Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1945

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1945 were Mary for girls (227 babies) and James for boys (327). Social Security records list 10,917 babies born in North Dakota in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1945

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: 27 babies, 28.1× the national rate
Lavonne: 15 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Bonita: 24 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Darlene: 74 babies, 5× the national rate
Leona: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Marlene: 42 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Paulette: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dianna: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Gayle: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Delores: 30 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Myron: 25 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Duane: 56 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Lyle: 24 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Loren: 18 babies, 7× the national rate
Lowell: 15 babies, 6× the national rate
Jerome: 43 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Dwight: 30 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rodney: 36 babies, 4× the national rate
Neil: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Curtis: 35 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Mary	227	–	1
2	Sharon	207	↑3	8
3	Carol	198	↓1	5
4	Linda	183	↓1	2
5	Karen	166	↓1	16
6	Judy	134	↑3	13
7	Judith	118	↑1	9
8	Sandra	118	↓2	6
9	Shirley	106	↑3	14
10	Barbara	105	↑4	3
11	Diane	104	–	22
12	Patricia	100	↓5	4
13	Janice	99	↓3	24
14	Susan	95	↑9	10
15	Betty	86	↓2	11
16	Donna	78	↑2	17
17	Marilyn	76	↓1	27
18	Darlene	74	↑3	71
19	Cheryl	71	↓2	32
20	Kathleen	69	↓5	19
21	Gloria	65	↑13	23
22	Bonnie	61	↓2	35
23	Margaret	58	↑3	15
24	Connie	51	↑9	47
25	Dorothy	50	↑5	21
26	Jean	48	↑9	38
27	Elaine	47	↑10	44
28	Phyllis	47	↑3	40
29	Beverly	45	↑3	37
30	Jane	44	↑18	36
31	Carolyn	42	↓4	12
32	Janet	42	↓8	20
33	Marlene	42	↓5	>100
34	Joyce	40	↓15	18
35	Lois	40	↓6	48
36	Joann	39	↑7	80
37	Joan	38	↓12	25
38	Nancy	38	↓16	7
39	Ruth	38	↑8	33
40	Virginia	38	↓4	28
41	Dianne	34	↑4	72
42	Elizabeth	34	↓1	26
43	Diana	31	new	43
44	Delores	30	new	>100
45	Geraldine	30	new	56
46	Arlene	29	new	99
47	Eileen	29	↓1	70
48	Joanne	29	↓8	53
49	Loretta	27	new	>100
50	Marlys	27	↓1	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	James	327	–	1
2	Robert	277	–	2
3	Richard	227	↑2	5
4	Gary	204	↓1	13
5	Larry	204	↑4	11
6	David	202	↓2	6
7	John	191	↓1	3
8	Dennis	167	↓1	19
9	Ronald	159	↓1	10
10	Donald	129	–	12
11	Thomas	109	↑1	8
12	Kenneth	107	↓1	16
13	William	105	↑1	4
14	Roger	104	↑1	22
15	Gerald	90	↓2	25
16	Michael	87	↑2	9
17	Paul	79	↑4	17
18	Charles	72	↓2	7
19	Wayne	64	↑1	35
20	Jerry	60	↓1	20
21	Terry	60	↑19	33
22	Raymond	57	–	23
23	Douglas	56	–	29
24	Duane	56	↓7	>100
25	Dale	50	↑1	61
26	George	49	↑8	15
27	Daniel	45	↑5	24
28	Jerome	43	↑2	>100
29	Joseph	42	↑2	14
30	Leroy	40	↑3	83
31	Marvin	40	↓7	80
32	Lawrence	37	↑16	30
33	Eugene	36	↓8	50
34	Rodney	36	↑4	>100
35	Curtis	35	–	97
36	Edward	34	↓7	18
37	Jim	33	new	68
38	Bruce	30	↓11	48
39	Dwight	30	↑3	>100
40	Gordon	30	↓4	>100
41	Keith	30	↓4	>100
42	Timothy	30	↑8	70
43	Allen	29	↑2	74
44	Harold	29	↓16	28
45	Jack	27	new	32
46	Melvin	27	new	78
47	Vernon	27	new	>100
48	Myron	25	↓4	>100
49	Russell	25	–	64
50	Stanley	25	new	59

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