Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1960

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1960 were Mary for girls (202 babies) and David for boys (308). Social Security records list 13,999 babies born in North Dakota in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1960

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, 20.2× the national rate
Janelle: 16 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Kari: 22 babies, 9× the national rate
Jolene: 15 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Shelly: 59 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Laurel: 16 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Kristi: 21 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Karla: 30 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Joni: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Lynette: 16 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Monte: 15 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Myron: 19 babies, 9× the national rate
Rory: 19 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Loren: 18 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Lyle: 17 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Wade: 24 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Todd: 108 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Kim: 21 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kelly: 50 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Bradley: 77 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Mary	202	–	1
2	Susan	155	–	2
3	Lori	148	↑1	20
4	Julie	146	↓1	28
5	Karen	134	–	4
6	Brenda	126	↑3	13
7	Linda	121	–	3
8	Pamela	105	↑4	14
9	Nancy	96	↓3	15
10	Sandra	95	↑10	11
11	Debra	92	↓3	8
12	Cynthia	91	↓2	9
13	Tammy	87	↑1	31
14	Laurie	80	↑10	37
15	Patricia	79	↑10	7
16	Cheryl	77	↑3	17
17	Diane	75	↓2	22
18	Barbara	74	↓7	12
19	Cindy	73	↓3	30
20	Lisa	71	↑14	6
21	Carol	67	↓3	23
22	Kathy	67	↓9	21
23	Debbie	65	↓6	24
24	Deborah	64	↑9	10
25	Kim	62	↑1	34
26	Sharon	61	↑1	16
27	Connie	60	↓6	47
28	Donna	60	↑1	5
29	Kimberly	60	↓7	26
30	Shelly	59	↑5	>100
31	Kelly	58	↑17	52
32	Robin	58	new	33
33	Teresa	57	↑14	19
34	Joan	56	↑2	80
35	Denise	53	↓12	29
36	Kathleen	52	↓6	27
37	Judy	51	new	48
38	Janet	48	↑4	32
39	Rebecca	47	↓7	38
40	Wanda	47	new	66
41	Dawn	46	↓4	57
42	Elizabeth	44	↓2	18
43	Michelle	44	new	39
44	Sheila	44	↓13	56
45	Jane	43	↓7	67
46	Bonnie	42	↓18	71
47	Peggy	42	↓1	69
48	Colleen	41	new	>100
49	Tracy	40	new	84
50	Laura	38	new	25

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	David	308	–	1
2	Mark	262	–	6
3	Michael	228	–	2
4	Kevin	199	↑2	15
5	Robert	199	–	5
6	John	190	↑2	4
7	James	187	↓3	3
8	Steven	181	↑1	10
9	Jeffrey	177	↑2	14
10	Scott	163	–	23
11	Timothy	142	↓4	11
12	Thomas	130	↑4	9
13	Brian	116	↑1	20
14	Richard	113	↓2	8
15	Randy	112	↓2	32
16	Paul	111	↓1	18
17	Daniel	108	–	17
18	Todd	108	↑10	71
19	Gary	95	↓1	22
20	Douglas	89	↑3	30
21	Gregory	88	↑3	24
22	Terry	86	↑4	34
23	William	85	↓4	7
24	Keith	80	↑5	35
25	Bradley	77	↑2	90
26	Dale	76	↑5	54
27	Craig	73	↑6	41
28	Dean	71	↑2	94
29	Larry	70	↓4	28
30	Ronald	68	↓10	21
31	Bruce	63	↓10	39
32	Donald	62	↓10	19
33	Randall	62	new	59
34	Roger	60	↑10	47
35	Dennis	59	↑1	31
36	Patrick	59	↑1	45
37	Kenneth	58	↓5	16
38	Charles	57	↑9	13
39	Joseph	57	↑4	12
40	Jeff	55	↓1	49
41	Tim	54	↑5	60
42	Wayne	54	↓7	58
43	Rodney	53	↓9	68
44	Curtis	52	↓6	79
45	Jay	51	↓4	78
46	Kelly	50	↑2	>100
47	Duane	48	new	>100
48	Jerry	42	↓6	37
49	Steve	41	↓4	43
50	Bryan	40	new	88

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