Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1946

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1946 were Mary for girls (295 babies) and James for boys (306). Social Security records list 12,663 babies born in North Dakota in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1946

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: 34 babies, 35.7× the national rate
Myrna: 16 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Colleen: 24 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Renee: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Bonita: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Darlene: 70 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Paulette: 38 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Marlene: 36 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Patty: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Sheryl: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Duane: 85 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Myron: 25 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Lyle: 33 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Lowell: 18 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Terrance: 17 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Daryl: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Loren: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Dean: 41 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Curtis: 51 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jerome: 41 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Mary	295	–	1
2	Carol	220	↑1	5
3	Linda	199	↑1	2
4	Sharon	184	↓2	9
5	Patricia	170	↑7	3
6	Sandra	156	↑2	6
7	Karen	155	↓2	15
8	Diane	132	↑3	19
9	Barbara	126	↑1	4
10	Donna	126	↑6	13
11	Judy	121	↓5	11
12	Judith	120	↓5	10
13	Susan	120	↑1	8
14	Janice	104	↓1	22
15	Shirley	97	↓6	18
16	Betty	94	↓1	14
17	Kathleen	86	↑3	16
18	Cheryl	80	↑1	27
19	Bonnie	77	↑3	33
20	Marilyn	74	↓3	29
21	Joyce	71	↑13	20
22	Darlene	70	↓4	71
23	Beverly	69	↑6	30
24	Margaret	66	↓1	17
25	Nancy	65	↑13	7
26	Connie	56	↓2	45
27	Elaine	56	–	47
28	Jane	55	↑2	35
29	Jean	53	↓3	37
30	Gloria	52	↓9	26
31	Joan	51	↑6	28
32	Virginia	49	↑8	31
33	Dorothy	47	↓8	23
34	Lois	45	↑1	55
35	Janet	43	↓3	21
36	Elizabeth	42	↑6	25
37	Carolyn	41	↓6	12
38	Dianne	40	↑3	76
39	Phyllis	39	↓11	41
40	Paulette	38	new	>100
41	Peggy	37	new	43
42	Marlene	36	↓9	>100
43	Rita	36	new	56
44	Ruth	36	↓5	38
45	Eileen	35	↑2	80
46	Joann	35	↓10	90
47	Helen	34	new	36
48	Marlys	34	↑2	>100
49	Diana	32	↓6	42
50	Pamela	31	new	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	James	306	–	1
2	Robert	286	–	2
3	Richard	281	–	5
4	Larry	250	↑1	11
5	John	246	↑2	3
6	Gary	231	↓2	12
7	David	222	↓1	6
8	Ronald	181	↑1	10
9	Dennis	166	↓1	17
10	Donald	154	–	13
11	Kenneth	150	↑1	15
12	Michael	130	↑4	7
13	Roger	127	↑1	23
14	William	121	↓1	4
15	Thomas	111	↓4	8
16	Charles	104	↑2	9
17	Wayne	100	↑2	29
18	Gerald	91	↓3	27
19	Paul	91	↓2	18
20	Jerry	86	–	20
21	Duane	85	↑3	>100
22	Terry	85	↓1	26
23	Dale	77	↑2	62
24	Douglas	67	↓1	34
25	Bruce	60	↑13	32
26	Rodney	54	↑8	93
27	Curtis	51	↑8	99
28	George	48	↓2	16
29	Allen	47	↑14	74
30	Daniel	46	↓3	21
31	Leroy	46	↓1	90
32	Lawrence	43	–	31
33	Raymond	43	↓11	25
34	Eugene	42	↓1	57
35	Steven	42	new	28
36	Dean	41	new	>100
37	Jerome	41	↓9	>100
38	Timothy	41	↑4	60
39	Marvin	38	↓8	88
40	Edward	36	↓4	19
41	Harold	35	↑3	33
42	Joseph	35	↓13	14
43	Patrick	35	new	59
44	Jack	34	↑1	35
45	Lyle	33	new	>100
46	Alan	31	new	49
47	Keith	31	↓6	96
48	Dwight	30	↓9	>100
49	Russell	29	–	66
50	Glenn	28	new	81

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