Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1949

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1949 were Linda for girls (401 babies) and David for boys (292). David ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 14,028 babies born in North Dakota in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1949

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: 17 babies, 24.4× the national rate
Laurel: 21 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Marcella: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Renee: 38 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Bonita: 26 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Colleen: 33 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Paulette: 37 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Candace: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Connie: 84 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Darlene: 48 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Daryl: 37 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Myron: 18 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Lyle: 28 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Loren: 22 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Duane: 66 babies, 8× the national rate
Leland: 21 babies, 8× the national rate
Terrence: 29 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Terrance: 20 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Jerome: 62 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Rodney: 74 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	401	–	1
2	Mary	269	–	2
3	Carol	194	↑1	8
4	Susan	174	↑4	5
5	Kathleen	161	↑6	9
6	Barbara	160	↓1	4
7	Karen	158	↑2	11
8	Patricia	156	↓1	3
9	Sandra	150	↓6	6
10	Sharon	141	↓4	10
11	Nancy	125	↑2	7
12	Diane	119	↓2	19
13	Judith	109	↓1	16
14	Donna	101	↑1	12
15	Cheryl	94	↓1	28
16	Deborah	94	↑12	15
17	Judy	91	↓1	20
18	Shirley	91	↓1	18
19	Connie	84	↑1	43
20	Margaret	83	↑2	14
21	Janice	79	↓3	24
22	Bonnie	72	↓1	35
23	Beverly	70	↓4	31
24	Jane	67	↑13	41
25	Cynthia	65	↓2	27
26	Marilyn	57	↓2	33
27	Pamela	55	–	21
28	Peggy	55	↑3	38
29	Betty	52	↓4	22
30	Gloria	52	↑2	29
31	Joyce	51	↑3	26
32	Elaine	50	↑1	57
33	Janet	50	↓3	23
34	Vicki	50	↑11	70
35	Darlene	48	↓9	75
36	Ruth	46	new	47
37	Joan	45	↓2	36
38	Brenda	42	new	13
39	Katherine	42	new	59
40	Kathryn	40	↓1	52
41	Jean	39	↓12	45
42	Rita	39	↑1	54
43	Renee	38	new	>100
44	Elizabeth	37	↓8	25
45	Paulette	37	↓3	>100
46	Carolyn	36	new	17
47	Constance	36	new	83
48	Gail	36	new	51
49	Joanne	36	new	61
50	Kathy	36	new	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	David	292	↑2	6
2	James	290	↓1	1
3	Robert	290	↓1	2
4	Richard	254	–	7
5	John	223	↑1	3
6	Michael	218	↑3	5
7	Gary	200	↓2	12
8	Dennis	185	–	16
9	Ronald	185	↑1	11
10	Larry	175	↓3	10
11	Thomas	168	↑1	8
12	Steven	153	↑7	20
13	Kenneth	147	–	15
14	Donald	141	↓3	13
15	William	132	↓1	4
16	Roger	130	↓1	25
17	Charles	122	↑3	9
18	Timothy	116	↑10	34
19	Bruce	115	↑3	26
20	Douglas	114	↓2	29
21	Paul	96	↑4	17
22	Wayne	96	↑1	35
23	Mark	94	↑7	24
24	Gregory	85	↑10	31
25	Daniel	82	↑1	22
26	Dale	81	↓9	54
27	Terry	76	↓6	28
28	Gerald	74	↓12	33
29	Rodney	74	↑2	87
30	Duane	66	↓6	>100
31	Jerome	62	↑8	>100
32	Jerry	62	↓3	23
33	Keith	58	↓6	85
34	Allen	51	↑6	71
35	Raymond	49	↑1	30
36	Darrell	48	↑7	>100
37	Patrick	47	–	39
38	Stephen	47	↑8	19
39	Lawrence	45	↑2	32
40	Craig	41	new	77
41	Eugene	41	↑6	58
42	Jeffrey	41	new	48
43	Joseph	41	↓8	14
44	Alan	37	↓11	45
45	Daryl	37	new	>100
46	Glenn	37	new	61
47	Curtis	36	↓15	97
48	Harold	34	new	42
49	Dwight	32	new	>100
50	Dean	31	↓1	>100

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