Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1910

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1910 were Mary for girls (85 babies) and John for boys (56). Social Security records list 2,973 babies born in North Dakota in 1910 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1910

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

Selma: 15 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Olga: 17 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Lydia: 17 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Myrtle: 48 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Hilda: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ella: 31 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Agnes: 39 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kathryn: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Alma: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Esther: 35 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Arthur: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Albert: 23 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Clarence: 16 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1910

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	Mary	85	1
2	Alice	61	10
3	Margaret	61	3
4	Helen	59	2
5	Anna	58	6
6	Florence	58	12
7	Gladys	50	15
8	Mildred	50	8
9	Myrtle	48	43
10	Ruth	47	5
11	Ethel	41	13
12	Agnes	39	41
13	Dorothy	39	4
14	Evelyn	39	17
15	Elizabeth	37	7
16	Clara	36	32
17	Emma	36	34
18	Esther	35	38
19	Frances	35	11
20	Lillian	35	14
21	Ella	31	62
22	Irene	31	21
23	Ida	30	47
24	Edna	28	18
25	Hazel	28	24
26	Marie	28	9
27	Elsie	27	44
28	Martha	27	28
29	Rose	27	16
30	Louise	26	20
31	Mabel	26	46
32	Alma	25	61
33	Grace	23	23
34	Lucille	23	31
35	Thelma	23	25
36	Catherine	21	22
37	Kathryn	20	80
38	Bertha	19	33
39	Laura	19	53
40	Lena	19	66
41	Pearl	19	39
42	Beatrice	18	36
43	Pauline	18	42
44	Ruby	18	27
45	Lydia	17	>100
46	Olga	17	>100
47	Hilda	16	>100
48	Viola	16	48
49	Ann	15	52
50	Blanche	15	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	John	56	1
2	William	41	3
3	George	39	5
4	Arthur	26	17
5	Frank	26	8
6	Albert	23	14
7	Charles	23	7
8	Robert	23	4
9	Joseph	21	6
10	Walter	17	13
11	Clarence	16	20
12	Edward	16	9
13	Harold	16	18
14	Henry	16	10
15	James	16	2
16	Edwin	14	71
17	Kenneth	14	43
18	Theodore	14	54
19	Clifford	13	66
20	Fred	13	22
21	Roy	13	29
22	Ernest	12	31
23	Harry	12	16
24	Thomas	12	12
25	Alfred	11	38
26	Carl	11	26
27	Emil	11	>100
28	Leonard	11	46
29	Melvin	11	75
30	Alvin	10	85
31	Earl	10	33
32	Donald	9	44
33	Elmer	9	48
34	Francis	9	36
35	Jack	9	23
36	Leo	9	51
37	Lloyd	9	67
38	Raymond	9	19
39	Richard	9	21
40	Eugene	8	39
41	Howard	8	27
42	Oscar	8	73
43	Paul	8	15
44	Daniel	7	53
45	Floyd	7	55
46	Herman	7	52
47	Leslie	7	>100
48	Lyle	7	>100
49	Max	7	>100
50	Andrew	6	42

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