Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Dakota, 1938

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	204
2	Janice	170
3	Shirley	153
4	Carol	135
5	Betty	122
6	Sharon	119
7	Patricia	112
8	Beverly	106
9	Barbara	104
10	Darlene	96
11	Donna	86
12	Margaret	85
13	Marlene	82
14	Karen	78
15	Joyce	69
16	Arlene	68
17	Delores	67
18	Marilyn	66
19	Janet	63
20	Phyllis	62
21	Jean	58
22	Dorothy	56
22	Helen	56
22	Judith	56
25	Lois	55
26	Elaine	53
27	Joann	52
28	Joan	51
29	Alice	50
29	Marlys	50
31	Gloria	47
31	Virginia	47
33	Audrey	44
33	Doris	44
35	Joanne	40
36	Bonnie	39
36	Loretta	39
38	Irene	38
38	Ruth	38
40	Eileen	37
40	Yvonne	37
42	Rose	35
43	Frances	34
44	Lorraine	33
45	Marjorie	32
46	Carolyn	30
46	Kathleen	30
46	Mavis	30
49	Diane	29
50	Anna	27

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	280
2	James	249
3	Donald	231
4	Richard	196
5	John	179
6	Ronald	124
7	David	121
8	Gary	118
9	William	107
10	Gerald	106
10	Kenneth	106
12	Dennis	95
12	Larry	95
14	Charles	88
15	Roger	76
16	Duane	74
17	Thomas	70
18	Raymond	66
19	Dale	62
20	Paul	58
21	Wayne	56
22	Eugene	55
23	George	54
23	Jerry	54
23	Marvin	54
26	Jerome	48
27	Gordon	46
28	Daniel	43
28	Edward	43
30	Leroy	41
31	Douglas	35
31	Jack	35
31	Joseph	35
31	Lawrence	35
35	Bruce	33
35	Harold	33
37	Allen	32
37	Clarence	32
37	Norman	32
37	Ralph	32
41	Curtis	31
41	Gene	31
41	Myron	31
44	Leo	30
44	Michael	30
46	Darrell	29
46	Melvin	29
46	Vernon	29
49	Leonard	28
50	Allan	27