Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1919

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1919 were Helen for girls (226 babies) and John for boys (304). Helen ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 13,412 babies born in North Dakota in 1919 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1919

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

Hulda: 16 babies, 19.4× the national rate
Tillie: 18 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Frieda: 29 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Delores: 18 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Adeline: 45 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Amy: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Fern: 29 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Carol: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lydia: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Olga: 38 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Reinhold: 15 babies, 61.4× the national rate
Anton: 42 babies, 20× the national rate
Reuben: 25 babies, 9× the national rate
Lynn: 19 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Maynard: 17 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Orville: 49 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Adam: 23 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Lyle: 35 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Kermit: 16 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Grant: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1919

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	Helen	226	–	2
2	Mary	220	↑1	1
3	Dorothy	207	↑1	3
4	Margaret	192	↑1	4
5	Ruth	173	↓3	5
6	Evelyn	150	–	11
7	Esther	130	↑1	38
8	Alice	122	↓1	13
9	Irene	112	↑2	16
10	Doris	104	↑4	18
11	Florence	99	↑1	14
12	Mildred	97	↓3	6
13	Elizabeth	94	↑7	8
14	Rose	92	↑5	19
15	Gladys	88	–	21
16	Agnes	86	↑5	50
17	Anna	84	↓1	10
18	Frances	84	↓8	9
19	Lillian	80	↓2	17
20	Hazel	79	↑3	32
21	Edna	78	↓8	22
22	Lois	72	↑23	40
23	Lorraine	72	↑6	62
24	Lucille	72	↑6	27
25	Eleanor	68	↑7	30
26	Marie	68	↓8	12
27	Elsie	67	↓5	47
28	Marjorie	67	↑5	33
29	Ida	66	new	57
30	Clara	65	↓6	43
31	Bernice	63	↑3	42
32	Viola	62	↓6	58
33	Martha	60	↓5	25
34	Myrtle	58	↓9	67
35	Violet	57	↑14	74
36	Emma	56	↓1	45
37	Ethel	55	↓1	28
38	Grace	54	↑12	34
39	Vivian	54	new	72
40	Marion	53	↑4	44
41	Ella	52	↓10	87
42	Jean	50	new	37
43	Katherine	48	new	51
44	Mabel	47	new	78
45	Betty	46	new	15
46	Marian	46	↓9	82
47	Adeline	45	↓5	>100
48	Bertha	45	↓1	52
49	Harriet	45	new	>100
50	Pauline	45	↓11	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	John	304	–	1
2	Robert	196	–	4
3	William	156	–	2
4	George	153	–	6
5	Harold	147	↑5	13
6	James	144	↑2	3
7	Donald	116	–	17
8	Raymond	113	↓2	14
9	Walter	112	↑2	11
10	Edward	108	↑4	8
11	Charles	107	↑1	5
12	Arthur	103	↓7	19
13	Joseph	90	↓4	7
14	Kenneth	90	↑1	26
15	Clarence	80	↑5	25
16	Vernon	78	↑8	65
17	Leonard	76	↑12	39
18	Richard	74	↑5	12
19	Albert	71	↓3	18
20	Henry	71	↑2	16
21	Frank	69	↓8	9
22	Lloyd	69	↓5	58
23	Elmer	66	↑3	44
24	Paul	61	↓5	15
25	Edwin	58	↓7	52
26	Harry	58	↑5	20
27	Ralph	58	–	22
28	Gordon	57	↓7	86
29	Howard	56	↑12	24
30	Earl	55	↑3	31
31	Herbert	55	↑7	40
32	Alvin	54	↓7	76
33	Carl	52	↑3	29
34	Lawrence	52	↓6	38
35	Clifford	51	↓1	60
36	Ernest	51	↑4	36
37	Melvin	51	↓7	56
38	Orville	49	↑9	>100
39	Norman	48	↑9	48
40	Roy	48	↓8	32
41	Peter	46	↓2	57
42	Fred	45	↑1	30
43	Alfred	44	↑2	42
44	Thomas	43	new	10
45	Anton	42	new	>100
46	Leo	42	↓2	49
47	Marvin	41	↓10	63
48	Louis	40	↑2	28
49	Oscar	39	new	88
50	Arnold	38	↓15	94

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