Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1942

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1942 were Mary for girls (228 babies) and James for boys (278). Social Security records list 11,048 babies born in North Dakota in 1942 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1942

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: 37 babies, 35.4× the national rate
Lavonne: 19 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Marcella: 17 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Myrna: 26 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Colleen: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Darlene: 69 babies, 5× the national rate
Marlene: 62 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Caroline: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Gayle: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jeanette: 35 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 42 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Duane: 72 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Myron: 24 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Clayton: 21 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Loren: 19 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Jerald: 17 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Leland: 17 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Jerome: 44 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Darrell: 28 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Rodney: 30 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1942

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Mary	228	–	1
2	Carol	186	↑1	5
3	Sharon	181	↓1	11
4	Karen	170	↑2	16
5	Judith	126	↑7	7
6	Patricia	114	↓2	3
7	Janice	113	↓2	25
8	Sandra	113	↑2	6
9	Betty	102	–	9
10	Linda	99	↑4	4
11	Judy	97	↓3	15
12	Shirley	95	↓5	12
13	Barbara	89	–	2
14	Bonnie	88	↑3	34
15	Kathleen	72	↑13	24
16	Marilyn	72	↑8	27
17	Margaret	71	↑8	14
18	Donna	70	↓7	20
19	Darlene	69	↓4	78
20	Janet	66	↓1	19
21	Joyce	65	↓5	13
22	Diane	64	↑15	28
23	Marlene	62	↓3	84
24	Joan	61	↓2	18
25	Beverly	58	↑2	32
26	Dorothy	56	–	17
27	Carolyn	51	↑22	10
28	Lois	49	↓5	44
29	Virginia	49	↑4	23
30	Jean	47	–	36
31	Carole	45	new	35
32	Joanne	45	–	48
33	Gloria	44	↓15	31
34	Nancy	44	↑2	8
35	Phyllis	44	↑5	37
36	Connie	43	↓5	70
37	Elaine	41	↓16	45
38	Elizabeth	41	new	22
39	Joann	40	↓4	58
40	Arlene	37	↓11	83
41	Marlys	37	↓2	>100
42	Ruth	37	new	33
43	Helen	35	↓5	26
44	Jeanette	35	new	>100
45	Rita	35	new	55
46	Alice	33	↓2	39
47	Susan	33	new	21
48	Doris	31	↑2	41
49	Geraldine	31	new	47
50	Ann	29	new	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	James	278	↑2	1
2	Robert	255	↓1	2
3	Richard	223	↓1	5
4	Gary	207	–	18
5	Dennis	194	↑4	20
6	John	193	↓1	3
7	David	185	↑1	6
8	Ronald	184	↓2	9
9	Larry	176	↑1	12
10	Donald	164	↓3	10
11	Roger	125	↑4	25
12	William	124	–	4
13	Gerald	113	↓2	22
14	Kenneth	113	↓1	15
15	Charles	82	↑1	7
16	Thomas	81	↓2	8
17	Duane	72	↑1	>100
18	Jerry	66	↓1	16
19	Douglas	64	↑20	23
20	Michael	64	↑7	13
21	Raymond	64	↓2	24
22	Paul	63	–	19
23	George	58	↓3	14
24	Harold	53	↑2	27
25	Joseph	52	↑7	11
26	Wayne	52	↓5	41
27	Bruce	45	↑8	50
28	Edward	44	↑1	17
29	Jerome	44	↓4	>100
30	Dale	43	↓7	63
31	Lyle	42	↑15	>100
32	Daniel	40	↑6	28
33	Eugene	40	↓9	45
34	Leroy	40	↓3	69
35	Marvin	40	↓5	66
36	Norman	38	↑12	53
37	Curtis	37	↓4	98
38	Terry	36	↓4	52
39	Allen	35	↑4	71
40	Leonard	35	↑5	57
41	Lawrence	32	↑3	30
42	Vernon	32	–	>100
43	Gordon	30	↓15	92
44	Melvin	30	↑3	60
45	Rodney	30	↓5	>100
46	Clarence	29	↓10	67
47	Howard	29	new	49
48	Darrell	28	↑1	>100
49	Francis	28	new	58
50	Stanley	28	new	56

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