Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Dakota, 1936

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Shirley	278
2	Mary	236
3	Betty	129
4	Carol	123
5	Janice	122
6	Marlene	121
7	Darlene	114
8	Donna	110
9	Patricia	106
10	Beverly	93
11	Marilyn	91
12	Joyce	90
13	Barbara	88
14	Joan	84
15	Dorothy	78
16	Lois	77
17	Delores	72
18	Jean	70
19	Arlene	65
19	Phyllis	65
21	Helen	64
21	Joanne	64
23	Margaret	63
24	Doris	61
25	Irene	57
26	Elaine	56
27	Ruth	54
28	Yvonne	50
29	Audrey	49
30	Sharon	48
30	Virginia	48
32	Alice	47
33	Gloria	45
33	Lorraine	45
35	Janet	44
36	Eileen	43
36	Evelyn	43
36	Joann	43
36	Marlys	43
40	Marjorie	42
41	Frances	38
42	Karen	35
42	Loretta	35
44	Rose	34
45	Bonnie	33
46	Elizabeth	32
47	Marion	31
48	Bernice	30
49	Florence	29
49	Nancy	29

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	302
2	James	283
3	Donald	218
4	Richard	206
5	John	186
6	Ronald	127
6	William	127
8	Kenneth	123
9	David	101
10	Roger	94
11	Charles	93
12	Duane	88
13	Gary	84
13	Gerald	84
15	Dennis	81
16	Raymond	80
17	George	79
18	Larry	70
19	Marvin	66
20	Eugene	65
21	Dale	63
21	Thomas	63
23	Leroy	61
23	Wayne	61
25	Gordon	56
26	Harold	55
27	Edward	49
27	Jerry	49
27	Paul	49
30	Joseph	47
31	Leonard	45
32	Francis	42
32	Jerome	42
32	Leo	42
32	Norman	42
36	Frank	40
37	Vernon	39
38	Alvin	38
39	Curtis	37
39	Jack	37
41	Rodney	34
42	Clarence	33
42	Lawrence	33
44	Lyle	32
45	Albert	31
45	Bruce	31
47	Lloyd	30
47	Melvin	30
49	Arthur	29
49	Stanley	29