Most popular boys’ names in North Dakota, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	298
2	Robert	290
3	James	283
4	Richard	232
5	John	225
5	Michael	225
7	Larry	198
8	Gary	191
9	Donald	182
10	Ronald	180
11	Thomas	168
12	Dennis	156
13	Steven	149
14	William	137
15	Mark	134
16	Kenneth	125
17	Douglas	121
18	Bruce	108
18	Roger	108
20	Timothy	104
21	Gerald	103
22	Charles	101
23	Terry	95
24	Dale	94
24	Daniel	94

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Wayne	91
27	Paul	78
28	Duane	74
29	Gregory	72
30	Rodney	69
31	Jerry	62
31	Keith	62
33	Jerome	55
34	Joseph	53
35	Curtis	47
35	Dean	47
37	Patrick	46
38	Stephen	45
39	Alan	41
39	Allen	41
39	Raymond	41
42	Brian	39
42	George	39
42	Jeffrey	39
45	Eugene	38
45	Marvin	38
47	Bradley	37
47	Craig	37
49	Darrell	36
50	Lawrence	35
51	Dwight	34
52	Peter	33
53	Lyle	30
53	Randall	30
53	Randy	30
56	Gene	29
57	Frank	28
57	Leroy	28
59	Edward	27
59	Stanley	27
61	Allan	26
62	Glenn	25
62	Loren	25
62	Lynn	25
62	Scott	25
62	Wesley	25
67	Daryl	24
67	Gordon	24
67	Joel	24
67	Leon	24
67	Leslie	24
72	Harold	23
73	Danny	22
74	Jack	21
74	Micheal	21
74	Theodore	21
77	Anthony	20
77	Barry	20
77	Francis	20
77	Kevin	20
77	Roy	20
77	Russell	20
77	Terrance	20
84	Arnold	19
84	Jay	19
84	Lee	19
84	Leonard	19
88	Terrence	18
89	Jon	17
89	Myron	17
89	Ricky	17
89	Steve	17
93	Carl	16
93	Howard	16
93	Melvin	16
96	Byron	15
96	Calvin	15
96	Darryl	15
96	Leo	15
96	Lonnie	15
96	Mike	15
96	Neil	15
96	Ralph	15
96	Vernon	15