Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1961

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1961 were Mary for girls (182 babies) and David for boys (304). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,779 babies born in North Dakota in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1961

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

Janel: 18 babies, 39.3× the national rate
Renae: 17 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Janelle: 15 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Kari: 28 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Jodi: 40 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Kristi: 23 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Karla: 35 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Lynette: 23 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Shelly: 52 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Roxanne: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 19 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Terrance: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Kelly: 58 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Bradley: 83 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kent: 41 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Dean: 82 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jason: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Todd: 145 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dwight: 25 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kim: 15 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Mary	182	–	1
2	Lori	172	↑1	14
3	Susan	157	↓1	3
4	Brenda	149	↑2	11
5	Julie	132	↓1	23
6	Karen	131	↓1	5
7	Lisa	111	↑13	2
8	Linda	108	↓1	4
9	Nancy	98	–	16
10	Sandra	97	–	9
11	Pamela	91	↓3	15
12	Laurie	88	↑2	43
13	Patricia	78	↑2	6
14	Diane	77	↑3	26
15	Michelle	77	↑28	34
16	Kathy	74	↑6	25
17	Barbara	71	↑1	12
18	Tammy	71	↓5	28
19	Debbie	68	↑4	31
20	Debra	68	↓9	13
21	Connie	67	↑6	50
22	Kim	67	↑3	36
23	Cynthia	66	↓11	8
24	Donna	66	↑4	7
25	Cheryl	64	↓9	20
26	Cindy	63	↓7	33
27	Kimberly	63	↑2	22
28	Carol	61	↓7	24
29	Deborah	56	↓5	10
30	Dawn	55	↑11	49
31	Denise	55	↑4	30
32	Laura	54	↑18	21
33	Kathleen	52	↑3	29
34	Shelly	52	↓4	>100
35	Sharon	50	↓9	17
36	Janet	46	↑2	32
37	Kelly	45	↓6	45
38	Jacqueline	42	new	37
39	Carla	41	new	77
40	Elizabeth	41	↑2	19
41	Jane	41	↑4	72
42	Rebecca	41	↓3	44
43	Teresa	41	↓10	18
44	Bonnie	40	↑2	75
45	Jodi	40	new	>100
46	Jill	39	new	74
47	Peggy	38	–	88
48	Rhonda	38	new	46
49	Theresa	38	new	35
50	Ann	37	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	David	304	–	2
2	Mark	265	–	6
3	Michael	248	–	1
4	James	223	↑3	4
5	Robert	217	–	5
6	Kevin	200	↓2	14
7	John	185	↓1	3
8	Jeffrey	162	↑1	11
9	Steven	154	↓1	10
10	Scott	153	–	19
11	Timothy	147	–	15
12	Todd	145	↑6	46
13	Brian	130	–	20
14	Richard	118	–	8
15	Paul	113	↑1	18
16	Daniel	111	↑1	17
17	Thomas	103	↓5	9
18	William	98	↑5	7
19	Douglas	95	↑1	28
20	Randy	94	↓5	33
21	Gregory	91	–	23
22	Bradley	83	↑3	87
23	Dean	82	↑5	84
24	Keith	82	–	35
25	Bruce	78	↑6	40
26	Craig	78	↑1	43
27	Dale	76	↓1	58
28	Ronald	74	↑2	24
29	Kenneth	69	↑8	16
30	Terry	69	↓8	32
31	Jay	64	↑14	81
32	Donald	63	–	22
33	Charles	61	↑5	13
34	Gary	59	↓15	21
35	Jeff	59	↑5	49
36	Kelly	58	↑10	>100
37	Wayne	58	↑5	61
38	Larry	57	↓9	30
39	Dennis	55	↓4	34
40	Mike	55	new	36
41	Roger	55	↓7	47
42	Jon	48	new	93
43	Curtis	47	↑1	75
44	Randall	42	↓11	63
45	Kent	41	new	>100
46	Patrick	41	↓10	39
47	Tim	41	↓6	65
48	Rodney	40	↓5	72
49	Joseph	38	↓10	12
50	Gerald	36	new	62

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