Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Dakota, 1950

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	336
2	Mary	290
3	Kathleen	191
4	Sandra	186
5	Susan	182
6	Carol	174
7	Karen	162
8	Barbara	161
8	Patricia	161
10	Deborah	133
11	Diane	127
12	Sharon	122
13	Cheryl	120
14	Donna	115
15	Nancy	110
16	Janice	95
17	Judith	88
18	Bonnie	83
19	Judy	82
20	Shirley	81
21	Cynthia	78
22	Pamela	74
23	Margaret	71
24	Connie	68
25	Jane	65
26	Joan	64
27	Peggy	63
28	Marilyn	59
28	Vicki	59
30	Beverly	57
31	Betty	56
32	Debra	54
33	Janet	52
33	Rebecca	52
35	Brenda	51
36	Gloria	48
36	Kathryn	48
38	Rita	46
39	Constance	44
40	Jean	43
40	Kathy	43
42	Darlene	42
43	Charlotte	38
43	Colleen	38
45	Elizabeth	37
45	Marlene	37
45	Renee	37
48	Katherine	36
49	Dorothy	35
49	Gail	35

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	298
2	Robert	290
3	James	283
4	Richard	232
5	John	225
5	Michael	225
7	Larry	198
8	Gary	191
9	Donald	182
10	Ronald	180
11	Thomas	168
12	Dennis	156
13	Steven	149
14	William	137
15	Mark	134
16	Kenneth	125
17	Douglas	121
18	Bruce	108
18	Roger	108
20	Timothy	104
21	Gerald	103
22	Charles	101
23	Terry	95
24	Dale	94
24	Daniel	94
26	Wayne	91
27	Paul	78
28	Duane	74
29	Gregory	72
30	Rodney	69
31	Jerry	62
31	Keith	62
33	Jerome	55
34	Joseph	53
35	Curtis	47
35	Dean	47
37	Patrick	46
38	Stephen	45
39	Alan	41
39	Allen	41
39	Raymond	41
42	Brian	39
42	George	39
42	Jeffrey	39
45	Eugene	38
45	Marvin	38
47	Bradley	37
47	Craig	37
49	Darrell	36
50	Lawrence	35