Most popular boys’ names in North Dakota, 1945

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	327
2	Robert	277
3	Richard	227
4	Gary	204
4	Larry	204
6	David	202
7	John	191
8	Dennis	167
9	Ronald	159
10	Donald	129
11	Thomas	109
12	Kenneth	107
13	William	105
14	Roger	104
15	Gerald	90
16	Michael	87
17	Paul	79
18	Charles	72
19	Wayne	64
20	Jerry	60
20	Terry	60
22	Raymond	57
23	Douglas	56
23	Duane	56
25	Dale	50

Rank	Name	Babies
26	George	49
27	Daniel	45
28	Jerome	43
29	Joseph	42
30	Leroy	40
30	Marvin	40
32	Lawrence	37
33	Eugene	36
33	Rodney	36
35	Curtis	35
36	Edward	34
37	Jim	33
38	Bruce	30
38	Dwight	30
38	Gordon	30
38	Keith	30
38	Timothy	30
43	Allen	29
43	Harold	29
45	Jack	27
45	Melvin	27
45	Vernon	27
48	Myron	25
48	Russell	25
48	Stanley	25
51	Francis	24
51	Glenn	24
51	Lyle	24
51	Patrick	24
55	Alan	23
55	Jon	23
57	Arthur	22
57	Leo	22
57	Mark	22
57	Peter	22
61	Clifford	21
61	Darrell	21
61	Earl	21
61	Ralph	21
61	Steven	21
66	Dean	19
66	Don	19
66	Gene	19
66	Howard	19
66	Neil	19
71	Harvey	18
71	Henry	18
71	Lloyd	18
71	Loren	18
71	Tom	18
76	Arnold	17
76	Lee	17
76	Leonard	17
76	Leslie	17
76	Mike	17
76	Norman	17
76	Stephen	17
83	Wesley	16
84	Alvin	15
84	Harry	15
84	Lowell	15
84	Warren	15
88	Alfred	14
88	Bernard	14
88	Frank	14
88	Randy	14
88	Walter	14
93	Andrew	13
93	Joe	13
93	Martin	13
96	Albert	12
96	Bill	12
96	Carl	12
96	Clyde	12
96	Garry	12
96	Harlan	12
96	Lynn	12
96	Ronnie	12
96	Roy	12
96	Wallace	12