Most popular boys’ names in North Dakota, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	292
2	James	290
2	Robert	290
4	Richard	254
5	John	223
6	Michael	218
7	Gary	200
8	Dennis	185
8	Ronald	185
10	Larry	175
11	Thomas	168
12	Steven	153
13	Kenneth	147
14	Donald	141
15	William	132
16	Roger	130
17	Charles	122
18	Timothy	116
19	Bruce	115
20	Douglas	114
21	Paul	96
21	Wayne	96
23	Mark	94
24	Gregory	85
25	Daniel	82

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dale	81
27	Terry	76
28	Gerald	74
28	Rodney	74
30	Duane	66
31	Jerome	62
31	Jerry	62
33	Keith	58
34	Allen	51
35	Raymond	49
36	Darrell	48
37	Patrick	47
37	Stephen	47
39	Lawrence	45
40	Craig	41
40	Eugene	41
40	Jeffrey	41
40	Joseph	41
44	Alan	37
44	Daryl	37
44	Glenn	37
47	Curtis	36
48	Harold	34
49	Dwight	32
50	Dean	31
51	Frank	30
51	Gordon	30
51	Lynn	30
54	Gene	29
54	Terrence	29
56	Edward	28
56	Francis	28
56	Lyle	28
56	Marvin	28
56	Warren	28
61	George	27
61	Leslie	27
61	Stanley	27
64	Jack	26
65	Leon	25
65	Vernon	25
67	Randall	24
67	Scott	24
69	Brian	23
69	Jon	23
69	Leroy	23
72	Loren	22
73	Bradley	21
73	Leland	21
73	Norman	21
73	Steve	21
77	Clifford	20
77	Leonard	20
77	Peter	20
77	Terrance	20
81	Barry	19
81	Carl	19
81	Danny	19
81	Howard	19
81	Lee	19
81	Leo	19
81	Roy	19
81	Russell	19
81	Theodore	19
90	Myron	18
91	Allan	17
91	Philip	17
91	Randy	17
91	Walter	17
95	Martin	16
96	Albert	15
96	Joel	15
96	Kevin	15
96	Mike	15
96	Neil	15
96	Ralph	15
96	Virgil	15