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Baby names in North Dakota in the 1960s

In North Dakota in the 1960s the most given names were Michael (2,414 boys) and Lisa (1,503 girls), of 113,576 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in North Dakota each year, the 1960s shaded
North Dakota births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101930195019701990201020251960-1969BoysGirls
North Dakota births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101930195019701990201020251960-1969BoysGirls
North Dakota births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101930195019701990201020251960-1969BoysGirls
North Dakota births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101950199020251960-1969BoysGirls

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

North Dakota, 1960-1969: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in North Dakota, 1960s

Girls, 1960-1969
#NameBirths
1Lisa1,503
2Mary1,241
3Lori1,204
4Julie1,117
5Susan1,085
6Brenda1,050
7Karen965
8Michelle952
9Kimberly800
10Nancy752
11Tammy706
12Pamela642
13Linda636
14Sandra604
15Patricia568
16Dawn562
17Debra528
18Barbara525
19Laurie521
20Cynthia499
Boys, 1960-1969
#NameBirths
1Michael2,414
2David2,366
3Mark1,894
4James1,759
5John1,666
6Scott1,656
7Robert1,645
8Todd1,484
9Kevin1,444
10Steven1,443
11Jeffrey1,424
12Brian1,290
13Paul1,068
14Timothy1,057
15Daniel994
16Richard986
17Thomas979
18William716
19Bradley683
20Douglas653

Births summed over 1960-1969, per sex.

The names most over-represented in North Dakota in the 1960s

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, 1960-1969.

More about names in North Dakota

  1. The 1960s 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 1970sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1960The 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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