Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1941

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1941 were Mary for girls (222 babies) and Robert for boys (266). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 10,934 babies born in North Dakota in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1941

Names given at least 15 times in North Dakota that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Marlys: 41 babies, 33.2× the national rate
Angeline: 16 babies, 17.7× the national rate
Lavonne: 18 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Mavis: 16 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Myrna: 45 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Bonita: 23 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Darlene: 80 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Marcella: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Marlene: 60 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Violet: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Duane: 74 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Myron: 25 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Loren: 21 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Clayton: 23 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Lyle: 29 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Jerald: 16 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Lowell: 23 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Jerome: 51 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Rodney: 34 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Gordon: 47 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Mary	222	–	1
2	Sharon	167	–	15
3	Carol	157	–	4
4	Patricia	137	↑1	3
5	Janice	130	↓1	22
6	Karen	121	↑1	19
7	Shirley	117	↓1	10
8	Judy	103	↑9	16
9	Betty	100	↑1	7
10	Sandra	96	↓1	9
11	Donna	95	↑2	20
12	Judith	94	↓4	6
13	Barbara	93	↓1	2
14	Linda	82	↑6	5
15	Darlene	80	↓4	76
16	Joyce	77	↑2	13
17	Bonnie	69	↑8	33
18	Gloria	68	↑1	26
19	Janet	61	↑2	18
20	Marlene	60	↑4	83
21	Elaine	58	↑7	44
22	Joan	58	↑4	17
23	Lois	58	↑6	43
24	Marilyn	57	↓2	30
25	Margaret	56	↓9	12
26	Dorothy	55	↓12	14
27	Beverly	54	↓12	29
28	Kathleen	54	↓1	36
29	Arlene	51	↑1	77
30	Jean	51	↑10	32
31	Connie	50	new	79
32	Joanne	46	↑14	54
33	Virginia	46	↓1	23
34	Myrna	45	↑3	>100
35	Joann	43	↑6	58
36	Nancy	43	↑12	8
37	Diane	41	↓14	40
38	Helen	41	↑6	24
39	Marlys	41	↓1	>100
40	Phyllis	41	↓4	35
41	Kay	38	↓8	70
42	Marie	34	new	42
43	Rose	34	new	49
44	Alice	33	↓10	34
45	Delores	33	↓10	80
46	Yvonne	33	new	>100
47	Jane	31	new	46
48	Marjorie	31	↓9	71
49	Carolyn	30	new	11
50	Doris	30	↓19	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Robert	266	–	2
2	Richard	247	↑1	5
3	James	232	↓1	1
4	Gary	197	↑1	19
5	John	196	↓1	3
6	Ronald	185	↑6	9
7	Donald	181	–	10
8	David	174	↓2	7
9	Dennis	144	↓1	23
10	Larry	139	↓1	11
11	Gerald	124	–	20
12	William	119	↑1	4
13	Kenneth	117	↓3	15
14	Thomas	88	↑9	8
15	Roger	87	↓1	25
16	Charles	82	↓1	6
17	Jerry	75	↓1	14
18	Duane	74	↑3	>100
19	Raymond	69	↑1	22
20	George	62	↑6	13
21	Wayne	61	↓2	37
22	Paul	58	↓5	18
23	Dale	57	↓5	59
24	Eugene	55	↑5	42
25	Jerome	51	↓3	>100
26	Harold	50	↑15	24
27	Michael	50	↓3	16
28	Gordon	47	↑9	92
29	Edward	46	↑2	17
30	Marvin	45	↓5	63
31	Leroy	44	↓4	67
32	Joseph	39	↓4	12
33	Curtis	37	new	100
34	Terry	37	new	64
35	Bruce	35	↓5	51
36	Clarence	35	new	62
37	Frank	35	↑10	21
38	Daniel	34	↓4	31
39	Douglas	34	–	53
40	Rodney	34	↓4	>100
41	Arthur	33	↓1	33
42	Vernon	32	↓9	>100
43	Allen	31	↓5	73
44	Lawrence	31	↓2	34
45	Leonard	29	↓10	54
46	Lyle	29	↓14	>100
47	Melvin	29	↑2	56
48	Norman	29	↓2	49
49	Darrell	28	new	>100
50	Leo	28	new	>100

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