Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1914

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1914 were Margaret for girls (145 babies) and John for boys (207). Margaret ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 8,199 babies born in North Dakota in 1914 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1914

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

Alvina: 17 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Frieda: 29 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Luella: 21 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Lila: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Adeline: 25 babies, 5× the national rate
Lydia: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Olga: 26 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Esther: 87 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Agnes: 67 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Olive: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Olaf: 15 babies, 46.4× the national rate
Anton: 19 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Otto: 29 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Lyle: 23 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Emil: 27 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Orville: 22 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Arnold: 32 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Lloyd: 48 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Alvin: 36 babies, 4× the national rate
Leslie: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1914

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	Margaret	145	↑2	4
2	Mary	142	–	1
3	Helen	140	↓2	2
4	Ruth	109	–	5
5	Dorothy	103	–	3
6	Evelyn	97	↑2	11
7	Alice	87	–	12
8	Esther	87	↑1	35
9	Mildred	79	↑1	7
10	Anna	71	↑2	6
11	Frances	68	↑9	9
12	Agnes	67	↑7	44
13	Elizabeth	62	↑3	8
14	Rose	62	↓8	15
15	Martha	61	↓1	27
16	Irene	60	↑1	22
17	Lillian	60	↑4	16
18	Florence	59	↑5	13
19	Edna	58	↓4	19
20	Hazel	58	↑8	29
21	Emma	56	↑5	39
22	Elsie	53	↑2	46
23	Myrtle	53	↓5	60
24	Gladys	50	↓13	20
25	Ida	50	↑6	49
26	Clara	47	↓13	37
27	Marie	47	↑2	10
28	Eleanor	44	↓6	28
29	Doris	43	↑9	36
30	Bernice	42	↓3	43
31	Grace	42	↓6	25
32	Eva	41	↑17	52
33	Ethel	40	↓1	21
34	Thelma	40	↑9	26
35	Ann	39	↑10	40
36	Lucille	38	↑4	30
37	Mabel	38	↑9	58
38	Bertha	37	↓8	41
39	Louise	36	–	17
40	Pauline	35	↓6	34
41	Gertrude	34	↓8	32
42	Kathryn	33	new	63
43	Lois	33	new	51
44	Alma	32	↓8	69
45	Ruby	32	↓3	24
46	Leona	30	new	79
47	Pearl	30	new	56
48	Edith	29	new	31
49	Frieda	29	new	>100
50	Barbara	27	new	82

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	John	207	–	1
2	Robert	116	↑4	4
3	William	115	↓1	2
4	George	93	↑1	6
5	Harold	92	↓1	14
6	James	88	↑1	3
7	Edward	80	↑1	8
8	Joseph	78	↑4	5
9	Walter	75	↑1	10
10	Arthur	67	↓7	18
11	Clarence	66	–	22
12	Kenneth	60	↑11	30
13	Albert	59	–	15
14	Raymond	58	↓5	16
15	Charles	57	↑10	7
16	Frank	51	↑5	9
17	Donald	49	↓2	23
18	Lloyd	48	↓1	66
19	Edwin	47	↓3	53
20	Ernest	46	↑21	38
21	Henry	46	↓1	12
22	Fred	45	↑8	28
23	Paul	45	↓9	13
24	Elmer	43	↓5	46
25	Lawrence	42	↑3	35
26	Leonard	41	↑10	45
27	Carl	40	↓3	24
28	Melvin	40	↑9	59
29	Roy	38	↑3	32
30	Ralph	37	↓12	21
31	Alvin	36	↑8	78
32	Earl	35	↑3	33
33	Harry	35	↓11	19
34	Richard	34	↓8	17
35	Clifford	33	↑9	62
36	Lester	33	new	57
37	Arnold	32	↑3	97
38	Herbert	32	↓11	42
39	Theodore	32	↓6	64
40	Leo	31	↓2	47
41	Norman	30	↑6	54
42	Alfred	29	↓8	41
43	Otto	29	new	>100
44	Howard	28	↓13	26
45	Peter	28	new	48
46	Emil	27	↓17	>100
47	Vernon	27	new	83
48	Francis	26	↑1	31
49	Floyd	25	new	58
50	Louis	25	new	20

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