Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Dakota, 1951

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	313
2	Mary	250
3	Susan	209
4	Patricia	186
5	Deborah	179
6	Kathleen	169
7	Karen	168
8	Sandra	158
9	Barbara	148
10	Carol	145
11	Diane	129
12	Pamela	121
13	Nancy	119
14	Debra	104
15	Sharon	103
16	Donna	101
17	Bonnie	89
18	Cheryl	88
19	Margaret	85
20	Cynthia	84
21	Connie	75
22	Judy	71
23	Judith	68
23	Shirley	68
25	Janice	66
26	Beverly	63
26	Peggy	63
28	Betty	61
28	Joyce	61
30	Jane	57
31	Gail	56
31	Rebecca	56
33	Janet	53
34	Brenda	51
34	Vicki	51
36	Darlene	49
37	Joan	48
37	Marilyn	48
39	Gloria	47
39	Kathryn	47
39	Paulette	47
42	Jacqueline	45
43	Jean	43
44	Colleen	41
45	Elizabeth	40
45	Rita	40
47	Joann	39
47	Kathy	39
49	Julie	37
50	Lois	35

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	319
2	James	315
3	Robert	299
4	Michael	262
5	Richard	230
5	Thomas	230
7	John	216
8	Gary	201
9	Steven	183
10	Dennis	159
11	Mark	156
12	Ronald	153
13	Kenneth	151
14	Larry	147
15	William	136
16	Donald	135
17	Douglas	134
18	Timothy	130
19	Gregory	121
20	Bruce	115
21	Roger	109
22	Daniel	105
23	Paul	92
24	Wayne	91
25	Rodney	86
26	Charles	83
27	Keith	80
28	Terry	78
29	Gerald	77
30	Dale	76
31	Duane	66
32	Dean	63
33	Jerry	57
33	Patrick	57
35	Craig	54
36	Allen	50
37	Stephen	49
38	Jeffrey	48
39	Joseph	47
40	Eugene	46
41	Alan	45
41	Randy	45
43	Curtis	44
44	Kevin	42
45	Edward	41
46	George	37
46	Raymond	37
48	Scott	36
49	Jerome	35
50	Darrell	31