Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1915

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1915 were Helen for girls (219 babies) and John for boys (284). Helen ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 12,561 babies born in North Dakota in 1915 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1915

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: 16 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Frieda: 28 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Luella: 27 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Laverne: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Adeline: 34 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Lenora: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Selma: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lydia: 31 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lila: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Myrtle: 96 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Palmer: 15 babies, 16× the national rate
Anton: 37 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Reuben: 24 babies, 8× the national rate
Kermit: 15 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Adolph: 29 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Otto: 35 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Emil: 36 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Ervin: 21 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Orville: 38 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Erwin: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1915

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	Helen	219	↑2	2
2	Mary	196	–	1
3	Dorothy	190	↑2	3
4	Margaret	164	↓3	4
5	Ruth	158	↓1	5
6	Esther	152	↑2	33
7	Evelyn	141	↓1	10
8	Mildred	115	↑1	6
9	Alice	108	↓2	13
10	Irene	108	↑6	17
11	Elizabeth	103	↑2	8
12	Lillian	102	↑5	15
13	Gladys	101	↑11	21
14	Agnes	99	↓2	45
15	Myrtle	96	↑8	58
16	Florence	91	↑2	14
17	Anna	90	↓7	7
18	Frances	89	↓7	9
19	Edna	84	–	20
20	Marie	84	↑7	11
21	Clara	79	↑5	38
22	Martha	76	↓7	25
23	Rose	74	↓9	16
24	Hazel	70	↓4	26
25	Elsie	69	↓3	41
26	Bernice	68	↑4	42
27	Emma	68	↓6	40
28	Lucille	64	↑8	29
29	Edith	58	↑19	31
30	Eva	57	↑2	55
31	Bertha	56	↑7	46
32	Eleanor	55	↓4	28
33	Ethel	54	–	23
34	Ann	53	↑1	43
35	Marjorie	53	new	39
36	Doris	50	↓7	34
37	Ida	50	↓12	54
38	Pearl	50	↑9	56
39	Ella	49	new	75
40	Thelma	49	↓6	30
41	Kathryn	48	↑1	60
42	Mabel	48	↓5	62
43	Viola	48	new	59
44	Catherine	47	new	19
45	Katherine	46	new	49
46	Grace	44	↓15	27
47	Marion	44	new	50
48	Pauline	44	↓8	32
49	Alma	41	↓5	70
50	Lois	41	↓7	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	John	284	–	1
2	William	189	↑1	2
3	Robert	156	↓1	4
4	George	126	–	6
5	James	114	↑1	3
6	Harold	113	↓1	12
7	Joseph	107	↑1	5
8	Arthur	105	↑2	18
9	Edward	104	↓2	8
10	Raymond	104	↑4	16
11	Donald	103	↑6	20
12	Walter	102	↓3	11
13	Henry	92	↑8	14
14	Albert	89	↓1	17
15	Charles	89	–	7
16	Kenneth	87	↓4	28
17	Clarence	83	↓6	24
18	Frank	79	↓2	9
19	Herbert	70	↑19	40
20	Richard	69	↑14	15
21	Lawrence	68	↑4	37
22	Edwin	67	↓3	53
23	Roy	65	↑6	32
24	Paul	62	↓1	13
25	Earl	59	↑7	33
26	Theodore	59	↑13	64
27	Lloyd	58	↓9	62
28	Ralph	58	↑2	21
29	Carl	55	↓2	22
30	Howard	55	↑14	25
31	Elmer	54	↓7	45
32	Norman	52	↑9	50
33	Ernest	51	↓13	35
34	Fred	51	↓12	26
35	Arnold	50	↑2	91
36	Clifford	50	↓1	61
37	Harry	50	↓4	19
38	Alvin	49	↓7	81
39	Gordon	46	new	90
40	Thomas	45	new	10
41	Alfred	43	↑1	42
42	Francis	43	↑6	29
43	Leonard	43	↓17	44
44	Marvin	42	new	72
45	Melvin	40	↓17	60
46	Oscar	40	new	88
47	Vernon	40	–	80
48	Russell	39	new	51
49	Orville	38	new	>100
50	Anton	37	new	>100

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