Most popular boys’ names in North Dakota, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	315
2	Robert	267
3	Gary	246
4	David	220
5	Richard	212
6	John	197
7	Dennis	173
8	Ronald	166
9	Larry	161
10	Donald	147
11	Kenneth	139
12	Thomas	110
13	Gerald	108
14	William	101
15	Roger	99
16	Charles	83
17	Duane	81
18	Michael	78
19	Jerry	66
20	Wayne	63
21	Paul	58
22	Raymond	55
23	Douglas	52
24	Marvin	50
25	Eugene	48

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dale	46
27	Bruce	45
27	Harold	45
29	Edward	44
29	Jerome	44
29	Joseph	44
32	Daniel	43
32	Leroy	43
34	George	41
35	Curtis	38
36	Gordon	36
37	Keith	35
38	Rodney	34
39	Gene	33
39	Terry	33
41	Arthur	32
42	Dwight	30
43	Dean	27
43	Myron	27
45	Allen	26
45	Clarence	26
45	Darrell	26
45	Lawrence	26
45	Russell	26
45	Timothy	26
51	Arnold	25
52	Francis	24
52	Frank	24
52	Jack	24
52	Patrick	24
56	Jim	23
57	Clifford	22
57	Jon	22
59	Albert	21
59	Carl	21
59	Lyle	21
59	Vernon	21
63	Leslie	20
63	Lloyd	20
63	Mark	20
66	Fred	19
66	Leland	19
66	Peter	19
69	Don	18
69	Lynn	18
69	Melvin	18
72	Ernest	17
72	Harvey	17
72	Leo	17
72	Loren	17
72	Ralph	17
72	Stanley	17
78	Bernard	16
78	Glenn	16
78	Joe	16
78	Lee	16
78	Norman	16
78	Stephen	16
78	Walter	16
85	Leonard	15
85	Louis	15
85	Tom	15
88	Alan	14
88	Bob	14
88	Harry	14
88	Henry	14
88	Lester	14
88	Terrance	14
88	Victor	14
95	Allan	13
95	Andrew	13
95	Clayton	13
95	Danny	13
95	Howard	13
95	Leon	13
95	Lowell	13