Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1956

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1956 were Mary for girls (288 babies) and David for boys (327). David ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 14,157 babies born in North Dakota in 1956 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1956

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: 15 babies, 19.1× the national rate
Shelly: 19 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Shelley: 29 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Bonita: 19 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Roxanne: 32 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lynette: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Laurel: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Candace: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Karla: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Marla: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Loren: 24 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Myron: 24 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Lyle: 22 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Terrance: 26 babies, 7× the national rate
Lynn: 28 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Kelly: 30 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Kim: 59 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Duane: 47 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Ross: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Dean: 57 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1956

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Mary	288	–	1
2	Debra	220	↑1	2
3	Susan	196	↓1	5
4	Linda	161	↑3	3
5	Nancy	146	↓1	11
6	Karen	143	↓1	7
7	Barbara	136	↓1	9
8	Cynthia	132	–	8
9	Sandra	129	↑1	14
10	Pamela	122	↑1	12
11	Diane	120	↑4	15
12	Patricia	107	↓3	6
13	Carol	106	↑1	16
14	Cheryl	103	↑3	18
15	Deborah	100	↓3	4
16	Kathleen	87	↓3	17
17	Sharon	83	↑3	13
18	Julie	76	↑1	48
19	Peggy	76	↑5	63
20	Donna	73	↑2	10
21	Connie	69	↓5	43
22	Kathy	69	↑5	20
23	Brenda	66	↓5	19
24	Vicki	64	↑1	57
25	Lori	63	↑8	66
26	Jane	59	–	50
27	Rebecca	59	↑2	27
28	Bonnie	58	↓7	51
29	Cindy	57	↑6	37
30	Joan	55	↑4	52
31	Denise	52	↑7	23
32	Janet	49	↓9	21
33	Judy	49	↑7	35
34	Janice	48	↑2	26
35	Sherry	48	↑2	54
36	Kim	46	new	38
37	Marilyn	46	↓9	70
38	Debbie	44	↑9	39
39	Elizabeth	44	↑2	22
40	Renee	40	↑4	>100
41	Michelle	38	new	88
42	Sheila	38	↑7	55
43	Beverly	37	↓12	40
44	Jean	37	↑1	65
45	Joyce	37	↓13	30
46	Laurie	36	↓16	76
47	Gail	35	↓8	49
48	Shirley	34	new	41
49	Kimberly	33	new	74
50	Ann	32	new	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	David	327	–	4
2	James	252	↑1	2
3	Mark	235	↑2	8
4	Michael	227	↓2	1
5	Robert	214	↓1	3
6	Steven	208	–	10
7	John	202	↑1	5
8	Timothy	167	↓1	19
9	Richard	156	–	7
10	Kevin	152	↑10	22
11	Thomas	146	–	9
12	Jeffrey	136	–	20
13	Randy	131	↑2	28
14	Daniel	129	↑9	18
15	Gary	129	↓5	13
16	Paul	124	↓3	17
17	Bruce	119	↓3	33
18	Ronald	118	↓1	15
19	William	117	↑3	6
20	Terry	116	↑9	31
21	Gregory	115	↓2	24
22	Kenneth	101	↓4	16
23	Douglas	100	↓7	29
24	Dale	96	↑2	50
25	Donald	95	↓4	14
26	Larry	94	↓2	21
27	Dennis	92	↓2	26
28	Scott	90	↑7	34
29	Brian	88	↑3	32
30	Rodney	80	↓3	65
31	Keith	78	↑2	36
32	Roger	75	↓4	41
33	Wayne	71	↓2	45
34	Craig	70	↓4	51
35	Charles	63	↑2	11
36	Kim	59	↑3	>100
37	Dean	57	↓1	99
38	Joseph	52	↑5	12
39	Curtis	51	↑5	80
40	Bradley	49	↓6	>100
41	Duane	47	↓3	>100
42	Allen	44	↑5	87
43	Joel	44	new	>100
44	Randall	41	↑2	54
45	Jon	39	–	>100
46	Gerald	35	↓6	49
47	Jay	35	new	92
48	Jerry	34	new	35
49	Barry	33	new	69
50	Alan	32	↓8	44

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