Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1962

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1962 were Lori for girls (197 babies) and David for boys (259). Lori ranked #11 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,045 babies born in North Dakota in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1962

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: 21 babies, 18.2× the national rate
Colette: 17 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Jolene: 20 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Janelle: 15 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Kari: 27 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Jodi: 46 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Kristi: 25 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Karla: 31 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jody: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Roxanne: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Cory: 17 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Shane: 18 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Wade: 28 babies, 7× the national rate
Kent: 49 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kelly: 47 babies, 5× the national rate
Todd: 190 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Bradley: 67 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Brent: 37 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dean: 64 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Allan: 17 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Lori	197	↑1	11
2	Mary	169	↓1	2
3	Susan	148	–	3
4	Brenda	136	–	12
5	Karen	135	↑1	4
6	Lisa	122	↑1	1
7	Julie	119	↓2	22
8	Nancy	104	↑1	19
9	Laurie	100	↑3	42
10	Linda	97	↓2	5
11	Debra	89	↑9	15
12	Sandra	83	↓2	10
13	Pamela	78	↓2	13
14	Kimberly	77	↑13	16
15	Michelle	77	–	31
16	Carol	69	↑12	28
17	Diane	68	↓3	26
18	Barbara	66	↓1	14
19	Cheryl	66	↑6	24
20	Patricia	66	↓7	6
21	Kathy	62	↓5	27
22	Tammy	60	↓4	23
23	Dawn	57	↑7	50
24	Cynthia	54	↓1	8
25	Deborah	53	↑4	9
26	Denise	53	↑5	30
27	Sheila	53	new	52
28	Kim	52	↓6	37
29	Cindy	51	↓3	34
30	Donna	51	↓6	7
31	Robin	49	new	25
32	Teresa	49	↑11	18
33	Jodi	46	↑12	>100
34	Jacqueline	45	↑4	44
35	Shelly	45	↓1	>100
36	Kelly	44	↑1	38
37	Rhonda	44	↑11	45
38	Connie	43	↓17	51
39	Elizabeth	43	↑1	20
40	Kathleen	43	↓7	29
41	Laura	43	↓9	21
42	Sharon	43	↓7	17
43	Janet	42	↓7	35
44	Beth	41	new	66
45	Bonnie	41	↓1	79
46	Tracy	38	new	55
47	Debbie	36	↓28	32
48	Sherry	36	new	48
49	Rebecca	34	↓7	47
50	Jane	33	↓9	73

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	David	259	–	2
2	Michael	248	↑1	1
3	Mark	240	↓1	6
4	James	209	–	4
5	Jeffrey	200	↑3	10
6	Scott	196	↑4	11
7	Todd	190	↑5	30
8	Kevin	182	↓2	14
9	John	172	↓2	3
10	Robert	168	↓5	5
11	Steven	161	↓2	12
12	Brian	126	↑1	20
13	Paul	115	↑2	19
14	Thomas	110	↑3	9
15	Timothy	107	↓4	16
16	Daniel	104	–	17
17	Richard	100	↓3	8
18	William	92	–	7
19	Gregory	85	↑2	21
20	Randy	76	–	35
21	Bradley	67	↑1	87
22	Bruce	67	↑3	41
23	Douglas	67	↓4	27
24	Dale	66	↑3	62
25	Jay	66	↑6	80
26	Terry	66	↑4	34
27	Dean	64	↓4	86
28	Donald	61	↑4	23
29	Keith	59	↓5	36
30	Dennis	58	↑9	37
31	Joseph	58	↑18	13
32	Curtis	56	↑11	73
33	Gary	55	↑1	22
34	Craig	52	↓8	51
35	Jeff	49	–	44
36	Kent	49	↑9	>100
37	Ronald	49	↓9	25
38	Charles	48	↓5	15
39	Kelly	47	↓3	>100
40	Kenneth	46	↓11	18
41	Larry	46	↓3	31
42	Patrick	44	↑4	40
43	Roger	44	↓2	47
44	Mike	43	↓4	39
45	Bryan	42	new	82
46	Joel	41	new	>100
47	Jon	41	↓5	84
48	Wayne	40	↓11	63
49	Troy	39	new	67
50	Randall	38	↓6	64

← North Dakota 1961 North Dakota: all years · US 1962 North Dakota 1963 →