Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1926

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1926 were Dorothy for girls (233 babies) and Robert for boys (335). Dorothy ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 12,613 babies born in North Dakota in 1926 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1926

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

Marlys: 19 babies, 29.2× the national rate
Deloris: 24 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Mavis: 22 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Adeline: 36 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Delores: 60 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Luella: 20 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Fern: 25 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Eleanore: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Donna: 70 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lorraine: 109 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Anton: 21 babies, 19.2× the national rate
Reuben: 18 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Duane: 46 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Lyle: 46 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Ervin: 27 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Orville: 26 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Vernon: 76 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Gordon: 67 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Arnold: 48 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Wilbert: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1926

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Dorothy	233	–	2
2	Mary	216	–	1
3	Betty	195	↑1	3
4	Helen	145	↓1	4
5	Margaret	127	↑2	5
6	Ruth	117	–	6
7	Irene	116	↑1	21
8	Alice	110	↑2	17
9	Lorraine	109	–	53
10	Lois	101	↑3	19
11	Florence	95	↑9	26
12	Doris	92	↓7	7
13	Joyce	88	↑2	44
14	Shirley	87	↑5	14
15	Evelyn	78	↓4	13
16	Jean	78	↑1	12
17	Esther	75	↓5	62
18	Marjorie	71	↓4	22
19	Donna	70	↑20	90
20	Frances	70	↓2	10
21	Mildred	66	↓5	9
22	Phyllis	66	↑2	33
23	Rose	66	↑8	25
24	Bernice	64	↑13	45
25	Gladys	64	↓4	35
26	Elizabeth	63	↑6	11
27	Anna	61	↓4	15
28	Delores	60	↑2	>100
29	Elaine	60	↓7	68
30	Eleanor	56	↑11	32
31	Edna	55	↓4	38
32	Lillian	55	↑1	28
33	Norma	54	↑14	29
34	Arlene	52	new	>100
35	Violet	52	↓6	94
36	Dolores	50	↑8	49
37	June	50	↓11	40
38	Patricia	50	–	23
39	Virginia	49	↓3	8
40	Carol	47	new	>100
41	Agnes	46	new	77
42	Barbara	46	new	16
43	Beverly	46	↓1	74
44	Gloria	45	new	20
45	Viola	44	↓20	97
46	Marion	43	↓12	47
47	Vivian	43	↑3	80
48	Leona	42	↓2	>100
49	Lucille	42	↓14	43
50	Marie	42	↓22	18

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Robert	335	–	1
2	John	277	–	2
3	Donald	232	–	9
4	James	205	–	3
5	William	166	–	4
6	Raymond	126	↑4	15
7	Richard	126	↑2	7
8	George	116	↓2	6
9	Harold	110	↓1	14
10	Edward	108	↑4	10
11	Kenneth	92	↓4	18
12	Charles	79	–	5
13	Joseph	76	↑2	8
14	Vernon	76	↑13	66
15	Howard	75	↑4	27
16	Walter	73	↓5	17
17	Leo	71	↓1	54
18	Gordon	67	↓5	76
19	Lloyd	65	↑2	60
20	Marvin	63	↓2	50
21	Paul	61	↑2	13
22	Norman	60	↑19	39
23	Arthur	59	↑3	20
24	Albert	58	↑20	21
25	Ralph	58	↑18	24
26	Eugene	57	↓9	23
27	Frank	56	↑5	12
28	Elmer	54	↓4	61
29	Henry	54	↑17	19
30	Clarence	52	↓10	29
31	Harry	52	new	25
32	Gerald	50	↑10	41
33	Earl	49	↓2	32
34	Peter	49	↓4	58
35	Arnold	48	–	99
36	Thomas	48	↑13	11
37	Francis	47	new	35
38	Duane	46	↓10	>100
39	Lyle	46	–	>100
40	Roy	46	↓18	34
41	David	42	new	22
42	Edwin	42	↓9	55
43	Theodore	42	new	63
44	Ernest	41	↓4	37
45	Stanley	41	↑2	43
46	Leonard	40	↓17	38
47	Alvin	39	↓10	72
48	Carl	39	↓3	26
49	Herbert	38	new	44
50	Joe	37	new	33

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