Most popular boys’ names in North Dakota, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	278
2	Robert	255
3	Richard	223
4	Gary	207
5	Dennis	194
6	John	193
7	David	185
8	Ronald	184
9	Larry	176
10	Donald	164
11	Roger	125
12	William	124
13	Gerald	113
13	Kenneth	113
15	Charles	82
16	Thomas	81
17	Duane	72
18	Jerry	66
19	Douglas	64
19	Michael	64
19	Raymond	64
22	Paul	63
23	George	58
24	Harold	53
25	Joseph	52

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Wayne	52
27	Bruce	45
28	Edward	44
28	Jerome	44
30	Dale	43
31	Lyle	42
32	Daniel	40
32	Eugene	40
32	Leroy	40
32	Marvin	40
36	Norman	38
37	Curtis	37
38	Terry	36
39	Allen	35
39	Leonard	35
41	Lawrence	32
41	Vernon	32
43	Gordon	30
43	Melvin	30
43	Rodney	30
46	Clarence	29
46	Howard	29
48	Darrell	28
48	Francis	28
48	Stanley	28
51	Ralph	27
52	Albert	26
52	Arthur	26
54	Gene	25
55	Myron	24
56	Arnold	23
56	Russell	23
58	Frank	22
59	Allan	21
59	Clayton	21
59	Ernest	21
59	Lloyd	21
59	Patrick	21
64	Clifford	20
64	Don	20
66	Harry	19
66	Harvey	19
66	Henry	19
66	Jack	19
66	Leslie	19
66	Loren	19
66	Philip	19
73	Alvin	18
73	Lee	18
73	Leo	18
73	Lynn	18
73	Peter	18
73	Warren	18
79	Jerald	17
79	Leland	17
81	Edwin	16
81	Fred	16
81	Lester	16
84	Alan	15
84	Earl	15
84	Glenn	15
84	Lowell	15
84	Martin	15
84	Victor	15
84	Wesley	15
91	Keith	14
91	Leon	14
91	Louis	14
91	Mark	14
91	Ray	14
96	Bill	13
96	Byron	13
96	Darrel	13
96	Dean	13
96	Ervin	13
96	Floyd	13
96	Herbert	13
96	Jon	13
96	Wallace	13