Name Legacy

Baby names in North Dakota, 1960s

1960–1969 · 113,602 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in North Dakota across the 1960s, with 2,414 births in the decade. The state recorded 113,602 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to North Dakota in the 1960s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Marlys3919×
Renae16314×
Janel56
Janelle155
Kari287
Darcy152
Blaine92
Monte118

Top 25 in the 1960s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael2,414
#2David2,366
#3Mark1,894
#4James1,759
#5John1,666
#6Scott1,656
#7Robert1,645
#8Lisa1,503
#9Todd1,484
#10Kevin1,444
#11Steven1,443
#12Jeffrey1,424
#13Brian1,290
#14Mary1,241
#15Lori1,204
#16Julie1,117
#17Susan1,085
#18Paul1,068
#19Timothy1,057
#20Brenda1,050
#21Daniel994
#22Richard986
#23Thomas979
#24Karen965
#25Michelle952

Other decades in North Dakota

All North Dakota names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org