Most popular boys’ names in North Dakota, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	306
2	Robert	286
3	Richard	281
4	Larry	250
5	John	246
6	Gary	231
7	David	222
8	Ronald	181
9	Dennis	166
10	Donald	154
11	Kenneth	150
12	Michael	130
13	Roger	127
14	William	121
15	Thomas	111
16	Charles	104
17	Wayne	100
18	Gerald	91
18	Paul	91
20	Jerry	86
21	Duane	85
21	Terry	85
23	Dale	77
24	Douglas	67
25	Bruce	60

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Rodney	54
27	Curtis	51
28	George	48
29	Allen	47
30	Daniel	46
30	Leroy	46
32	Lawrence	43
32	Raymond	43
34	Eugene	42
34	Steven	42
36	Dean	41
36	Jerome	41
36	Timothy	41
39	Marvin	38
40	Edward	36
41	Harold	35
41	Joseph	35
41	Patrick	35
44	Jack	34
45	Lyle	33
46	Alan	31
46	Keith	31
48	Dwight	30
49	Russell	29
50	Glenn	28
51	Frank	27
51	Mark	27
53	Gordon	26
53	Peter	26
53	Roy	26
56	Bill	25
56	Gene	25
56	Myron	25
59	Leonard	24
59	Mike	24
59	Norman	24
59	Stephen	24
59	Tom	24
64	Francis	23
64	Jim	23
64	Leslie	23
67	Gregory	22
67	Lynn	22
67	Philip	22
67	Vernon	22
71	Lloyd	21
71	Steve	21
73	Melvin	20
73	Warren	20
75	Howard	19
75	Stanley	19
77	Alvin	18
77	Clifford	18
77	Lowell	18
77	Ralph	18
81	Jay	17
81	Ronnie	17
81	Terrance	17
84	Arnold	16
84	Arthur	16
84	Barry	16
84	Bernard	16
84	Calvin	16
84	Darrell	16
84	Edwin	16
84	Neil	16
84	Theodore	16
84	Walter	16
94	Allan	15
94	Daryl	15
94	Henry	15
94	Loren	15
94	Victor	15
99	Clarence	14
99	Tim	14
99	Wallace	14