Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Dakota, 1946

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	295
2	Carol	220
3	Linda	199
4	Sharon	184
5	Patricia	170
6	Sandra	156
7	Karen	155
8	Diane	132
9	Barbara	126
9	Donna	126
11	Judy	121
12	Judith	120
12	Susan	120
14	Janice	104
15	Shirley	97
16	Betty	94
17	Kathleen	86
18	Cheryl	80
19	Bonnie	77
20	Marilyn	74
21	Joyce	71
22	Darlene	70
23	Beverly	69
24	Margaret	66
25	Nancy	65
26	Connie	56
26	Elaine	56
28	Jane	55
29	Jean	53
30	Gloria	52
31	Joan	51
32	Virginia	49
33	Dorothy	47
34	Lois	45
35	Janet	43
36	Elizabeth	42
37	Carolyn	41
38	Dianne	40
39	Phyllis	39
40	Paulette	38
41	Peggy	37
42	Marlene	36
42	Rita	36
42	Ruth	36
45	Eileen	35
45	Joann	35
47	Helen	34
47	Marlys	34
49	Diana	32
50	Pamela	31

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	306
2	Robert	286
3	Richard	281
4	Larry	250
5	John	246
6	Gary	231
7	David	222
8	Ronald	181
9	Dennis	166
10	Donald	154
11	Kenneth	150
12	Michael	130
13	Roger	127
14	William	121
15	Thomas	111
16	Charles	104
17	Wayne	100
18	Gerald	91
18	Paul	91
20	Jerry	86
21	Duane	85
21	Terry	85
23	Dale	77
24	Douglas	67
25	Bruce	60
26	Rodney	54
27	Curtis	51
28	George	48
29	Allen	47
30	Daniel	46
30	Leroy	46
32	Lawrence	43
32	Raymond	43
34	Eugene	42
34	Steven	42
36	Dean	41
36	Jerome	41
36	Timothy	41
39	Marvin	38
40	Edward	36
41	Harold	35
41	Joseph	35
41	Patrick	35
44	Jack	34
45	Lyle	33
46	Alan	31
46	Keith	31
48	Dwight	30
49	Russell	29
50	Glenn	28