Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Dakota, 1940

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	230
2	Sharon	209
3	Carol	148
3	Janice	148
5	Patricia	134
6	Shirley	124
7	Karen	107
8	Judith	100
9	Sandra	95
10	Betty	93
11	Darlene	83
12	Barbara	81
12	Donna	81
12	Dorothy	81
15	Beverly	77
16	Margaret	75
17	Judy	71
18	Joyce	70
19	Gloria	65
19	Linda	65
21	Janet	59
21	Marilyn	59
23	Diane	58
23	Marlene	58
25	Bonnie	54
25	Joan	54
27	Kathleen	52
28	Elaine	51
28	Lois	51
30	Arlene	50
31	Doris	48
31	Virginia	48
33	Kay	46
34	Alice	45
35	Delores	44
35	Phyllis	44
37	Myrna	42
38	Marlys	39
39	Marjorie	38
40	Jean	36
40	Joann	36
42	Geraldine	35
43	Carole	33
43	Helen	33
43	Jeanette	33
43	Joanne	33
43	Loretta	33
43	Nancy	33
43	Ruth	33
50	Ann	31

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	242
2	James	223
3	Richard	213
4	John	196
5	Gary	190
6	David	186
7	Donald	185
8	Dennis	166
9	Larry	153
10	Kenneth	133
11	Gerald	127
12	Ronald	125
12	William	125
14	Roger	92
15	Charles	91
16	Jerry	78
17	Paul	72
18	Dale	69
19	Wayne	64
20	Raymond	63
21	Duane	62
21	Jerome	62
23	Thomas	61
24	Michael	59
25	Marvin	56
26	George	53
27	Leroy	51
28	Joseph	50
29	Eugene	48
30	Bruce	42
31	Edward	39
32	Lyle	38
32	Vernon	38
34	Daniel	37
34	Leonard	37
34	Rodney	37
37	Gordon	36
38	Allen	33
38	Douglas	33
40	Arthur	32
40	Harold	32
42	Lawrence	31
43	Jack	30
44	Gene	28
44	Glenn	28
44	Norman	28
47	Frank	26
47	Lloyd	26
47	Melvin	26
47	Patrick	26