Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1964

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1964 were Lisa for girls (153 babies) and David for boys (257). David ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 11,783 babies born in North Dakota in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1964

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: 17 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Janelle: 17 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Darcy: 17 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Kari: 28 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Karla: 51 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Kristi: 33 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Roxanne: 24 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Jody: 29 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Lynette: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jodi: 36 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Chad: 21 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Wade: 32 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Loren: 15 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Brent: 45 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Kelly: 39 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Dean: 65 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Bradley: 69 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kent: 31 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Duane: 34 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Daryl: 19 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1964

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Lisa	153	–	1
2	Lori	138	↑1	15
3	Mary	133	↓1	2
4	Susan	132	↑2	3
5	Julie	124	↑2	17
6	Brenda	117	↓2	18
7	Karen	101	↓2	4
8	Nancy	81	↑1	26
9	Kimberly	75	↑2	6
10	Michelle	72	↑7	23
11	Patricia	71	↑9	5
12	Tammy	71	↓4	10
13	Pamela	67	↓1	11
14	Linda	62	↑2	8
15	Sandra	62	↓1	13
16	Barbara	59	↓6	19
17	Debra	59	↓4	24
18	Carol	58	–	36
19	Donna	55	↑12	7
20	Cindy	53	↑1	47
21	Denise	52	↑8	25
22	Diane	51	–	32
23	Karla	51	↑12	>100
24	Cheryl	50	↓5	29
25	Kim	49	↑7	42
26	Rhonda	49	new	43
27	Cynthia	47	↓4	9
28	Sheila	45	↑2	51
29	Laurie	44	↓14	59
30	Robin	44	new	27
31	Sharon	44	↑18	20
32	Shelly	44	↓6	>100
33	Teresa	44	↓8	21
34	Bonnie	43	↑13	89
35	Dawn	43	↓11	33
36	Jacqueline	43	new	37
37	Laura	43	↓4	14
38	Theresa	43	new	38
39	Annette	42	new	68
40	Beth	40	new	65
41	Paula	40	↓13	45
42	Wendy	39	↓5	55
43	Connie	38	↓9	64
44	Jennifer	37	new	31
45	Kathy	37	↓9	39
46	Jill	36	new	61
47	Jodi	36	new	>100
48	Kelly	36	↓21	35
49	Ann	35	↓6	60
50	Deborah	35	↓2	12

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	David	257	↑1	3
2	Michael	234	↓1	1
3	James	212	↑1	4
4	Mark	194	↓1	6
5	Robert	190	↑3	5
6	Scott	185	–	14
7	Todd	185	↑2	28
8	John	183	↓3	2
9	Steven	161	↑1	12
10	Jeffrey	153	↑1	10
11	Brian	138	↑1	20
12	Kevin	137	↓5	13
13	Thomas	114	↑2	9
14	Richard	108	–	8
15	Paul	104	↓2	16
16	Daniel	103	↑1	19
17	Timothy	88	↓1	15
18	Gary	73	↑6	26
19	Douglas	72	↓1	31
20	Patrick	72	↑24	30
21	Bradley	69	–	77
22	Randy	69	↓3	38
23	Dean	65	↑2	85
24	William	61	↓4	7
25	Gregory	55	↓2	22
26	Ronald	55	–	24
27	Jay	54	↑11	84
28	Troy	53	–	57
29	Dale	52	↑6	72
30	Kenneth	51	↓1	18
31	Charles	49	↑6	17
32	Joseph	49	↓1	11
33	Donald	48	↑14	25
34	Craig	47	↓4	48
35	Terry	47	↓3	35
36	Brent	45	new	>100
37	Dennis	44	↑6	42
38	Keith	42	↓11	34
39	Bruce	40	↓17	46
40	Curtis	40	↑2	75
41	Kelly	39	↓5	>100
42	Mike	39	↑4	47
43	Rodney	39	↑2	59
44	Larry	36	↓11	36
45	Wayne	36	↓11	61
46	Bryan	35	new	70
47	Jeff	35	↓7	52
48	Duane	34	–	>100
49	Jon	34	↓10	79
50	Shawn	33	new	88

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