Most popular boys’ names in North Dakota, 1955

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

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

Rank	Name	Babies
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
51	Edward	32
51	Jerry	32
53	Gordon	31
53	Jay	31
53	Lee	31
56	Kent	30
57	Allan	29
57	Darrell	29
57	Dwight	29
57	Kelly	29
61	Danny	28
61	Joel	28
61	Russell	28
64	Lynn	27
65	Leslie	26
66	Daryl	25
66	Raymond	25
66	Terrance	25
69	Eugene	24
69	Jerome	24
71	Calvin	23
71	Gene	23
73	Anthony	22
74	Jeffery	21
74	Lyle	21
74	Micheal	21
74	Neil	21
74	Steve	21
79	Marvin	20
79	Peter	20
79	Ricky	20
82	Barry	19
82	Eric	19
82	Lawrence	19
82	Lonnie	19
82	Loren	19
82	Rick	19
88	Jack	18
88	Melvin	18
90	Carl	17
90	Harold	17
90	Kurt	17
90	Robin	17
94	Francis	16
94	Guy	16
94	Lance	16
94	Leroy	16
94	Ross	16
94	Todd	16
100	Alvin	15
100	Bryan	15
100	Leonard	15
100	Lowell	15
100	Philip	15
100	Wade	15
100	Wesley	15