Most popular boys’ names in North Dakota, 1953

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

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

Rank	Name	Babies
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
49	Dwight	34
49	Edward	34
49	Glenn	34
54	Jon	33
55	Kim	32
56	Randall	31
57	George	27
57	Gordon	27
57	Leslie	27
57	Lyle	27
57	Neil	27
62	Eugene	26
62	Kent	26
64	Carl	25
65	Lawrence	24
65	Loren	24
65	Terrance	24
68	Frank	23
68	Marvin	23
70	Anthony	22
70	Danny	22
70	Jack	22
70	Joel	22
70	Steve	22
75	Barry	21
75	Gene	21
75	Harold	21
75	Lee	21
79	Jay	20
79	Peter	20
79	Stanley	20
82	Allan	19
82	Arnold	19
82	Russell	19
82	Wesley	19
86	Daryl	18
86	Martin	18
86	Ralph	18
89	Arthur	17
89	Brad	17
89	Rick	17
89	Ricky	17
93	Harvey	16
93	Kelly	16
93	Leonard	16
93	Micheal	16
97	Francis	15
97	Ross	15
97	Vernon	15
100	Frederick	14
100	Glen	14
100	Jeffery	14
100	Myron	14