Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1913

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1913 were Helen for girls (118 babies) and John for boys (154). Helen ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 6,487 babies born in North Dakota in 1913 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1913

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: 30 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Lydia: 27 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Adeline: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Myrtle: 50 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Esther: 65 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Clara: 56 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Agnes: 49 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Violet: 27 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Barbara: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Marian: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Emil: 31 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Orville: 23 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Otto: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lloyd: 40 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Gordon: 25 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Arnold: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Edwin: 41 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Alvin: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jacob: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Theodore: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1913

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	Helen	118	↑1	2
2	Mary	114	↓1	1
3	Margaret	97	–	4
4	Ruth	90	–	5
5	Dorothy	76	–	3
6	Rose	74	↑2	14
7	Alice	68	↓1	11
8	Evelyn	68	↑7	12
9	Esther	65	↓2	32
10	Mildred	65	–	6
11	Gladys	62	–	19
12	Anna	58	↑1	7
13	Clara	56	↑10	36
14	Martha	54	↑2	28
15	Edna	53	↑11	18
16	Elizabeth	53	↓4	8
17	Irene	50	↓8	21
18	Myrtle	50	↓1	53
19	Agnes	49	↓5	41
20	Frances	49	↑7	9
21	Lillian	48	–	16
22	Eleanor	47	new	34
23	Florence	47	↓5	13
24	Elsie	42	↑6	40
25	Grace	42	↑9	25
26	Emma	41	↓2	38
27	Bernice	40	↑18	45
28	Hazel	40	↓8	27
29	Marie	39	↓7	10
30	Bertha	36	↑6	39
31	Ida	34	–	49
32	Ethel	33	↓13	20
33	Gertrude	32	↑4	33
34	Pauline	32	↑6	35
35	Viola	32	new	52
36	Alma	31	new	64
37	Ella	31	↑6	70
38	Doris	30	↑10	44
39	Louise	30	–	17
40	Lucille	30	↓12	31
41	Olga	30	↓6	>100
42	Ruby	30	new	23
43	Thelma	30	↓2	26
44	Marion	29	new	51
45	Ann	28	↓13	46
46	Mabel	28	↓21	56
47	Lydia	27	new	>100
48	Violet	27	new	82
49	Eva	25	–	50
50	Minnie	24	new	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	John	154	–	1
2	William	105	–	2
3	Arthur	87	↑4	17
4	Harold	80	↑1	13
5	George	75	↓2	6
6	Robert	69	↓2	4
7	James	68	↓1	3
8	Edward	65	↑4	8
9	Raymond	63	↑4	18
10	Walter	63	–	11
11	Clarence	62	↓2	21
12	Joseph	56	↓4	5
13	Albert	50	↑5	16
14	Paul	50	↑10	14
15	Donald	41	↑4	25
16	Edwin	41	↑11	55
17	Lloyd	40	↑6	67
18	Ralph	39	↑21	22
19	Elmer	38	↑14	45
20	Henry	38	↓6	12
21	Frank	37	↓1	9
22	Harry	37	↑16	15
23	Kenneth	37	↓6	33
24	Carl	36	↓13	23
25	Charles	35	↓9	7
26	Richard	35	↑3	19
27	Herbert	33	↑23	39
28	Lawrence	33	–	35
29	Emil	31	↑8	>100
30	Fred	31	↑4	27
31	Howard	31	↓5	26
32	Roy	29	↓11	32
33	Theodore	29	↑2	60
34	Alfred	28	↓3	42
35	Earl	28	↓5	31
36	Leonard	28	↓14	46
37	Melvin	27	↑8	61
38	Leo	26	↑9	48
39	Alvin	25	↓7	82
40	Arnold	25	↑3	92
41	Ernest	25	↓26	34
42	Gordon	25	new	94
43	Thomas	25	↓7	10
44	Clifford	24	↓19	68
45	Orville	23	new	>100
46	Chester	22	new	56
47	Norman	22	new	57
48	Bernard	21	new	52
49	Francis	20	new	30
50	Oscar	20	new	76

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