Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1959

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1959 were Mary for girls (231 babies) and David for boys (311). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 14,506 babies born in North Dakota in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1959

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: 20 babies, 20.8× the national rate
Kristi: 32 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Kari: 20 babies, 9× the national rate
Shelly: 51 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Jolene: 15 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Joni: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Karla: 26 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Lynette: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jodi: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Roxanne: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Loren: 21 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Monte: 16 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Wade: 30 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Lyle: 17 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Kelly: 45 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Bradley: 73 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Todd: 72 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dean: 70 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lynn: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Ross: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Mary	231	–	1
2	Susan	180	–	2
3	Julie	152	–	26
4	Lori	152	↑8	27
5	Karen	139	↓1	4
6	Nancy	132	↓1	14
7	Linda	128	–	3
8	Debra	126	↓2	7
9	Brenda	122	↑6	16
10	Cynthia	115	↑1	8
11	Barbara	111	↓3	11
12	Pamela	107	↓2	12
13	Kathy	102	↓4	15
14	Tammy	101	↑17	31
15	Diane	99	↑8	19
16	Cindy	94	↓3	25
17	Debbie	87	↑2	20
18	Carol	86	–	22
19	Cheryl	83	↓5	18
20	Sandra	81	↓4	13
21	Connie	75	↑3	48
22	Kimberly	72	–	33
23	Denise	71	↑5	29
24	Laurie	69	↑11	56
25	Patricia	69	↓8	6
26	Kim	66	↑4	35
27	Sharon	66	↑5	17
28	Bonnie	63	↑1	71
29	Donna	59	↓4	5
30	Kathleen	59	↓4	23
31	Sheila	55	↑10	52
32	Rebecca	53	↑6	38
33	Deborah	51	↓12	9
34	Lisa	51	↑13	10
35	Shelly	51	new	>100
36	Joan	45	↑6	76
37	Dawn	43	new	54
38	Jane	43	↓4	67
39	Rhonda	40	new	45
40	Elizabeth	39	↑5	21
41	Valerie	39	↑7	60
42	Janet	38	↓15	28
43	Becky	37	new	>100
44	Gail	37	↑5	75
45	Paula	37	new	51
46	Peggy	37	↓26	57
47	Teresa	37	new	24
48	Kelly	36	new	74
49	Ann	35	new	44
50	Tamara	34	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	David	311	–	2
2	Mark	275	–	6
3	Michael	247	–	1
4	James	226	–	3
5	Robert	210	–	5
6	Kevin	190	–	14
7	Timothy	187	↑4	12
8	John	176	↑1	4
9	Steven	169	↓2	10
10	Scott	168	↑3	24
11	Jeffrey	163	↓3	16
12	Richard	131	↓2	8
13	Randy	124	↓1	31
14	Brian	123	–	22
15	Paul	106	–	17
16	Thomas	103	↑3	9
17	Daniel	101	↑4	18
18	Gary	98	↓1	20
19	William	95	↑3	7
20	Ronald	94	↑5	21
21	Bruce	90	↓1	38
22	Donald	88	↑6	19
23	Douglas	87	↓7	30
24	Gregory	86	↓1	23
25	Larry	84	↑1	25
26	Terry	79	↓8	33
27	Bradley	73	↑4	>100
28	Todd	72	↑13	99
29	Keith	71	↑4	39
30	Dean	70	↓6	95
31	Dale	69	↑5	49
32	Kenneth	64	↓5	15
33	Craig	63	↑6	44
34	Rodney	63	–	67
35	Wayne	62	↓5	51
36	Dennis	58	↓7	29
37	Patrick	58	↑5	43
38	Curtis	55	↑9	75
39	Jeff	55	↑5	52
40	Mike	53	–	37
41	Jay	51	↓4	88
42	Jerry	51	↑6	36
43	Joseph	51	↓5	13
44	Roger	50	↓1	47
45	Steve	50	new	41
46	Tim	50	new	60
47	Charles	48	↓12	11
48	Kelly	45	new	>100
49	Ricky	45	↓4	34
50	Alan	43	new	50

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