Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1965

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1965 were Lisa for girls (197 babies) and Michael for boys (225). Social Security records list 10,962 babies born in North Dakota in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1965

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, 19× the national rate
Kari: 33 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Janelle: 16 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Kristi: 41 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Karla: 33 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Jodi: 48 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Roxanne: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Jody: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lynette: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Darla: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Loren: 15 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Kent: 34 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Wade: 23 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Shane: 18 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Chad: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Darin: 41 babies, 5× the national rate
Marty: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kyle: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Bradley: 70 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Brent: 35 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	197	–	1
2	Mary	117	↑1	2
3	Julie	116	↑2	14
4	Karen	112	↑3	3
5	Susan	106	↓1	5
6	Brenda	96	–	23
7	Kimberly	95	↑2	4
8	Lori	89	↓6	19
9	Michelle	86	↑1	18
10	Dawn	74	↑25	26
11	Tammy	68	↑1	11
12	Cynthia	65	↑15	9
13	Nancy	62	↓5	32
14	Sandra	56	↑1	15
15	Barbara	51	↑1	25
16	Kim	51	↑9	43
17	Linda	51	↓3	8
18	Pamela	51	↓5	12
19	Sheila	51	↑9	50
20	Cheryl	50	↑4	31
21	Denise	49	–	28
22	Jodi	48	↑25	>100
23	Patricia	43	↓12	6
24	Cindy	42	↓4	53
25	Kristi	41	new	>100
26	Rhonda	41	–	37
27	Debra	40	↓10	27
28	Wendy	39	↑14	39
29	Donna	38	↓10	7
30	Laurie	38	↓1	60
31	Angela	37	new	10
32	Jill	37	↑14	51
33	Laura	37	↑4	17
34	Paula	37	↑7	49
35	Rebecca	37	new	41
36	Tracy	37	new	36
37	Connie	36	↑6	61
38	Deborah	36	↑12	13
39	Kelly	36	↑9	30
40	Sharon	36	↓9	22
41	Stephanie	36	new	44
42	Carla	35	new	76
43	Ann	34	↑6	59
44	Beth	34	↓4	66
45	Diane	34	↓23	40
46	Elizabeth	34	new	16
47	Melissa	34	new	38
48	Kari	33	new	>100
49	Karla	33	↓26	>100
50	Robin	33	↓20	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Michael	225	↑1	1
2	David	219	↓1	3
3	Mark	187	↑1	7
4	John	174	↑4	2
5	James	173	↓2	4
6	Scott	172	–	15
7	Todd	171	–	30
8	Robert	155	↓3	5
9	Kevin	149	↑3	13
10	Steven	145	↓1	14
11	Brian	136	–	19
12	Paul	124	↑3	16
13	Daniel	119	↑3	17
14	Jeffrey	114	↓4	10
15	Timothy	96	↑2	12
16	Thomas	89	↓3	9
17	Patrick	80	↑3	31
18	Richard	77	↓4	8
19	Bradley	70	↑2	72
20	William	68	↑4	6
21	Troy	65	↑7	53
22	Douglas	60	↓3	32
23	Dean	53	–	88
24	Gregory	53	↑1	23
25	Kenneth	52	↑5	21
26	Donald	51	↑7	26
27	Joseph	51	↑5	11
28	Keith	51	↑10	35
29	Darren	48	new	52
30	Randy	48	↓8	42
31	Charles	46	–	20
32	Gary	46	↓14	27
33	Ronald	46	↓7	24
34	Terry	46	↑1	40
35	Bruce	44	↑4	50
36	Eric	44	new	25
37	Dale	43	↓8	83
38	Curtis	42	↑2	75
39	Darin	41	new	>100
40	Rodney	39	↑3	33
41	Bryan	38	↑5	63
42	Jay	38	↓15	90
43	Dennis	37	↓6	44
44	Larry	37	–	38
45	Mike	36	↓3	51
46	Brent	35	↓10	>100
47	Shawn	35	↑3	69
48	Jon	34	↑1	78
49	Kent	34	new	>100
50	Craig	33	↓16	46

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