Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Dakota, 1953

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	283
2	Debra	223
3	Linda	208
4	Deborah	175
4	Susan	175
6	Karen	160
7	Barbara	155
8	Nancy	149
8	Patricia	149
10	Cynthia	144
11	Sandra	143
12	Kathleen	141
13	Carol	121
14	Cheryl	105
14	Diane	105
16	Pamela	100
17	Sharon	89
18	Donna	83
18	Rebecca	83
20	Julie	75
21	Brenda	70
22	Peggy	68
23	Judith	67
24	Jane	65
25	Kathryn	61
26	Bonnie	60
27	Elizabeth	58
28	Janet	56
29	Connie	55
30	Joan	54
31	Janice	53
31	Margaret	53
33	Gail	51
34	Vicki	50
35	Judy	49
35	Shirley	49
37	Beverly	47
38	Kathy	45
39	Marilyn	44
40	Colleen	42
41	Betty	41
42	Joyce	40
43	Wanda	38
44	Marcia	37
44	Roberta	37
44	Valerie	37
47	Jacqueline	36
48	Elaine	35
48	Gayle	35
50	Darlene	34

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	331
2	James	278
3	Michael	247
4	Robert	242
5	John	228
6	Steven	202
7	Richard	195
8	Thomas	187
9	Gary	173
10	Mark	167
11	Timothy	161
12	Donald	141
13	William	139
14	Daniel	136
15	Ronald	129
16	Douglas	126
17	Roger	121
18	Dennis	118
18	Larry	118
20	Gregory	108
21	Rodney	107
22	Bruce	104
23	Kenneth	101
24	Terry	100
25	Paul	96
26	Jeffrey	94
27	Dale	88
28	Wayne	85
29	Keith	72
30	Randy	69
31	Charles	68
32	Kevin	63
33	Gerald	62
34	Patrick	61
35	Duane	59
36	Craig	58
37	Curtis	57
37	Dean	57
39	Jerry	51
39	Scott	51
41	Bradley	50
42	Joseph	47
43	Brian	42
44	Stephen	40
45	Allen	39
45	Jerome	39
47	Raymond	36
48	Lynn	35
49	Alan	34
49	Darrell	34