Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Dakota, 1945

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	227
2	Sharon	207
3	Carol	198
4	Linda	183
5	Karen	166
6	Judy	134
7	Judith	118
7	Sandra	118
9	Shirley	106
10	Barbara	105
11	Diane	104
12	Patricia	100
13	Janice	99
14	Susan	95
15	Betty	86
16	Donna	78
17	Marilyn	76
18	Darlene	74
19	Cheryl	71
20	Kathleen	69
21	Gloria	65
22	Bonnie	61
23	Margaret	58
24	Connie	51
25	Dorothy	50
26	Jean	48
27	Elaine	47
27	Phyllis	47
29	Beverly	45
30	Jane	44
31	Carolyn	42
31	Janet	42
31	Marlene	42
34	Joyce	40
34	Lois	40
36	Joann	39
37	Joan	38
37	Nancy	38
37	Ruth	38
37	Virginia	38
41	Dianne	34
41	Elizabeth	34
43	Diana	31
44	Delores	30
44	Geraldine	30
46	Arlene	29
46	Eileen	29
46	Joanne	29
49	Loretta	27
49	Marlys	27

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	327
2	Robert	277
3	Richard	227
4	Gary	204
4	Larry	204
6	David	202
7	John	191
8	Dennis	167
9	Ronald	159
10	Donald	129
11	Thomas	109
12	Kenneth	107
13	William	105
14	Roger	104
15	Gerald	90
16	Michael	87
17	Paul	79
18	Charles	72
19	Wayne	64
20	Jerry	60
20	Terry	60
22	Raymond	57
23	Douglas	56
23	Duane	56
25	Dale	50
26	George	49
27	Daniel	45
28	Jerome	43
29	Joseph	42
30	Leroy	40
30	Marvin	40
32	Lawrence	37
33	Eugene	36
33	Rodney	36
35	Curtis	35
36	Edward	34
37	Jim	33
38	Bruce	30
38	Dwight	30
38	Gordon	30
38	Keith	30
38	Timothy	30
43	Allen	29
43	Harold	29
45	Jack	27
45	Melvin	27
45	Vernon	27
48	Myron	25
48	Russell	25
48	Stanley	25