Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1912

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1912 were Mary for girls (100 babies) and John for boys (122). Social Security records list 5,419 babies born in North Dakota in 1912 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1912

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

Olga: 29 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Selma: 15 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Lydia: 20 babies, 5× the national rate
Adeline: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Hilda: 27 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Esther: 67 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Myrtle: 46 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Agnes: 48 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Mabel: 40 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Vivian: 20 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Emil: 21 babies, 10× the national rate
Jacob: 19 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Alvin: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Arnold: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lloyd: 27 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Marvin: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Clifford: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Edwin: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Leonard: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Theodore: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1912

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	Mary	100	–	1
2	Helen	95	↑1	2
3	Margaret	91	↓1	4
4	Ruth	85	–	5
5	Dorothy	73	↑6	3
6	Alice	72	↓1	11
7	Esther	67	–	33
8	Rose	62	↑23	15
9	Irene	58	–	22
10	Mildred	57	↑8	6
11	Gladys	56	↓3	19
12	Elizabeth	53	↓2	8
13	Anna	51	↓7	7
14	Agnes	48	–	40
15	Evelyn	47	↑1	13
16	Martha	47	↑6	29
17	Myrtle	46	↓2	50
18	Florence	44	↑7	12
19	Ethel	43	↑15	18
20	Hazel	43	↑1	25
21	Lillian	43	↓2	14
22	Marie	43	↑16	10
23	Clara	42	–	34
24	Emma	41	↓11	35
25	Mabel	40	↓1	46
26	Edna	39	↓14	16
27	Frances	35	↓7	9
28	Lucille	34	↑17	32
29	Pearl	33	↑17	54
30	Elsie	30	↓2	42
31	Ida	30	↓4	45
32	Ann	29	↑17	47
33	Edith	29	–	31
34	Grace	29	↓4	24
35	Olga	29	↑7	>100
36	Bertha	27	↓19	36
37	Gertrude	27	↑10	30
38	Hilda	27	new	>100
39	Louise	27	↓2	17
40	Pauline	27	↓5	38
41	Thelma	26	↓2	26
42	Catherine	25	new	21
43	Ella	24	↓14	69
44	Marjorie	24	new	56
45	Bernice	23	↓13	51
46	Laura	23	new	57
47	Blanche	22	new	75
48	Doris	21	↓8	48
49	Eva	21	↓6	49
50	Kathryn	21	new	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	John	122	–	1
2	William	67	–	2
3	George	66	–	6
4	Robert	61	–	4
5	Harold	59	–	13
6	James	52	↑4	3
7	Arthur	51	↑5	15
8	Joseph	47	–	5
9	Clarence	43	↑4	21
10	Walter	42	↓3	11
11	Carl	41	↑7	24
12	Edward	41	↓6	8
13	Raymond	39	↑1	18
14	Henry	38	↑3	12
15	Ernest	34	↑18	32
16	Charles	33	↓7	7
17	Kenneth	33	↑17	33
18	Albert	32	↑2	17
19	Donald	32	↓4	27
20	Frank	32	↓4	9
21	Roy	30	↑11	31
22	Leonard	28	↓3	45
23	Lloyd	27	↑13	70
24	Paul	27	↑2	14
25	Clifford	26	↑3	62
26	Howard	26	new	25
27	Edwin	25	↑2	54
28	Lawrence	24	↑7	38
29	Richard	24	↑9	19
30	Earl	23	↓8	34
31	Alfred	22	↓10	40
32	Alvin	22	↑11	86
33	Elmer	22	↓10	47
34	Fred	22	↓10	26
35	Theodore	22	↓24	52
36	Thomas	22	↑6	10
37	Emil	21	↑8	>100
38	Harry	20	↓13	16
39	Ralph	20	new	23
40	Jacob	19	new	>100
41	Marvin	19	new	83
42	Peter	19	↓11	48
43	Arnold	17	↓16	99
44	Floyd	17	new	59
45	Melvin	16	↑5	71
46	Joe	15	new	36
47	Leo	15	new	49
48	Louis	15	new	20
49	Russell	15	new	56
50	Herbert	14	↓20	39

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