Most popular boys’ names in North Dakota, 1956

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

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

Rank	Name	Babies
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
50	Peter	32
52	Kent	31
53	Edward	30
53	Kelly	30
53	Ricky	30
56	Stephen	29
57	Lynn	28
58	Jeffery	27
59	Lawrence	26
59	Marvin	26
59	Terrance	26
62	Anthony	25
62	Danny	25
62	Jerome	25
65	Leslie	24
65	Loren	24
65	Myron	24
68	Darrell	23
68	Daryl	23
68	Glenn	23
68	Patrick	23
68	Steve	23
73	Eugene	22
73	Lyle	22
73	Neil	22
76	Dwight	21
76	Kurt	21
76	Lee	21
76	Raymond	21
76	Russell	21
76	Tom	21
82	George	20
82	Todd	20
84	Micheal	19
84	Rick	19
86	Allan	18
86	Bryan	18
86	Jeff	18
86	Robin	18
86	Ross	18
91	Gordon	17
91	Guy	17
91	Jack	17
91	Neal	17
91	Perry	17
96	Dan	16
96	Kirk	16
96	Philip	16
99	Mike	15
99	Vernon	15