Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Dakota, 1954

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	269
2	Debra	226
3	Susan	202
4	Linda	197
5	Deborah	185
6	Karen	183
7	Cynthia	180
8	Sandra	147
9	Patricia	145
10	Nancy	144
10	Pamela	144
12	Barbara	137
13	Kathleen	118
14	Diane	115
15	Carol	107
16	Sharon	86
17	Connie	84
18	Cheryl	78
19	Julie	77
20	Rebecca	75
21	Bonnie	74
22	Donna	72
23	Brenda	71
24	Marilyn	66
25	Vicki	65
26	Jane	63
27	Peggy	61
28	Beverly	60
29	Margaret	55
30	Kathryn	54
31	Denise	53
31	Elizabeth	53
33	Colleen	52
34	Gail	50
34	Janet	50
34	Joan	50
37	Janice	49
37	Jean	49
39	Wanda	46
40	Judy	45
41	Judith	42
41	Kathy	42
41	Shirley	42
44	Rita	40
44	Sheila	40
46	Renee	36
47	Darlene	35
47	Joyce	35
47	Paula	35
47	Sherry	35

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	329
2	Michael	288
3	James	266
4	Robert	255
5	John	229
6	Steven	215
7	Mark	210
8	Richard	193
9	Thomas	177
10	Gary	165
11	Timothy	149
12	Ronald	142
13	Daniel	137
14	William	131
15	Paul	130
16	Douglas	121
17	Larry	120
18	Donald	113
18	Jeffrey	113
20	Bruce	112
21	Gregory	106
21	Terry	106
23	Kenneth	101
24	Wayne	100
25	Dale	96
26	Dennis	88
26	Rodney	88
28	Kevin	85
28	Roger	85
30	Randy	84
31	Scott	80
32	Duane	76
33	Charles	75
34	Dean	72
35	Craig	68
36	Gerald	63
37	Bradley	56
38	Curtis	55
38	Keith	55
40	Patrick	50
41	Jerome	47
42	Joseph	44
42	Kim	44
44	Allen	42
45	Jerry	41
46	Brian	40
46	Randall	40
48	Edward	39
49	Alan	37
50	Peter	36