Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1922

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1922 were Dorothy for girls (231 babies) and Robert for boys (289). Dorothy ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,063 babies born in North Dakota in 1922 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1922

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: 30 babies, 22.9× the national rate
Ione: 17 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Delores: 40 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Frieda: 22 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Mavis: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Fern: 32 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Adeline: 29 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lenora: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lorraine: 112 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Laverne: 28 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Anton: 32 babies, 22.8× the national rate
Duane: 33 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Reuben: 23 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Lyle: 48 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Orville: 36 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Otto: 22 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Ervin: 24 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Neil: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Mike: 26 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Arnold: 49 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1922

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Dorothy	231	↑1	2
2	Mary	225	↓1	1
3	Helen	200	↑1	3
4	Ruth	188	↑1	5
5	Margaret	173	↓2	4
6	Doris	126	–	11
7	Evelyn	121	–	13
8	Frances	112	↑4	10
9	Lorraine	112	↑4	56
10	Alice	105	↑1	15
11	Irene	100	↓3	17
12	Betty	95	↑12	6
13	Florence	92	↑3	18
14	Esther	87	↓5	44
15	Lillian	87	↓1	19
16	Marjorie	81	↓1	16
17	Mildred	78	↓7	8
18	Rose	76	↑4	23
19	Lois	75	–	35
20	Edna	74	↑3	29
21	Elizabeth	74	↓4	9
22	Gladys	74	↓4	25
23	Viola	71	↑4	72
24	Eleanor	67	↓4	28
25	Marie	65	↑6	14
26	Anna	63	↑3	12
27	Lucille	63	↑1	33
28	Phyllis	61	↓3	53
29	Hazel	57	↑3	37
30	Elsie	55	↑7	59
31	Jean	55	↓10	20
32	Bernice	54	↑2	41
33	Virginia	54	↑6	7
34	Violet	52	↑6	86
35	Marion	51	↑3	42
36	Clara	50	–	47
37	Marian	50	↑9	67
38	Agnes	49	↓12	62
39	Ethel	48	↑2	32
40	Martha	47	↓10	21
41	Myrtle	47	new	75
42	Grace	46	↑6	38
43	Leona	46	new	>100
44	Vivian	46	↓9	74
45	Emma	44	↓3	50
46	June	43	↓2	45
47	Gertrude	42	new	48
48	Norma	42	↓5	46
49	Edith	41	new	34
50	Delores	40	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Robert	289	↑1	2
2	John	276	↓1	1
3	James	176	↑2	4
4	William	174	↓1	3
5	Donald	160	↓1	12
6	Harold	142	↑1	13
7	Raymond	129	↑1	16
8	George	125	↓2	6
9	Kenneth	103	↑1	21
10	Richard	99	↑2	9
11	Arthur	96	↓2	19
12	Walter	96	↑1	15
13	Edward	86	↑2	8
14	Charles	80	–	5
15	Joseph	77	↓4	7
16	Lloyd	77	↑12	59
17	Leonard	73	↑22	38
18	Frank	70	↓1	10
19	Elmer	65	↑13	54
20	Eugene	65	↑14	25
21	Lawrence	63	↓1	36
22	Paul	63	↑1	14
23	Ralph	61	↓5	23
24	Gordon	60	↓3	76
25	Henry	60	↑12	17
26	Norman	59	↑15	44
27	Alvin	58	↑17	73
28	Leo	58	↓6	51
29	Albert	57	↓4	20
30	Edwin	57	↑1	52
31	Clarence	56	↓2	29
32	Vernon	56	↓16	68
33	Earl	54	↓6	31
34	Marvin	54	↓4	56
35	Clifford	53	–	63
36	Howard	52	↓10	26
37	Melvin	51	↑3	50
38	Roy	51	↓14	32
39	Arnold	49	↑4	94
40	Theodore	49	new	62
41	Lyle	48	↑7	>100
42	Ernest	46	↓4	37
43	Warren	46	↓24	45
44	Francis	45	new	34
45	Alfred	44	new	42
46	Harry	41	↓13	22
47	Bernard	40	new	46
48	Gerald	40	new	58
49	Russell	40	↓2	49
50	Fred	39	new	33

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