Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1948

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1948 were Linda for girls (461 babies) and James for boys (330). Social Security records list 14,045 babies born in North Dakota in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1948

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: 26 babies, 33.8× the national rate
Lavonne: 16 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Bonita: 27 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Colleen: 34 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Paulette: 40 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Gayle: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Darlene: 62 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Audrey: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Julie: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Sheryl: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Myron: 27 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Duane: 77 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Lyle: 34 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Loren: 21 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Terrance: 26 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Darrel: 17 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Daryl: 24 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Leland: 18 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Clayton: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Keith: 73 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	461	–	1
2	Mary	315	–	2
3	Sandra	193	↑2	6
4	Carol	176	↓1	8
5	Barbara	172	↑4	3
6	Sharon	167	↓2	9
7	Patricia	162	–	4
8	Susan	162	↑3	5
9	Karen	155	↓3	12
10	Diane	124	–	19
11	Kathleen	116	↑3	10
12	Judith	111	↑3	15
13	Nancy	108	↑5	7
14	Cheryl	106	↑5	25
15	Donna	96	↓3	11
16	Judy	96	↓8	16
17	Shirley	86	↓4	20
18	Janice	81	↓2	23
19	Beverly	75	↑6	31
20	Connie	74	↑6	43
21	Bonnie	69	↓4	34
22	Margaret	67	–	13
23	Cynthia	66	↑26	27
24	Marilyn	63	↓3	33
25	Betty	62	↓5	18
26	Darlene	62	↑3	77
27	Pamela	62	↑23	22
28	Deborah	60	new	30
29	Jean	59	↑1	47
30	Janet	58	↓2	24
31	Peggy	58	–	38
32	Gloria	57	↓5	28
33	Elaine	54	↑1	53
34	Joyce	51	↓11	21
35	Joan	50	↓3	37
36	Elizabeth	49	↑3	26
37	Jane	48	↓13	39
38	Dianne	44	–	86
39	Kathryn	44	↑6	54
40	Eileen	42	new	91
41	Phyllis	41	↓5	46
42	Paulette	40	new	>100
43	Rita	38	↑4	59
44	Virginia	38	↓11	36
45	Vicki	36	new	81
46	Dorothy	35	new	29
47	Colleen	34	new	>100
48	Julie	34	new	>100
49	Marlene	34	↓7	>100
50	Ann	33	↓9	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	James	330	–	1
2	Robert	293	–	2
3	David	290	↑1	5
4	Richard	251	↓1	7
5	Gary	242	↑1	12
6	John	233	↑2	3
7	Larry	224	↓2	11
8	Dennis	222	↓1	17
9	Michael	197	↑2	6
10	Ronald	181	↓1	10
11	Donald	160	↓1	14
12	Thomas	155	↑1	8
13	Kenneth	145	↓1	15
14	William	135	↑1	4
15	Roger	116	↓1	24
16	Gerald	107	–	30
17	Dale	100	↑8	56
18	Douglas	100	↑2	33
19	Steven	100	↑10	23
20	Charles	92	↑1	9
21	Terry	91	↓3	26
22	Bruce	89	↑1	28
23	Wayne	85	↓6	34
24	Duane	77	↓5	>100
25	Paul	77	↓3	18
26	Daniel	76	–	22
27	Keith	73	↑1	89
28	Timothy	71	↑4	38
29	Jerry	69	↓5	21
30	Mark	65	↑1	29
31	Rodney	61	↓4	92
32	Curtis	53	↑3	>100
33	Alan	52	↑5	46
34	Gregory	52	↑8	32
35	Joseph	51	↓1	13
36	Raymond	50	↓3	27
37	Patrick	49	new	48
38	Edward	46	↑2	19
39	Jerome	45	↓9	>100
40	Allen	43	↑1	72
41	Lawrence	43	↑4	31
42	Marvin	42	↓5	90
43	Darrell	40	new	>100
44	George	40	↓8	16
45	Gene	38	↓1	>100
46	Stephen	36	new	20
47	Eugene	35	↓4	61
48	Lyle	34	new	>100
49	Dean	32	new	>100
50	Vernon	32	new	>100

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