Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1957

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1957 were Mary for girls (248 babies) and David for boys (311). David ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 14,003 babies born in North Dakota in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1957

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: 16 babies, 45.8× the national rate
Renae: 19 babies, 20.9× the national rate
Kristi: 31 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Jolene: 17 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Shelly: 25 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Karla: 27 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Jodi: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Darla: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Paulette: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Candace: 15 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Monte: 19 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Myron: 17 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Kim: 50 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Wade: 29 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Lyle: 20 babies, 7× the national rate
Lynn: 29 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Dean: 89 babies, 6× the national rate
Kent: 42 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Bradley: 60 babies, 5× the national rate
Duane: 40 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Mary	248	–	1
2	Cynthia	187	↑6	7
3	Susan	183	–	2
4	Debra	174	↓2	4
5	Nancy	138	–	11
6	Karen	135	–	5
7	Linda	132	↓3	3
8	Cheryl	113	↑6	16
9	Julie	110	↑9	28
10	Cindy	108	↑19	19
11	Barbara	104	↓4	9
12	Pamela	104	↓2	12
13	Patricia	103	↓1	8
14	Brenda	96	↑9	13
15	Diane	87	↓4	17
16	Lori	87	↑9	45
17	Carol	84	↓4	18
18	Kathleen	84	↓2	21
19	Deborah	82	↓4	6
20	Kathy	82	↑2	20
21	Sandra	79	↓12	15
22	Connie	73	↓1	47
23	Sharon	73	↓6	14
24	Bonnie	71	↑4	64
25	Debbie	67	↑13	27
26	Kim	66	↑10	35
27	Rebecca	65	–	34
28	Donna	62	↓8	10
29	Judy	58	↑4	38
30	Jane	55	↓4	56
31	Joan	52	↓1	60
32	Laurie	48	↑14	73
33	Sheila	48	↑9	58
34	Janet	47	↓2	23
35	Peggy	47	↓16	62
36	Denise	46	↓5	25
37	Kimberly	46	↑12	42
38	Janice	45	↓4	32
39	Rhonda	44	new	52
40	Vicki	44	↓16	51
41	Rita	43	new	78
42	Gail	42	↑5	54
43	Wanda	42	new	59
44	Elizabeth	41	↓5	22
45	Beverly	38	↓2	48
46	Paula	38	new	49
47	Betty	37	new	50
48	Margaret	35	new	29
49	Ann	34	↑1	44
50	Colleen	34	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	David	311	–	3
2	Mark	253	↑1	7
3	James	239	↓1	2
4	Robert	238	↑1	4
5	Steven	227	↑1	10
6	Michael	225	↓2	1
7	John	202	–	5
8	Kevin	164	↑2	20
9	Thomas	148	↑2	9
10	Timothy	144	↓2	19
11	Richard	141	↓2	8
12	Jeffrey	140	–	21
13	Daniel	135	↑1	16
14	Randy	129	↓1	31
15	Gary	124	–	13
16	Paul	124	–	18
17	Donald	107	↑8	15
18	Bruce	106	↓1	34
19	Larry	103	↑7	22
20	Douglas	100	↑3	30
21	Gregory	99	–	23
22	Scott	98	↑6	32
23	William	93	↓4	6
24	Dean	89	↑13	93
25	Brian	88	↑4	26
26	Kenneth	87	↓4	14
27	Terry	87	↓7	33
28	Keith	86	↑3	36
29	Ronald	78	↓11	17
30	Dale	76	↓6	50
31	Rodney	73	↓1	70
32	Dennis	69	↓5	28
33	Charles	67	↑2	11
34	Craig	64	–	55
35	Wayne	62	↓2	47
36	Roger	61	↓4	42
37	Bradley	60	↑3	>100
38	Curtis	51	↑1	80
39	Kim	50	↓3	>100
40	Patrick	47	new	41
41	Jay	44	↑6	88
42	Kent	42	new	>100
43	Jerry	41	↑5	35
44	Duane	40	↓3	>100
45	Randall	40	↓1	59
46	Peter	38	new	37
47	Steve	37	new	44
48	Allen	36	↓6	91
49	Gerald	35	↓3	51
50	Ricky	35	new	40

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