Most popular boys’ names in North Dakota, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	331
2	Robert	312
3	Richard	306
4	David	300
5	Larry	260
6	Gary	255
7	Dennis	234
8	John	231
9	Ronald	191
10	Donald	172
11	Michael	163
12	Kenneth	157
13	Thomas	151
14	Roger	147
15	William	136
16	Gerald	104
17	Wayne	100
18	Terry	96
19	Duane	93
20	Douglas	90
21	Charles	88
21	Paul	88
23	Bruce	82
24	Jerry	79
25	Dale	77

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Daniel	76
27	Rodney	75
28	Keith	69
29	Steven	66
30	Jerome	63
31	Mark	56
31	Timothy	56
33	Raymond	55
34	Joseph	52
35	Curtis	51
35	George	51
37	Marvin	50
38	Alan	44
39	Russell	43
40	Edward	42
41	Allen	40
41	Gregory	40
43	Eugene	38
43	Gene	38
43	Lawrence	38
43	Leroy	38
47	Lynn	37
48	Harold	36
49	Ralph	35
50	Jim	34
50	Patrick	34
52	Dean	32
52	Gordon	32
54	Jack	31
55	Darrell	30
56	Allan	29
56	Peter	29
56	Tom	29
59	Leonard	28
60	Stephen	27
61	Danny	26
61	Dwight	26
63	Glenn	25
64	Loren	24
64	Lyle	24
64	Mike	24
64	Vernon	24
64	Warren	24
69	Leslie	23
70	Jeffrey	22
70	Steve	22
72	Barry	21
72	Brian	21
72	Don	21
72	Frank	21
72	Lee	21
72	Stanley	21
78	Leo	20
78	Walter	20
80	Francis	19
80	Myron	19
80	Ronnie	19
83	Howard	18
83	Jon	18
83	Martin	18
86	Anthony	17
86	Bernard	17
86	Clarence	17
86	Craig	17
86	Darrel	17
86	Neil	17
86	Terrance	17
93	Alvin	16
93	Glen	16
93	Lloyd	16
96	Albert	15
96	Earl	15
96	Greg	15
99	Arnold	14
99	Arthur	14
99	Dan	14
99	Joe	14
99	Wesley	14