Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Dakota, 1952

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	284
2	Mary	270
3	Deborah	196
4	Susan	172
5	Barbara	170
6	Patricia	160
7	Nancy	159
8	Debra	155
8	Sandra	155
10	Kathleen	147
11	Karen	146
12	Carol	137
13	Pamela	109
14	Diane	108
15	Sharon	103
16	Cynthia	98
17	Cheryl	89
18	Donna	80
19	Peggy	76
20	Judith	71
21	Judy	70
22	Connie	67
23	Janice	65
24	Brenda	64
25	Beverly	61
25	Jane	61
25	Margaret	61
28	Bonnie	60
29	Rebecca	59
30	Vicki	56
31	Kathryn	55
32	Janet	53
32	Julie	53
34	Joan	49
34	Wanda	49
36	Elizabeth	48
37	Renee	47
38	Marilyn	46
39	Betty	45
39	Shirley	45
41	Jean	44
41	Joyce	44
41	Kathy	44
44	Colleen	43
45	Sheila	42
46	Gail	41
46	Gloria	41
48	Darlene	39
48	Paulette	39
50	Ann	37

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	344
2	Robert	303
3	James	276
4	John	237
5	Michael	224
6	Richard	199
7	Gary	191
8	Steven	185
9	Thomas	177
10	Mark	168
11	Dennis	153
11	Ronald	153
13	Donald	146
13	Kenneth	146
15	Timothy	143
16	Larry	135
17	Douglas	132
18	Gregory	121
19	Daniel	115
20	William	113
21	Bruce	110
22	Terry	102
23	Dale	99
24	Paul	95
25	Wayne	94
26	Roger	93
27	Charles	88
28	Rodney	79
29	Keith	78
30	Duane	76
30	Gerald	76
32	Jeffrey	75
33	Jerry	64
34	Randy	59
35	Curtis	57
36	Kevin	52
37	Dean	51
38	Stephen	50
39	Joseph	47
40	Brian	46
41	Allen	45
42	Jerome	41
42	Scott	41
44	Alan	40
44	Craig	40
44	Randall	40
47	Patrick	38
48	Edward	37
48	Raymond	37
48	Russell	37