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Baby names in North Dakota in the 1950s

In North Dakota in the 1950s the most given names were David (3,212 boys) and Mary (2,592 girls), of 143,936 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in North Dakota each year, the 1950s shaded
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North Dakota births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101930195019701990201020251950-1959BoysGirls
North Dakota births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101930195019701990201020251950-1959BoysGirls
North Dakota births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101950199020251950-1959BoysGirls

Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

North Dakota, 1950-1959: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in North Dakota, 1950s

Girls, 1950-1959
#NameBirths
1Mary2,592
2Linda2,030
3Susan1,894
4Debra1,610
5Karen1,548
6Nancy1,394
7Barbara1,388
8Patricia1,304
9Sandra1,302
10Deborah1,300
11Cynthia1,274
12Kathleen1,175
13Carol1,150
14Pamela1,124
15Diane1,064
16Cheryl955
17Julie859
18Sharon843
19Donna775
20Brenda762
Boys, 1950-1959
#NameBirths
1David3,212
2James2,620
3Robert2,484
4Michael2,469
5Mark2,070
6John2,054
7Steven1,925
8Richard1,806
9Thomas1,583
10Gary1,537
11Timothy1,517
12Ronald1,255
13Donald1,187
14Larry1,180
15William1,166
16Douglas1,162
17Daniel1,149
18Jeffrey1,108
19Paul1,106
20Bruce1,096

Births summed over 1950-1959, per sex.

The names most over-represented in North Dakota in the 1950s

Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).

Girls

Boys

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1950-1959.

More about names in North Dakota

  1. The 1950s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
  2. North Dakota: 2025 and every year since 1910The state’s top names now and its number ones by year.
  3. North Dakota in the 1960sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1950The first year of the decade, nationally.
  5. Every state’s most given namesEach state since 1910.
  6. Look up any nameIts rank, births since 1880 and the people alive with it.

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