Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Dakota, 1942

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	228
2	Carol	186
3	Sharon	181
4	Karen	170
5	Judith	126
6	Patricia	114
7	Janice	113
7	Sandra	113
9	Betty	102
10	Linda	99
11	Judy	97
12	Shirley	95
13	Barbara	89
14	Bonnie	88
15	Kathleen	72
15	Marilyn	72
17	Margaret	71
18	Donna	70
19	Darlene	69
20	Janet	66
21	Joyce	65
22	Diane	64
23	Marlene	62
24	Joan	61
25	Beverly	58
26	Dorothy	56
27	Carolyn	51
28	Lois	49
28	Virginia	49
30	Jean	47
31	Carole	45
31	Joanne	45
33	Gloria	44
33	Nancy	44
33	Phyllis	44
36	Connie	43
37	Elaine	41
37	Elizabeth	41
39	Joann	40
40	Arlene	37
40	Marlys	37
40	Ruth	37
43	Helen	35
43	Jeanette	35
43	Rita	35
46	Alice	33
46	Susan	33
48	Doris	31
48	Geraldine	31
50	Ann	29

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	278
2	Robert	255
3	Richard	223
4	Gary	207
5	Dennis	194
6	John	193
7	David	185
8	Ronald	184
9	Larry	176
10	Donald	164
11	Roger	125
12	William	124
13	Gerald	113
13	Kenneth	113
15	Charles	82
16	Thomas	81
17	Duane	72
18	Jerry	66
19	Douglas	64
19	Michael	64
19	Raymond	64
22	Paul	63
23	George	58
24	Harold	53
25	Joseph	52
25	Wayne	52
27	Bruce	45
28	Edward	44
28	Jerome	44
30	Dale	43
31	Lyle	42
32	Daniel	40
32	Eugene	40
32	Leroy	40
32	Marvin	40
36	Norman	38
37	Curtis	37
38	Terry	36
39	Allen	35
39	Leonard	35
41	Lawrence	32
41	Vernon	32
43	Gordon	30
43	Melvin	30
43	Rodney	30
46	Clarence	29
46	Howard	29
48	Darrell	28
48	Francis	28
48	Stanley	28