Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Dakota, 1956

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	288
2	Debra	220
3	Susan	196
4	Linda	161
5	Nancy	146
6	Karen	143
7	Barbara	136
8	Cynthia	132
9	Sandra	129
10	Pamela	122
11	Diane	120
12	Patricia	107
13	Carol	106
14	Cheryl	103
15	Deborah	100
16	Kathleen	87
17	Sharon	83
18	Julie	76
18	Peggy	76
20	Donna	73
21	Connie	69
21	Kathy	69
23	Brenda	66
24	Vicki	64
25	Lori	63
26	Jane	59
26	Rebecca	59
28	Bonnie	58
29	Cindy	57
30	Joan	55
31	Denise	52
32	Janet	49
32	Judy	49
34	Janice	48
34	Sherry	48
36	Kim	46
36	Marilyn	46
38	Debbie	44
38	Elizabeth	44
40	Renee	40
41	Michelle	38
41	Sheila	38
43	Beverly	37
43	Jean	37
43	Joyce	37
46	Laurie	36
47	Gail	35
48	Shirley	34
49	Kimberly	33
50	Ann	32

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	327
2	James	252
3	Mark	235
4	Michael	227
5	Robert	214
6	Steven	208
7	John	202
8	Timothy	167
9	Richard	156
10	Kevin	152
11	Thomas	146
12	Jeffrey	136
13	Randy	131
14	Daniel	129
14	Gary	129
16	Paul	124
17	Bruce	119
18	Ronald	118
19	William	117
20	Terry	116
21	Gregory	115
22	Kenneth	101
23	Douglas	100
24	Dale	96
25	Donald	95
26	Larry	94
27	Dennis	92
28	Scott	90
29	Brian	88
30	Rodney	80
31	Keith	78
32	Roger	75
33	Wayne	71
34	Craig	70
35	Charles	63
36	Kim	59
37	Dean	57
38	Joseph	52
39	Curtis	51
40	Bradley	49
41	Duane	47
42	Allen	44
42	Joel	44
44	Randall	41
45	Jon	39
46	Gerald	35
46	Jay	35
48	Jerry	34
49	Barry	33
50	Alan	32