Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Dakota, 1939

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	199
2	Janice	164
3	Carol	131
3	Patricia	131
5	Sharon	129
6	Shirley	109
7	Betty	105
8	Darlene	101
9	Beverly	88
10	Donna	85
11	Barbara	83
12	Judith	81
12	Marlene	81
14	Marilyn	77
15	Margaret	76
16	Joyce	66
17	Karen	64
18	Dorothy	61
19	Helen	57
19	Joann	57
21	Jean	55
21	Lois	55
23	Joan	54
24	Joanne	53
25	Marlys	52
25	Phyllis	52
27	Gloria	49
28	Judy	48
29	Elaine	47
29	Janet	47
31	Delores	44
32	Bonnie	43
33	Arlene	41
33	Eileen	41
33	Jeanette	41
33	Nancy	41
37	Linda	40
37	Sandra	40
39	Kathleen	38
39	Ruth	38
41	Audrey	36
41	Irene	36
41	Rose	36
44	Carole	35
44	Lorraine	35
44	Mavis	35
47	Doris	34
47	Myrna	34
47	Virginia	34
50	Alice	33

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	250
2	Robert	247
3	Donald	216
4	Richard	213
5	John	169
6	David	146
7	Gary	141
8	Larry	138
9	Ronald	129
10	Gerald	120
11	Dennis	119
12	William	106
13	Roger	101
14	Kenneth	99
15	Charles	95
16	Duane	84
17	Raymond	71
18	Dale	70
19	Paul	66
20	Jerry	65
21	Wayne	63
22	Thomas	60
23	Eugene	58
24	Marvin	56
25	George	55
26	Jerome	53
27	Edward	46
28	Curtis	44
29	Joseph	43
30	Leroy	42
31	Allen	41
32	Michael	40
33	Daniel	38
33	Harold	38
35	Gordon	36
35	Vernon	36
37	Leo	35
37	Lyle	35
39	Melvin	34
40	Albert	33
40	Norman	33
40	Rodney	33
43	Dean	31
43	Leonard	31
45	Gene	30
45	Lloyd	30
47	Douglas	29
47	Myron	29
49	Allan	28
49	Patrick	28