Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1918

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1918 were Helen for girls (228 babies) and John for boys (314). Helen ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 14,412 babies born in North Dakota in 1918 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1918

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: 27 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Erna: 18 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Tillie: 17 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Ione: 15 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Adeline: 52 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Clarice: 22 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Luella: 37 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Frieda: 27 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lydia: 36 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Selma: 25 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Anton: 38 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Palmer: 19 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Lynn: 38 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Maynard: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Orville: 45 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Reuben: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Otto: 26 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Lyle: 34 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Adolph: 21 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Gordon: 71 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1918

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Helen	228	–	2
2	Ruth	207	↑3	5
3	Mary	199	↓1	1
4	Dorothy	191	–	3
5	Margaret	183	↓2	4
6	Evelyn	151	↑1	11
7	Alice	150	↑2	13
8	Esther	150	↓2	38
9	Mildred	124	↓1	6
10	Frances	120	↑2	8
11	Irene	115	↓1	16
12	Florence	111	↑1	14
13	Edna	108	↓2	23
14	Doris	107	↑3	19
15	Gladys	103	↑1	22
16	Anna	102	↓2	10
17	Lillian	101	↑1	15
18	Marie	88	↑3	12
19	Rose	87	↑8	17
20	Elizabeth	79	↓5	9
21	Agnes	77	↑3	47
22	Elsie	76	↑11	49
23	Hazel	76	↑7	33
24	Clara	75	↓5	43
25	Myrtle	75	↑1	62
26	Viola	72	↑5	59
27	Edith	68	↑5	30
28	Martha	67	↓6	25
29	Lorraine	64	new	69
30	Lucille	64	↓2	29
31	Ella	62	new	84
32	Eleanor	61	↓12	26
33	Marjorie	61	↑4	34
34	Bernice	60	↓9	41
35	Emma	59	↑1	46
36	Ethel	59	↓7	28
37	Marian	57	new	76
38	Ruby	57	new	27
39	Pauline	54	new	35
40	Verna	54	new	>100
41	Pearl	53	↑9	56
42	Adeline	52	new	>100
43	Kathryn	52	new	63
44	Marion	52	↓10	45
45	Lois	51	–	42
46	Virginia	51	↓5	7
47	Bertha	49	↓7	51
48	Eva	49	new	55
49	Violet	49	↓14	83
50	Grace	47	↓1	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	John	314	–	1
2	Robert	227	–	4
3	William	197	–	2
4	George	158	–	6
5	Arthur	137	↑5	17
6	Raymond	135	↑1	15
7	Donald	130	↓1	18
8	James	128	–	3
9	Joseph	127	–	7
10	Harold	125	↓5	13
11	Walter	108	↑1	11
12	Charles	103	↑5	5
13	Frank	99	↑1	9
14	Edward	96	↑4	8
15	Kenneth	96	↓2	27
16	Albert	86	↓1	19
17	Lloyd	84	↑5	51
18	Edwin	82	↑8	55
19	Paul	73	↑4	14
20	Clarence	71	↓9	23
21	Gordon	71	↑4	85
22	Henry	71	↓6	16
23	Richard	70	↑5	12
24	Vernon	70	↑22	66
25	Alvin	67	↓4	80
26	Elmer	67	↑11	44
27	Ralph	66	↓3	22
28	Lawrence	65	↑4	38
29	Leonard	63	↑11	41
30	Melvin	62	↑9	56
31	Harry	61	–	20
32	Roy	59	↓13	32
33	Earl	58	↑2	31
34	Clifford	57	↓7	60
35	Arnold	55	↑7	92
36	Carl	55	↑7	25
37	Marvin	55	new	68
38	Herbert	54	↓9	40
39	Peter	53	↑2	53
40	Ernest	51	↓2	37
41	Howard	51	↓5	26
42	Lester	50	↑7	62
43	Fred	49	↓13	33
44	Leo	48	↓11	48
45	Alfred	47	–	42
46	Francis	45	new	30
47	Orville	45	new	>100
48	Norman	43	↓28	49
49	Leroy	41	new	57
50	Louis	41	new	24

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