Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1958

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1958 were Mary for girls (217 babies) and David for boys (317). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 14,060 babies born in North Dakota in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1958

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: 22 babies, 23.8× the national rate
Jolene: 28 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Janelle: 16 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Kristi: 30 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Kari: 17 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Luann: 19 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Lynette: 21 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Paulette: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Shelly: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Joni: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 24 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Loren: 16 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Duane: 65 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Dean: 87 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Bradley: 65 babies, 5× the national rate
Kim: 23 babies, 5× the national rate
Lynn: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Terrance: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Allan: 25 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Wade: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Mary	217	–	1
2	Susan	189	↑1	2
3	Julie	181	↑6	23
4	Karen	154	↑2	4
5	Nancy	137	–	12
6	Debra	130	↓2	6
7	Linda	122	–	3
8	Barbara	115	↑3	9
9	Kathy	114	↑11	14
10	Pamela	113	↑2	11
11	Cynthia	110	↓9	8
12	Lori	105	↑4	30
13	Cindy	100	↓3	25
14	Cheryl	98	↓6	13
15	Brenda	94	↓1	16
16	Sandra	92	↑5	15
17	Patricia	87	↓4	5
18	Carol	81	↓1	20
19	Debbie	81	↑6	24
20	Peggy	78	↑15	42
21	Deborah	77	↓2	7
22	Kimberly	75	↑15	39
23	Diane	71	↓8	18
24	Connie	67	↓2	50
25	Donna	65	↑3	10
26	Kathleen	63	↓8	21
27	Janet	62	↑7	28
28	Denise	61	↑8	27
29	Bonnie	60	↓5	63
30	Kim	58	↓4	40
31	Tammy	56	new	44
32	Sharon	51	↓9	17
33	Vicki	51	↑7	57
34	Jane	49	↓4	61
35	Laurie	49	↓3	70
36	Michelle	46	new	56
37	Judy	43	↓8	36
38	Rebecca	43	↓11	41
39	Renee	42	new	>100
40	Janice	41	↓2	35
41	Sheila	40	↓8	59
42	Joan	39	↓11	68
43	Kathryn	38	new	58
44	Wanda	38	↓1	66
45	Elizabeth	37	↓1	22
46	Cathy	36	new	34
47	Lisa	36	new	19
48	Valerie	36	new	64
49	Gail	35	↓7	72
50	Carla	34	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	David	317	–	2
2	Mark	255	–	7
3	Michael	230	↑3	1
4	James	223	↓1	3
5	Robert	205	↓1	4
6	Kevin	188	↑2	20
7	Steven	179	↓2	10
8	Jeffrey	164	↑4	21
9	John	161	↓2	5
10	Richard	155	↑1	8
11	Timothy	147	↓1	13
12	Randy	139	↑2	32
13	Scott	138	↑9	25
14	Brian	129	↑11	24
15	Paul	129	↑1	15
16	Douglas	116	↑4	30
17	Gary	114	↓2	17
18	Terry	105	↑9	33
19	Thomas	105	↓10	9
20	Bruce	101	↓2	36
21	Daniel	97	↓8	16
22	William	93	↑1	6
23	Gregory	88	↓2	23
24	Dean	87	–	97
25	Ronald	84	↑4	19
26	Larry	82	↓7	22
27	Kenneth	73	↓1	14
28	Donald	68	↓11	18
29	Dennis	66	↑3	29
30	Wayne	66	↑5	48
31	Bradley	65	↑6	>100
32	Duane	65	↑12	>100
33	Keith	64	↓5	37
34	Rodney	62	↓3	65
35	Charles	61	↓2	11
36	Dale	61	↓6	46
37	Jay	57	↑4	86
38	Joseph	54	new	12
39	Craig	53	↓5	53
40	Mike	49	new	40
41	Todd	49	new	>100
42	Patrick	47	↓2	42
43	Roger	47	↓7	47
44	Jeff	43	new	68
45	Ricky	41	↑5	34
46	Rick	40	new	77
47	Curtis	39	↓9	82
48	Jerry	39	↓5	35
49	Gerald	37	–	58
50	Allen	36	↓2	92

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