Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1947

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1947 were Linda for girls (496 babies) and James for boys (331). Social Security records list 14,382 babies born in North Dakota in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1947

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: 22 babies, 24.8× the national rate
Bonita: 34 babies, 6× the national rate
Colleen: 27 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Laurel: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Marlene: 39 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Darlene: 62 babies, 3× the national rate
Paulette: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Jeanette: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Patty: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Arlene: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Duane: 93 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Myron: 19 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Loren: 24 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Lyle: 24 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Darrel: 17 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Jerome: 63 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Terrance: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Rodney: 75 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Lynn: 37 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Keith: 69 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	496	↑2	1
2	Mary	298	↓1	2
3	Carol	203	↓1	6
4	Sharon	202	–	9
5	Sandra	187	↑1	5
6	Karen	172	↑1	13
7	Patricia	162	↓2	3
8	Judy	148	↑3	14
9	Barbara	146	–	4
10	Diane	146	↓2	18
11	Susan	143	↑2	8
12	Donna	127	↓2	10
13	Shirley	107	↑2	19
14	Kathleen	105	↑3	11
15	Judith	104	↓3	12
16	Janice	100	↓2	22
17	Bonnie	99	↑2	35
18	Nancy	97	↑7	7
19	Cheryl	96	↓1	24
20	Betty	85	↓4	17
21	Marilyn	84	↓1	29
22	Margaret	82	↑2	16
23	Joyce	71	↓2	20
24	Jane	69	↑4	36
25	Beverly	67	↓2	31
26	Connie	66	–	43
27	Gloria	66	↑3	27
28	Janet	65	↑7	23
29	Darlene	62	↓7	71
30	Jean	56	↓1	40
31	Peggy	50	↑10	42
32	Joan	49	↓1	30
33	Virginia	46	↓1	34
34	Elaine	44	↓7	50
35	Sheila	44	new	73
36	Phyllis	43	↑3	37
37	Carolyn	41	–	15
38	Dianne	40	–	83
39	Elizabeth	40	↓3	25
40	Lois	40	↓6	63
41	Ann	39	new	41
42	Marlene	39	–	>100
43	Gail	36	new	49
44	Joann	36	↑2	89
45	Kathryn	36	new	55
46	Kathy	36	new	64
47	Rita	36	↓4	60
48	Bonita	34	new	>100
49	Cynthia	34	new	33
50	Pamela	34	–	28

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	James	331	–	1
2	Robert	312	–	2
3	Richard	306	–	5
4	David	300	↑3	6
5	Larry	260	↓1	10
6	Gary	255	–	12
7	Dennis	234	↑2	17
8	John	231	↓3	3
9	Ronald	191	↓1	11
10	Donald	172	–	13
11	Michael	163	↑1	7
12	Kenneth	157	↓1	15
13	Thomas	151	↑2	8
14	Roger	147	↓1	25
15	William	136	↓1	4
16	Gerald	104	↑2	28
17	Wayne	100	–	30
18	Terry	96	↑4	26
19	Duane	93	↑2	>100
20	Douglas	90	↑4	31
21	Charles	88	↓5	9
22	Paul	88	↓3	18
23	Bruce	82	↑2	29
24	Jerry	79	↓4	20
25	Dale	77	↓2	63
26	Daniel	76	↑4	22
27	Rodney	75	↓1	94
28	Keith	69	↑19	91
29	Steven	66	↑6	24
30	Jerome	63	↑7	>100
31	Mark	56	new	47
32	Timothy	56	↑6	52
33	Raymond	55	–	27
34	Joseph	52	↑8	14
35	Curtis	51	↓8	99
36	George	51	↓8	16
37	Marvin	50	↑2	89
38	Alan	44	↑8	45
39	Russell	43	↑10	69
40	Edward	42	–	19
41	Allen	40	↓12	73
42	Gregory	40	new	33
43	Eugene	38	↓9	59
44	Gene	38	new	>100
45	Lawrence	38	↓13	32
46	Leroy	38	↓15	98
47	Lynn	37	new	>100
48	Harold	36	↓7	35
49	Ralph	35	new	50
50	Jim	34	new	77

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