	Allen	37	↓3	84
48	Stephen	37	new	21
49	George	33	new	26
50	Glenn	33	new	59

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