Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1924

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1924 were Mary for girls (231 babies) and Robert for boys (328). Social Security records list 12,571 babies born in North Dakota in 1924 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1924

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

Magdalena: 17 babies, 29× the national rate
Alvina: 18 babies, 16.2× the national rate
Avis: 19 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Deloris: 17 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Luella: 31 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Mavis: 23 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Frieda: 19 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Clarice: 19 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Delores: 43 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Fern: 31 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Boys

Anton: 17 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Reuben: 25 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Ervin: 34 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Maynard: 15 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Duane: 33 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Arnold: 66 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Lyle: 31 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Otto: 18 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Orville: 30 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Emil: 23 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1924

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Mary	231	–	1
2	Dorothy	190	↑1	2
3	Helen	179	↓1	3
4	Betty	151	↑2	4
5	Margaret	143	↓1	5
6	Ruth	130	↑1	6
7	Doris	120	↓2	9
8	Alice	117	↑2	15
9	Irene	115	↓1	18
10	Evelyn	99	↑1	12
11	Esther	87	↓2	51
12	Lorraine	86	–	52
13	Frances	85	↑2	10
14	Phyllis	85	↑6	44
15	Lois	84	↓2	22
16	Eleanor	80	↑7	29
17	Florence	80	–	20
18	Elizabeth	75	–	11
19	Jean	73	↑13	16
20	Lillian	70	↑1	23
21	Edna	65	↑6	31
22	Mildred	65	↓3	8
23	Virginia	65	↑12	7
24	Marjorie	62	↓8	17
25	Rose	62	↓3	25
26	Anna	61	↓12	13
27	Joyce	61	↑6	83
28	Violet	59	↓4	88
29	Gladys	55	↓3	30
30	Marion	55	new	46
31	Shirley	54	↑12	19
32	Elaine	52	↑7	73
33	Lucille	52	↓4	37
34	Marie	52	↓6	14
35	Viola	52	↓10	82
36	Vivian	51	↑11	71
37	Donna	50	new	>100
38	Marian	49	↑2	64
39	Alma	46	new	87
40	Barbara	46	↑8	28
41	Norma	46	new	40
42	Dolores	45	new	75
43	Hazel	45	↑3	42
44	Martha	45	↓8	21
45	Bernice	44	↓3	47
46	Leona	44	↓16	>100
47	Delores	43	new	>100
48	Patricia	43	↑2	35
49	Elsie	42	↓5	61
50	June	42	↓16	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Robert	328	↑1	1
2	John	256	↓1	2
3	Donald	224	–	10
4	James	173	–	4
5	William	152	–	3
6	Harold	130	–	13
7	George	127	–	6
8	Raymond	121	–	15
9	Richard	120	–	8
10	Kenneth	104	↑2	19
11	Edward	94	↑2	9
12	Charles	92	↓1	5
13	Joseph	90	↑2	7
14	Walter	82	↑8	16
15	Arthur	76	↓5	20
16	Vernon	69	↑3	68
17	Frank	67	↓3	12
18	Arnold	66	↑24	95
19	Alvin	65	↑16	73
20	Ralph	63	↑12	23
21	Paul	62	↓1	14
22	Albert	61	↓4	21
23	Gordon	59	↑3	75
24	Lloyd	58	↓8	61
25	Marvin	58	↑2	50
26	Clifford	57	new	64
27	Leo	56	↑11	51
28	Edwin	55	↑9	55
29	Eugene	55	↓4	25
30	Clarence	54	↓6	29
31	Leonard	54	↓10	38
32	Peter	54	↑8	59
33	Henry	53	↓5	18
34	Howard	52	–	26
35	Roy	52	↑1	31
36	Earl	50	↓6	33
37	Lawrence	50	↓6	36
38	Elmer	49	↑5	57
39	Ernest	48	new	37
40	Harry	43	↓7	22
41	Herbert	42	new	41
42	Norman	42	↓19	42
43	Wallace	42	↓26	87
44	Jack	41	↑3	17
45	Floyd	40	↑1	66
46	Gerald	40	↑3	49
47	Calvin	39	new	44
48	Carl	38	↓3	27
49	Leroy	36	new	53
50	David	35	new	24

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