Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1920

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1920 were Helen for girls (233 babies) and John for boys (299). Helen ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 14,140 babies born in North Dakota in 1920 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1920

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: 21 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Erna: 21 babies, 13× the national rate
Monica: 15 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Ione: 18 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Adeline: 50 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Luella: 31 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Clarice: 19 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Delores: 24 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Fern: 38 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Lila: 24 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Reinhold: 15 babies, 41.6× the national rate
Anton: 37 babies, 22.9× the national rate
Reuben: 32 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Lynn: 25 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Duane: 18 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Kermit: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Ervin: 32 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Arnold: 68 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Orville: 41 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Lyle: 30 babies, 5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1920

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	Helen	233	–	3
2	Mary	230	–	1
3	Dorothy	209	–	2
4	Margaret	208	–	4
5	Ruth	196	–	5
6	Evelyn	162	–	12
7	Irene	133	↑2	17
8	Esther	131	↓1	39
9	Alice	118	↓1	15
10	Gladys	112	↑5	22
11	Doris	109	↓1	14
12	Florence	106	↓1	16
13	Mildred	101	↓1	6
14	Agnes	94	↑2	54
15	Edna	91	↑6	27
16	Frances	90	↑2	9
17	Lillian	87	↑2	18
18	Marjorie	84	↑10	24
19	Elizabeth	82	↓6	8
20	Anna	78	↓3	10
21	Viola	77	↑11	59
22	Lorraine	74	↑1	70
23	Ethel	72	↑14	30
24	Lucille	71	–	29
25	Clara	68	↑5	44
26	Marie	68	–	13
27	Lois	67	↓5	38
28	Bernice	66	↑3	40
29	Rose	66	↓15	20
30	Eleanor	64	↓5	25
31	Jean	63	↑11	33
32	Hazel	62	↓12	34
33	Violet	62	↑2	77
34	Martha	61	↓1	23
35	Elsie	55	↓8	51
36	Marian	55	↑10	73
37	Virginia	54	new	7
38	Vivian	54	↑1	64
39	Grace	53	↓1	37
40	Emma	52	↓4	46
41	Betty	51	↑4	11
42	June	51	new	53
43	Katherine	51	–	45
44	Kathryn	51	new	67
45	Adeline	50	↑2	>100
46	Alma	48	new	80
47	Ida	48	↓18	66
48	Ruby	48	new	26
49	Gertrude	46	new	42
50	Mabel	46	↓6	83

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	John	299	–	1
2	Robert	263	–	3
3	William	171	–	2
4	James	167	↑2	4
5	George	165	↓1	6
6	Donald	147	↑1	16
7	Harold	140	↓2	12
8	Raymond	129	–	15
9	Arthur	115	↑3	18
10	Charles	111	↑1	5
11	Walter	110	↓2	13
12	Richard	104	↑6	10
13	Joseph	103	–	7
14	Kenneth	102	–	23
15	Edward	85	↓5	8
16	Clarence	80	↓1	26
17	Henry	80	↑3	17
18	Lloyd	79	↑4	58
19	Lawrence	76	↑15	36
20	Albert	75	↓1	19
21	Roy	75	↑19	32
22	Paul	72	↑2	14
23	Arnold	68	↑27	91
24	Edwin	68	↑1	53
25	Frank	68	↓4	9
26	Earl	66	↑4	31
27	Herbert	64	↑4	41
28	Elmer	63	↓5	45
29	Ernest	63	↑7	37
30	Ralph	61	↓3	22
31	Howard	58	↓2	24
32	Leonard	58	↓15	38
33	Clifford	56	↑2	59
34	Vernon	55	↓18	65
35	Norman	54	↑4	47
36	Gordon	51	↓8	85
37	Marvin	51	↑10	62
38	Melvin	51	↓1	54
39	Alvin	49	↓7	76
40	Leo	49	↑6	48
41	Eugene	48	new	30
42	Harry	48	↓16	21
43	Peter	47	↓2	57
44	Carl	45	↓11	27
45	Fred	45	↓3	33
46	Francis	43	new	34
47	Orville	41	↓9	>100
48	Thomas	41	↓4	11
49	Alfred	40	↓6	42
50	Warren	39	new	39

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