Most popular boys’ names in North Dakota, 1948

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	330
2	Robert	293
3	David	290
4	Richard	251
5	Gary	242
6	John	233
7	Larry	224
8	Dennis	222
9	Michael	197
10	Ronald	181
11	Donald	160
12	Thomas	155
13	Kenneth	145
14	William	135
15	Roger	116
16	Gerald	107
17	Dale	100
17	Douglas	100
17	Steven	100
20	Charles	92
21	Terry	91
22	Bruce	89
23	Wayne	85
24	Duane	77
24	Paul	77

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Daniel	76
27	Keith	73
28	Timothy	71
29	Jerry	69
30	Mark	65
31	Rodney	61
32	Curtis	53
33	Alan	52
33	Gregory	52
35	Joseph	51
36	Raymond	50
37	Patrick	49
38	Edward	46
39	Jerome	45
40	Allen	43
40	Lawrence	43
42	Marvin	42
43	Darrell	40
43	George	40
45	Gene	38
46	Stephen	36
47	Eugene	35
48	Lyle	34
49	Dean	32
49	Vernon	32
51	Glenn	31
51	Jeffrey	31
51	Stanley	31
54	Gordon	30
54	Jack	30
54	Leroy	30
57	Leslie	29
58	Allan	28
59	Lynn	27
59	Myron	27
61	Frank	26
61	Terrance	26
63	Danny	25
63	Francis	25
63	Peter	25
66	Craig	24
66	Daryl	24
66	Steve	24
69	Harold	23
70	Clifford	22
70	Neil	22
70	Ralph	22
73	Arthur	21
73	Loren	21
73	Russell	21
76	Dwight	20
76	Lee	20
76	Mike	20
76	Norman	20
80	Jon	19
81	Alvin	18
81	Edwin	18
81	Leland	18
81	Leo	18
81	Randy	18
86	Brian	17
86	Darrel	17
86	Earl	17
86	Ricky	17
86	Warren	17
91	Clayton	16
91	Don	16
91	Harvey	16
91	Jay	16
91	Leonard	16
91	Roy	16
91	Tom	16
91	Walter	16
99	Howard	15
100	Arnold	14
100	Barry	14
100	Bernard	14
100	Bill	14
100	Joel	14
100	Leon	14
100	Melvin	14
100	Terrence	14