Most popular boys’ names in North Dakota, 1938

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	280
2	James	249
3	Donald	231
4	Richard	196
5	John	179
6	Ronald	124
7	David	121
8	Gary	118
9	William	107
10	Gerald	106
10	Kenneth	106
12	Dennis	95
12	Larry	95
14	Charles	88
15	Roger	76
16	Duane	74
17	Thomas	70
18	Raymond	66
19	Dale	62
20	Paul	58
21	Wayne	56
22	Eugene	55
23	George	54
23	Jerry	54
23	Marvin	54

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jerome	48
27	Gordon	46
28	Daniel	43
28	Edward	43
30	Leroy	41
31	Douglas	35
31	Jack	35
31	Joseph	35
31	Lawrence	35
35	Bruce	33
35	Harold	33
37	Allen	32
37	Clarence	32
37	Norman	32
37	Ralph	32
41	Curtis	31
41	Gene	31
41	Myron	31
44	Leo	30
44	Michael	30
46	Darrell	29
46	Melvin	29
46	Vernon	29
49	Leonard	28
50	Allan	27
50	Frank	27
50	Rodney	27
53	Arthur	26
53	Henry	26
53	Lyle	26
56	Clifford	25
57	Glenn	24
57	Howard	24
59	Dean	23
59	Lester	23
61	Darrel	22
61	Keith	22
61	Lloyd	22
61	Victor	22
61	Walter	22
66	Arnold	21
67	Earl	20
67	Stanley	20
67	Theodore	20
70	Albert	19
70	Alfred	19
70	Alvin	19
70	Bernard	19
70	Ernest	19
70	Peter	19
70	Virgil	19
77	Carl	18
77	Don	18
77	Francis	18
77	Fred	18
81	Floyd	17
81	Wallace	17
83	Bill	16
83	Joe	16
83	Lee	16
86	Harvey	15
86	Lowell	15
86	Neil	15
86	Patrick	15
86	Terry	15
91	Clayton	14
91	Harry	14
91	Jon	14
91	Leslie	14
91	Maynard	14
91	Mike	14
91	Warren	14
98	Jim	13
98	Loren	13
98	Louis	13
98	Wesley	13