Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Dakota, 1948

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	461
2	Mary	315
3	Sandra	193
4	Carol	176
5	Barbara	172
6	Sharon	167
7	Patricia	162
7	Susan	162
9	Karen	155
10	Diane	124
11	Kathleen	116
12	Judith	111
13	Nancy	108
14	Cheryl	106
15	Donna	96
15	Judy	96
17	Shirley	86
18	Janice	81
19	Beverly	75
20	Connie	74
21	Bonnie	69
22	Margaret	67
23	Cynthia	66
24	Marilyn	63
25	Betty	62
25	Darlene	62
25	Pamela	62
28	Deborah	60
29	Jean	59
30	Janet	58
30	Peggy	58
32	Gloria	57
33	Elaine	54
34	Joyce	51
35	Joan	50
36	Elizabeth	49
37	Jane	48
38	Dianne	44
38	Kathryn	44
40	Eileen	42
41	Phyllis	41
42	Paulette	40
43	Rita	38
43	Virginia	38
45	Vicki	36
46	Dorothy	35
47	Colleen	34
47	Julie	34
47	Marlene	34
50	Ann	33

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	330
2	Robert	293
3	David	290
4	Richard	251
5	Gary	242
6	John	233
7	Larry	224
8	Dennis	222
9	Michael	197
10	Ronald	181
11	Donald	160
12	Thomas	155
13	Kenneth	145
14	William	135
15	Roger	116
16	Gerald	107
17	Dale	100
17	Douglas	100
17	Steven	100
20	Charles	92
21	Terry	91
22	Bruce	89
23	Wayne	85
24	Duane	77
24	Paul	77
26	Daniel	76
27	Keith	73
28	Timothy	71
29	Jerry	69
30	Mark	65
31	Rodney	61
32	Curtis	53
33	Alan	52
33	Gregory	52
35	Joseph	51
36	Raymond	50
37	Patrick	49
38	Edward	46
39	Jerome	45
40	Allen	43
40	Lawrence	43
42	Marvin	42
43	Darrell	40
43	George	40
45	Gene	38
46	Stephen	36
47	Eugene	35
48	Lyle	34
49	Dean	32
49	Vernon	32