Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Dakota, 1957

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	248
2	Cynthia	187
3	Susan	183
4	Debra	174
5	Nancy	138
6	Karen	135
7	Linda	132
8	Cheryl	113
9	Julie	110
10	Cindy	108
11	Barbara	104
11	Pamela	104
13	Patricia	103
14	Brenda	96
15	Diane	87
15	Lori	87
17	Carol	84
17	Kathleen	84
19	Deborah	82
19	Kathy	82
21	Sandra	79
22	Connie	73
22	Sharon	73
24	Bonnie	71
25	Debbie	67
26	Kim	66
27	Rebecca	65
28	Donna	62
29	Judy	58
30	Jane	55
31	Joan	52
32	Laurie	48
32	Sheila	48
34	Janet	47
34	Peggy	47
36	Denise	46
36	Kimberly	46
38	Janice	45
39	Rhonda	44
39	Vicki	44
41	Rita	43
42	Gail	42
42	Wanda	42
44	Elizabeth	41
45	Beverly	38
45	Paula	38
47	Betty	37
48	Margaret	35
49	Ann	34
49	Colleen	34

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	311
2	Mark	253
3	James	239
4	Robert	238
5	Steven	227
6	Michael	225
7	John	202
8	Kevin	164
9	Thomas	148
10	Timothy	144
11	Richard	141
12	Jeffrey	140
13	Daniel	135
14	Randy	129
15	Gary	124
15	Paul	124
17	Donald	107
18	Bruce	106
19	Larry	103
20	Douglas	100
21	Gregory	99
22	Scott	98
23	William	93
24	Dean	89
25	Brian	88
26	Kenneth	87
26	Terry	87
28	Keith	86
29	Ronald	78
30	Dale	76
31	Rodney	73
32	Dennis	69
33	Charles	67
34	Craig	64
35	Wayne	62
36	Roger	61
37	Bradley	60
38	Curtis	51
39	Kim	50
40	Patrick	47
41	Jay	44
42	Kent	42
43	Jerry	41
44	Duane	40
44	Randall	40
46	Peter	38
47	Steve	37
48	Allen	36
49	Gerald	35
49	Ricky	35