Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1963

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1963 were Lisa for girls (169 babies) and Michael for boys (251). Social Security records list 12,479 babies born in North Dakota in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1963

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, 23.4× the national rate
Darcy: 17 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Jolene: 15 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Kristi: 38 babies, 9× the national rate
Kari: 27 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Karla: 43 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Joni: 19 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Jodi: 26 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Roxanne: 21 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Lynette: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Blaine: 16 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Monte: 19 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Loren: 16 babies, 7× the national rate
Myron: 15 babies, 7× the national rate
Wade: 26 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kelly: 49 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Bradley: 80 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kyle: 26 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Dean: 66 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Duane: 35 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1963

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	169	↑5	1
2	Mary	143	–	2
3	Lori	142	↓2	8
4	Brenda	133	–	15
5	Karen	121	–	4
6	Susan	102	↓3	3
7	Julie	101	–	22
8	Tammy	86	↑14	12
9	Nancy	84	↓1	23
10	Barbara	80	↑8	17
11	Kimberly	72	↑3	11
12	Pamela	72	↑1	14
13	Debra	66	↓2	21
14	Sandra	64	↓2	9
15	Laurie	62	↓6	47
16	Linda	61	↓6	5
17	Michelle	61	↓2	26
18	Carol	60	↓2	33
19	Cheryl	55	–	24
20	Patricia	55	–	7
21	Cindy	53	↑8	37
22	Diane	53	↓5	31
23	Cynthia	52	↑1	10
24	Dawn	52	↓1	52
25	Teresa	52	↑7	18
26	Shelly	51	↑9	>100
27	Kelly	49	↑9	32
28	Paula	49	new	42
29	Denise	48	↓3	27
30	Sheila	48	↓3	50
31	Donna	46	↓1	6
32	Kim	46	↓4	39
33	Laura	46	↑8	16
34	Connie	43	↑4	55
35	Karla	43	new	>100
36	Kathy	43	↓15	34
37	Wendy	39	new	60
38	Kristi	38	new	>100
39	Debbie	37	↑8	41
40	Jane	36	↑10	75
41	Kathleen	36	↓1	28
42	Sherry	36	↑6	49
43	Ann	35	new	57
44	Penny	34	new	86
45	Rebecca	34	↑4	44
46	Tracy	34	–	48
47	Bonnie	32	↓2	83
48	Deborah	32	↓23	13
49	Sharon	32	↓7	19
50	Colleen	31	new	98

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Michael	251	↑1	1
2	David	249	↓1	3
3	Mark	245	–	6
4	James	215	–	4
5	John	199	↑4	2
6	Scott	198	–	12
7	Kevin	179	↑1	11
8	Robert	173	↑2	5
9	Todd	173	↓2	30
10	Steven	162	↑1	14
11	Jeffrey	159	↓6	10
12	Brian	147	–	20
13	Paul	133	–	17
14	Richard	122	↑3	8
15	Thomas	115	↓1	9
16	Timothy	107	↓1	15
17	Daniel	103	↓1	19
18	Douglas	87	↑5	28
19	Randy	86	↑1	37
20	William	86	↓2	7
21	Bradley	80	–	82
22	Bruce	75	–	43
23	Gregory	72	↓4	21
24	Gary	69	↑9	24
25	Dean	66	↑2	86
26	Ronald	64	↑11	23
27	Keith	62	↑2	33
28	Troy	61	↑21	66
29	Kenneth	60	↑11	18
30	Craig	59	↑4	51
31	Joseph	57	–	13
32	Terry	55	↓6	32
33	Larry	53	↑8	36
34	Wayne	52	↑14	63
35	Dale	50	↓11	69
36	Kelly	49	↑3	>100
37	Charles	48	↑1	16
38	Jay	46	↓13	85
39	Jon	43	↑8	84
40	Jeff	42	↓5	48
41	Joel	41	↑5	>100
42	Curtis	40	↓10	72
43	Dennis	40	↓13	39
44	Patrick	40	↓2	35
45	Rodney	37	new	76
46	Mike	36	↓2	44
47	Donald	35	↓19	25
48	Duane	35	new	>100
49	Tim	34	new	79
50	Barry	31	new	67

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