Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Dakota, 1947

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	496
2	Mary	298
3	Carol	203
4	Sharon	202
5	Sandra	187
6	Karen	172
7	Patricia	162
8	Judy	148
9	Barbara	146
9	Diane	146
11	Susan	143
12	Donna	127
13	Shirley	107
14	Kathleen	105
15	Judith	104
16	Janice	100
17	Bonnie	99
18	Nancy	97
19	Cheryl	96
20	Betty	85
21	Marilyn	84
22	Margaret	82
23	Joyce	71
24	Jane	69
25	Beverly	67
26	Connie	66
26	Gloria	66
28	Janet	65
29	Darlene	62
30	Jean	56
31	Peggy	50
32	Joan	49
33	Virginia	46
34	Elaine	44
34	Sheila	44
36	Phyllis	43
37	Carolyn	41
38	Dianne	40
38	Elizabeth	40
38	Lois	40
41	Ann	39
41	Marlene	39
43	Gail	36
43	Joann	36
43	Kathryn	36
43	Kathy	36
43	Rita	36
48	Bonita	34
48	Cynthia	34
48	Pamela	34

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	331
2	Robert	312
3	Richard	306
4	David	300
5	Larry	260
6	Gary	255
7	Dennis	234
8	John	231
9	Ronald	191
10	Donald	172
11	Michael	163
12	Kenneth	157
13	Thomas	151
14	Roger	147
15	William	136
16	Gerald	104
17	Wayne	100
18	Terry	96
19	Duane	93
20	Douglas	90
21	Charles	88
21	Paul	88
23	Bruce	82
24	Jerry	79
25	Dale	77
26	Daniel	76
27	Rodney	75
28	Keith	69
29	Steven	66
30	Jerome	63
31	Mark	56
31	Timothy	56
33	Raymond	55
34	Joseph	52
35	Curtis	51
35	George	51
37	Marvin	50
38	Alan	44
39	Russell	43
40	Edward	42
41	Allen	40
41	Gregory	40
43	Eugene	38
43	Gene	38
43	Lawrence	38
43	Leroy	38
47	Lynn	37
48	Harold	36
49	Ralph	35
50	Jim	34