Most popular boys’ names in North Dakota, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	250
2	Robert	247
3	Donald	216
4	Richard	213
5	John	169
6	David	146
7	Gary	141
8	Larry	138
9	Ronald	129
10	Gerald	120
11	Dennis	119
12	William	106
13	Roger	101
14	Kenneth	99
15	Charles	95
16	Duane	84
17	Raymond	71
18	Dale	70
19	Paul	66
20	Jerry	65
21	Wayne	63
22	Thomas	60
23	Eugene	58
24	Marvin	56
25	George	55

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jerome	53
27	Edward	46
28	Curtis	44
29	Joseph	43
30	Leroy	42
31	Allen	41
32	Michael	40
33	Daniel	38
33	Harold	38
35	Gordon	36
35	Vernon	36
37	Leo	35
37	Lyle	35
39	Melvin	34
40	Albert	33
40	Norman	33
40	Rodney	33
43	Dean	31
43	Leonard	31
45	Gene	30
45	Lloyd	30
47	Douglas	29
47	Myron	29
49	Allan	28
49	Patrick	28
51	Bruce	27
51	Francis	27
51	Howard	27
51	Ralph	27
55	Darrell	26
55	Don	26
57	Arthur	25
58	Glenn	24
58	Jack	24
58	Lawrence	24
58	Walter	24
62	Arnold	23
62	Ernest	23
64	Alvin	22
64	Bernard	22
64	Frank	22
64	Fred	22
64	Lee	22
64	Stanley	22
70	Keith	21
71	Peter	20
72	Bob	19
73	Clarence	18
73	Clifford	18
73	Earl	18
73	Terry	18
73	Warren	18
78	Elmer	17
78	Harry	17
78	Lowell	17
81	Glen	16
81	Joe	16
81	Roy	16
84	Carl	15
84	Darryl	15
84	Floyd	15
84	Harvey	15
84	Neil	15
84	Theodore	15
84	Wesley	15
91	Loren	14
91	Virgil	14
93	Darrel	13
93	Jim	13
93	Lynn	13
93	Orville	13
93	Victor	13
98	Delbert	12
98	Harlan	12
100	Alan	11
100	Alfred	11
100	Herbert	11
100	Jon	11
100	Leslie	11
100	Lester	11
100	Philip	11
100	Ray	11
100	Roland	11
100	Russell	11
100	Wallace	11