Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1966

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1966 were Lisa for girls (199 babies) and Michael for boys (245). Social Security records list 10,067 babies born in North Dakota in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1966

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: 15 babies, 19× the national rate
Leann: 18 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Karla: 41 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Kari: 19 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Kristi: 33 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Jodi: 44 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Darla: 19 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Shelly: 38 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Joan: 26 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Shari: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Wade: 34 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Chad: 52 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Darin: 40 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Jamie: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kent: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Bradley: 57 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dean: 49 babies, 4× the national rate
Jay: 44 babies, 4× the national rate
Shane: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Daryl: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	199	–	1
2	Michelle	121	↑7	4
3	Lori	110	↑5	21
4	Julie	107	↓1	13
5	Kimberly	101	↑2	2
6	Mary	94	↓4	3
7	Karen	81	↓3	5
8	Brenda	77	↓2	25
9	Susan	75	↓4	6
10	Tammy	71	↑1	8
11	Patricia	64	↑12	7
12	Dawn	63	↓2	24
13	Nancy	60	–	33
14	Denise	59	↑7	32
15	Michele	58	new	36
16	Melissa	53	↑31	22
17	Jennifer	50	new	10
18	Pamela	48	–	15
19	Rhonda	47	↑7	39
20	Barbara	46	↓5	27
21	Sheila	46	↓2	51
22	Tracy	46	↑14	31
23	Cynthia	44	↓11	11
24	Diane	44	↑21	45
25	Jodi	44	↓3	>100
26	Sandra	44	↓12	17
27	Amy	42	new	30
28	Karla	41	↑21	>100
29	Linda	41	↓12	18
30	Donna	39	↓1	12
31	Jill	39	↑1	49
32	Kelly	38	↑7	26
33	Paula	38	↑1	50
34	Shelly	38	new	89
35	Laura	37	↓2	19
36	Laurie	37	↓6	63
37	Connie	36	–	70
38	Debra	36	↓11	35
39	Stephanie	36	↑2	38
40	Angela	35	↓9	9
41	Cheryl	34	↓21	34
42	Deborah	34	↓4	14
43	Rebecca	34	↓8	40
44	Cindy	33	↓20	56
45	Kristi	33	↓20	>100
46	Teresa	33	new	29
47	Kim	31	↓31	43
48	Carol	29	new	48
49	Christine	29	new	20
50	Kathleen	29	new	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Michael	245	–	1
2	David	206	–	2
3	John	173	↑1	4
4	Todd	156	↑3	29
5	James	155	–	3
6	Scott	153	–	16
7	Robert	152	↑1	5
8	Mark	148	↓5	7
9	Steven	134	↑1	13
10	Jeffrey	124	↑4	9
11	Brian	122	–	14
12	Kevin	121	↓3	17
13	Paul	117	↓1	18
14	Timothy	114	↑1	11
15	Richard	102	↑3	8
16	Daniel	100	↓3	19
17	Thomas	84	↓1	10
18	Troy	66	↑3	48
19	William	58	↑1	6
20	Bradley	57	↓1	68
21	Christopher	53	new	12
22	Chad	52	new	>100
23	Keith	52	↑5	32
24	Dean	49	↓1	84
25	Patrick	48	↓8	31
26	Douglas	46	↓4	33
27	Craig	44	↑23	46
28	Jay	44	↑14	91
29	Rodney	44	↑11	35
30	Wayne	43	new	59
31	Randy	42	↓1	45
32	Shawn	42	↑15	54
33	Darin	40	↑6	>100
34	Joseph	40	↓7	15
35	Terry	40	↓1	40
36	Donald	39	↓10	27
37	Kenneth	39	↓12	21
38	Ronald	38	↓5	24
39	Bruce	37	↓4	53
40	Gary	37	↓8	28
41	Jon	37	↑7	76
42	Jason	36	new	89
43	Peter	36	new	39
44	Eric	35	↓8	25
45	Gregory	35	↓21	23
46	Curtis	34	↓8	75
47	Wade	34	new	>100
48	Bryan	32	↓7	52
49	Charles	31	↓18	20
50	Dennis	31	↓7	44

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