Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1943

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1943 were Sharon for girls (230 babies) and James for boys (294). Sharon ranked #8 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 11,050 babies born in North Dakota in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1943

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

Ardis: 17 babies, 38.6× the national rate
Marlys: 40 babies, 37.6× the national rate
Mavis: 20 babies, 19.1× the national rate
Myrna: 30 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Darlene: 66 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Marlene: 44 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bonita: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Paulette: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Janice: 143 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dianne: 40 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Duane: 81 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Myron: 26 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Dwight: 36 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Lyle: 24 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Loren: 18 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Jerome: 51 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Clayton: 17 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Vernon: 45 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Garry: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Rodney: 40 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Sharon	230	↑2	8
2	Mary	214	↓1	1
3	Carol	165	↓1	5
4	Karen	153	–	15
5	Linda	152	↑5	4
6	Janice	143	↑1	26
7	Judith	123	↓2	7
8	Diane	109	↑14	24
9	Sandra	108	↓1	6
10	Barbara	102	↑3	2
11	Judy	96	–	13
12	Donna	95	↑6	17
13	Shirley	95	↓1	12
14	Patricia	94	↓8	3
15	Betty	90	↓6	10
16	Bonnie	70	↓2	34
17	Kathleen	68	↓2	22
18	Darlene	66	↑1	73
19	Margaret	64	↓2	14
20	Joyce	60	↑1	16
21	Beverly	59	↑4	32
22	Joan	59	↑2	21
23	Janet	56	↓3	20
24	Jean	55	↑6	36
25	Nancy	54	↑9	9
26	Marilyn	51	↓10	27
27	Dorothy	50	↓1	19
28	Carolyn	47	↓1	11
29	Virginia	45	–	25
30	Marlene	44	↓7	>100
31	Phyllis	44	↑4	39
32	Susan	42	↑15	18
33	Elaine	41	↑4	46
34	Dianne	40	new	88
35	Lois	40	↓7	43
36	Marlys	40	↑5	>100
37	Connie	39	↓1	59
38	Joann	38	↑1	60
39	Delores	37	new	99
40	Ruth	36	↑2	33
41	Rose	34	new	50
42	Elizabeth	33	↓4	23
43	Gloria	33	↓10	30
44	Joanne	33	↓12	49
45	Jeanette	32	↓1	>100
46	Doris	31	↑2	40
47	June	31	new	>100
48	Cheryl	30	new	>100
49	Jane	30	new	44
50	Marie	30	new	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	James	294	–	1
2	Robert	270	–	2
3	Richard	222	–	5
4	David	202	↑3	6
5	John	198	↑1	3
6	Ronald	181	↑2	9
7	Larry	174	↑2	12
8	Gary	173	↓4	16
9	Dennis	158	↓4	20
10	Donald	155	–	11
11	William	134	↑1	4
12	Kenneth	118	↑2	15
13	Gerald	115	–	23
14	Roger	108	↓3	24
15	Thomas	82	↑1	8
16	Duane	81	↑1	>100
17	Dale	76	↑13	59
18	Jerry	73	–	17
19	Paul	73	↑3	19
20	Michael	70	–	10
21	Wayne	68	↑5	41
22	Charles	67	↓7	7
23	Douglas	67	↓4	28
24	Raymond	63	↓3	22
25	Marvin	54	↑10	66
26	Eugene	53	↑7	47
27	Jerome	51	↑2	>100
28	Allen	48	↑11	76
29	George	46	↓6	14
30	Joseph	46	↓5	13
31	Vernon	45	↑11	>100
32	Curtis	41	↑5	100
33	Harold	41	↓9	27
34	Leroy	41	–	74
35	Rodney	40	↑10	>100
36	Bruce	39	↓9	51
37	Edward	39	↓9	18
38	Daniel	38	↓6	25
39	Dwight	36	new	>100
40	Keith	36	new	>100
41	Lawrence	33	–	32
42	Gordon	31	↑1	98
43	Jack	30	new	34
44	Norman	30	↓8	56
45	Leonard	29	↓5	55
46	Howard	28	↑1	48
47	Leo	28	new	>100
48	Lynn	28	new	>100
49	Peter	28	new	39
50	Darrell	27	↓2	>100

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