Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Dakota, 1955

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	246
2	Susan	206
3	Debra	198
4	Nancy	160
5	Karen	158
6	Barbara	151
7	Linda	149
8	Cynthia	146
9	Patricia	137
10	Sandra	132
11	Pamela	130
12	Deborah	122
13	Kathleen	116
14	Carol	109
15	Diane	103
16	Connie	85
17	Cheryl	78
18	Brenda	77
19	Julie	69
20	Sharon	67
21	Bonnie	66
22	Donna	65
23	Janet	62
23	Peggy	62
25	Vicki	59
26	Jane	58
26	Kathy	58
26	Marilyn	58
29	Rebecca	55
30	Laurie	53
31	Beverly	51
31	Joyce	51
31	Lori	51
34	Joan	49
35	Cindy	47
36	Janice	46
36	Sherry	46
38	Denise	45
38	Gail	45
38	Judy	45
41	Elizabeth	43
41	Kathryn	43
43	Rita	42
44	Renee	40
45	Jean	39
45	Lynn	39
47	Debbie	37
47	Paula	37
47	Sheila	37
50	Teresa	36

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	325
2	Michael	294
3	James	262
4	Robert	228
5	Mark	217
6	Steven	208
7	Timothy	185
8	John	178
9	Richard	174
10	Gary	151
11	Thomas	142
12	Jeffrey	136
13	Paul	132
14	Bruce	131
15	Randy	127
16	Douglas	125
17	Ronald	124
18	Kenneth	118
19	Gregory	114
19	Kevin	114
21	Donald	112
21	William	112
23	Daniel	100
24	Larry	99
25	Dennis	97
26	Dale	95
27	Rodney	89
28	Roger	87
28	Terry	87
30	Craig	77
31	Wayne	72
32	Brian	70
32	Keith	70
34	Bradley	65
34	Scott	65
36	Dean	64
37	Charles	63
38	Duane	53
39	Kim	51
40	Gerald	50
41	Patrick	48
42	Alan	44
43	Joseph	43
44	Curtis	41
45	Jon	40
46	Randall	39
47	Allen	37
47	Stephen	37
49	George	33
49	Glenn	33