Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1917

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1917 were Helen for girls (241 babies) and John for boys (269). Helen ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 14,379 babies born in North Dakota in 1917 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1917

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

Monica: 21 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Alvina: 21 babies, 10× the national rate
Erna: 20 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Tillie: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Frieda: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lydia: 34 babies, 4× the national rate
Amy: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Olga: 43 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Adeline: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Esther: 155 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Reinhold: 18 babies, 35× the national rate
Palmer: 21 babies, 21.8× the national rate
Anton: 31 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Lynn: 20 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Lyle: 36 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Reuben: 18 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Otto: 28 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Ervin: 24 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Alvin: 70 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Gordon: 66 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1917

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	Helen	241	↑1	2
2	Mary	234	↓1	1
3	Margaret	224	–	4
4	Dorothy	199	–	3
5	Ruth	164	–	5
6	Esther	155	–	38
7	Evelyn	147	–	11
8	Mildred	136	↑3	6
9	Alice	133	↓1	13
10	Irene	130	–	17
11	Edna	124	↑5	20
12	Frances	115	↑3	9
13	Florence	113	↓1	14
14	Anna	107	–	7
15	Elizabeth	104	↑5	8
16	Gladys	104	↓7	23
17	Doris	98	↑6	25
18	Lillian	93	↓5	15
19	Clara	89	↑8	41
20	Eleanor	88	↑5	26
21	Marie	87	↓3	12
22	Martha	84	↑2	22
23	Ida	79	↑3	56
24	Agnes	78	↓7	48
25	Bernice	78	↑5	42
26	Myrtle	77	↓5	58
27	Rose	74	↓5	16
28	Lucille	71	↑5	29
29	Ethel	69	↓1	24
30	Hazel	69	↓1	31
31	Viola	66	↑3	59
32	Edith	63	↑4	28
33	Elsie	60	↓1	50
34	Marion	58	new	45
35	Violet	58	new	84
36	Emma	57	↓17	46
37	Marjorie	57	new	36
38	Thelma	55	↑5	32
39	Ann	53	↑1	44
40	Bertha	52	↓1	51
41	Virginia	52	↑3	10
42	Vivian	52	↓4	79
43	Alma	51	↑5	71
44	Katherine	51	↑2	49
45	Lois	51	↓8	43
46	Mabel	49	↓15	68
47	Beatrice	48	new	39
48	Leona	48	new	80
49	Grace	47	↓8	30
50	Pearl	47	new	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	John	269	–	1
2	Robert	241	↑1	4
3	William	208	↓1	2
4	George	177	–	6
5	Harold	151	↑1	12
6	Donald	143	↑2	20
7	Raymond	137	↑2	16
8	James	132	↓3	3
9	Joseph	129	↑2	5
10	Arthur	125	↓3	17
11	Clarence	110	↑8	25
12	Walter	107	↑1	11
13	Kenneth	104	↑2	27
14	Frank	98	↓2	9
15	Albert	94	↑1	18
16	Henry	94	↓2	15
17	Charles	92	↑1	7
18	Edward	86	↓8	8
19	Roy	73	↑13	33
20	Norman	71	↑10	46
21	Alvin	70	↑13	81
22	Lloyd	69	↑4	53
23	Paul	69	↑4	13
24	Ralph	69	↑5	21
25	Gordon	66	↑24	84
26	Edwin	64	↓6	55
27	Clifford	63	↑14	59
28	Richard	63	↓11	14
29	Herbert	61	↓8	40
30	Fred	59	↑7	29
31	Harry	59	↑11	19
32	Lawrence	57	↑1	36
33	Leo	55	↑10	47
34	Thomas	55	new	10
35	Earl	54	↓10	32
36	Howard	54	↑9	26
37	Elmer	53	↓13	45
38	Ernest	53	↓16	37
39	Melvin	51	↓8	57
40	Leonard	50	↓12	41
41	Peter	50	↓1	50
42	Arnold	49	↓4	91
43	Carl	48	↓20	24
44	Russell	48	new	52
45	Alfred	46	↓9	43
46	Vernon	43	↓11	71
47	Oscar	41	new	87
48	Jack	39	new	22
49	Lester	39	↑1	61
50	Eugene	38	↓6	39

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