Most popular boys’ names in North Dakota, 1959

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	311
2	Mark	275
3	Michael	247
4	James	226
5	Robert	210
6	Kevin	190
7	Timothy	187
8	John	176
9	Steven	169
10	Scott	168
11	Jeffrey	163
12	Richard	131
13	Randy	124
14	Brian	123
15	Paul	106
16	Thomas	103
17	Daniel	101
18	Gary	98
19	William	95
20	Ronald	94
21	Bruce	90
22	Donald	88
23	Douglas	87
24	Gregory	86
25	Larry	84

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Terry	79
27	Bradley	73
28	Todd	72
29	Keith	71
30	Dean	70
31	Dale	69
32	Kenneth	64
33	Craig	63
33	Rodney	63
35	Wayne	62
36	Dennis	58
36	Patrick	58
38	Curtis	55
38	Jeff	55
40	Mike	53
41	Jay	51
41	Jerry	51
41	Joseph	51
44	Roger	50
44	Steve	50
44	Tim	50
47	Charles	48
48	Kelly	45
48	Ricky	45
50	Alan	43
50	Gerald	43
52	Duane	42
53	Joel	41
54	Tom	38
55	Bryan	37
56	Eric	36
56	Randall	36
58	Russell	35
59	Greg	34
60	Perry	32
60	Rick	32
62	Peter	30
62	Wade	30
64	Kent	29
65	Lee	28
66	Allen	27
66	Kurt	27
68	Jon	26
69	Brent	25
69	Frank	25
71	Danny	24
72	Barry	23
72	Eugene	23
72	Jeffery	23
72	Stephen	23
76	George	22
76	Jim	22
78	Loren	21
78	Micheal	21
80	Darrell	20
80	Edward	20
80	Gordon	20
80	Mitchell	20
80	Randal	20
85	Dan	19
85	Kirk	19
85	Leslie	19
88	Jerome	18
88	Robin	18
90	Brad	17
90	Gene	17
90	Glenn	17
90	Jack	17
90	Lawrence	17
90	Lyle	17
90	Neil	17
97	Anthony	16
97	Kim	16
97	Lynn	16
97	Monte	16
97	Neal	16
97	Ross	16