Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Dakota, 1944

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	256
2	Carol	212
3	Linda	200
4	Karen	198
5	Sharon	191
6	Sandra	129
7	Patricia	121
8	Judith	120
9	Judy	110
10	Janice	108
11	Diane	102
12	Shirley	96
13	Betty	93
14	Barbara	89
15	Kathleen	83
16	Marilyn	75
17	Cheryl	67
18	Donna	63
19	Joyce	60
20	Bonnie	59
20	Darlene	59
20	Nancy	59
23	Susan	57
24	Janet	55
25	Joan	54
26	Margaret	51
27	Carolyn	50
28	Marlene	49
29	Lois	46
30	Dorothy	44
30	Phyllis	44
32	Beverly	43
33	Connie	41
33	Gloria	41
33	Jean	41
33	Virginia	41
37	Elaine	40
38	Kay	38
39	Alice	36
40	Joanne	35
41	Elizabeth	34
42	Charlotte	33
42	Joann	33
44	Doris	32
45	Dianne	31
45	Eileen	31
45	Ruth	31
48	Jane	29
48	Marlys	29
48	Rita	29

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	315
2	Robert	267
3	Gary	246
4	David	220
5	Richard	212
6	John	197
7	Dennis	173
8	Ronald	166
9	Larry	161
10	Donald	147
11	Kenneth	139
12	Thomas	110
13	Gerald	108
14	William	101
15	Roger	99
16	Charles	83
17	Duane	81
18	Michael	78
19	Jerry	66
20	Wayne	63
21	Paul	58
22	Raymond	55
23	Douglas	52
24	Marvin	50
25	Eugene	48
26	Dale	46
27	Bruce	45
27	Harold	45
29	Edward	44
29	Jerome	44
29	Joseph	44
32	Daniel	43
32	Leroy	43
34	George	41
35	Curtis	38
36	Gordon	36
37	Keith	35
38	Rodney	34
39	Gene	33
39	Terry	33
41	Arthur	32
42	Dwight	30
43	Dean	27
43	Myron	27
45	Allen	26
45	Clarence	26
45	Darrell	26
45	Lawrence	26
45	Russell	26
45	Timothy	26