Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1923

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1923 were Mary for girls (220 babies) and John for boys (243). Social Security records list 12,527 babies born in North Dakota in 1923 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1923

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

Luella: 30 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Adeline: 35 babies, 6× the national rate
Delores: 35 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Frieda: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Fern: 32 babies, 5× the national rate
Esther: 108 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lorraine: 97 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Leona: 55 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Donna: 32 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Violet: 65 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Anton: 28 babies, 23.1× the national rate
Duane: 30 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Lyle: 40 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Ervin: 31 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Reuben: 16 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Alan: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Wallace: 67 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Wilbert: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Gordon: 57 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Arnold: 43 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1923

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Mary	220	↑1	1
2	Helen	198	↑1	3
3	Dorothy	187	↓2	2
4	Margaret	145	↑1	4
5	Doris	141	↑1	11
6	Betty	139	↑6	5
7	Ruth	130	↓3	6
8	Irene	126	↑3	17
9	Esther	108	↑5	47
10	Alice	106	–	15
11	Evelyn	101	↓4	12
12	Lorraine	97	↓3	57
13	Lois	82	↑6	27
14	Anna	81	↑12	13
15	Frances	81	↓7	10
16	Marjorie	81	–	16
17	Florence	76	↓4	18
18	Elizabeth	74	↑3	9
19	Mildred	74	↓2	8
20	Phyllis	71	↑8	45
21	Lillian	67	↓6	20
22	Rose	67	↓4	23
23	Eleanor	66	↑1	28
24	Violet	65	↑10	86
25	Viola	63	↓2	79
26	Gladys	62	↓4	29
27	Edna	61	↓7	32
28	Marie	59	↓3	14
29	Lucille	56	↓2	35
30	Leona	55	↑13	100
31	Clara	53	↑5	49
32	Jean	52	↓1	19
33	Joyce	52	new	>100
34	June	52	↑12	42
35	Virginia	52	↓2	7
36	Martha	51	↑4	21
37	Ruby	51	new	25
38	Agnes	50	–	63
39	Elaine	49	new	87
40	Marian	48	↓3	65
41	Pearl	48	new	78
42	Bernice	47	↓10	43
43	Shirley	46	new	26
44	Elsie	45	↓14	61
45	Grace	45	↓3	39
46	Hazel	45	↓17	40
47	Vivian	43	↓3	69
48	Barbara	41	new	33
49	Edith	41	–	36
50	Patricia	41	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	John	243	↑1	1
2	Robert	243	↓1	2
3	Donald	197	↑2	10
4	James	171	↓1	4
5	William	171	↓1	3
6	Harold	134	–	13
7	George	119	↑1	6
8	Raymond	117	↓1	15
9	Richard	101	↑1	9
10	Arthur	98	↑1	19
11	Charles	95	↑3	5
12	Kenneth	88	↓3	21
13	Edward	70	–	8
14	Frank	69	↑4	11
15	Joseph	69	–	7
16	Lloyd	67	–	59
17	Wallace	67	new	69
18	Albert	65	↑11	20
19	Vernon	65	↑13	67
20	Paul	63	↑2	14
21	Leonard	61	↓4	37
22	Walter	61	↓10	16
23	Norman	59	↑3	44
24	Clarence	58	↑7	29
25	Eugene	58	↓5	25
26	Gordon	57	↓2	76
27	Marvin	56	↑7	51
28	Henry	54	↓3	18
29	Melvin	54	↑8	48
30	Earl	53	↑3	31
31	Lawrence	53	↓10	36
32	Ralph	53	↓9	23
33	Harry	52	↑13	22
34	Howard	52	↑2	26
35	Alvin	47	↓8	73
36	Roy	47	↑2	32
37	Edwin	46	↓7	56
38	Leo	46	↓10	49
39	Thomas	45	new	12
40	Peter	44	new	58
41	Warren	44	↑2	43
42	Arnold	43	↓3	93
43	Elmer	43	↓24	57
44	Francis	43	–	34
45	Carl	41	new	28
46	Floyd	40	new	64
47	Jack	40	new	17
48	Lyle	40	↓7	>100
49	Gerald	39	↓1	54
50	Wayne	39	new	75

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