Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1928

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1928 were Mary for girls (216 babies) and Robert for boys (304). Social Security records list 12,588 babies born in North Dakota in 1928 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1928

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: 40 babies, 45.7× the national rate
Mavis: 28 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Adeline: 34 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Avis: 18 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Luella: 30 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Deloris: 27 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Delores: 98 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Cecelia: 19 babies, 6× the national rate
Fern: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Verna: 35 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Anton: 22 babies, 23.8× the national rate
Reuben: 19 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Duane: 68 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Maynard: 18 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Lyle: 42 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Ervin: 28 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Orville: 33 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Myron: 25 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Harlan: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Loren: 20 babies, 5.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1928

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Mary	216	–	1
2	Dorothy	189	↑1	3
3	Betty	181	↓1	2
4	Helen	134	–	4
5	Irene	125	↑5	28
6	Shirley	118	↑5	10
7	Ruth	115	↓2	6
8	Doris	113	–	7
9	Alice	110	–	19
10	Lois	109	↓3	18
11	Delores	98	↑6	94
12	Joyce	98	–	30
13	Lorraine	94	–	39
14	Margaret	93	↓8	5
15	Donna	91	↓1	61
16	Phyllis	91	↑4	26
17	Beverly	84	↑1	46
18	Jean	77	↑4	12
19	Patricia	74	↑6	11
20	Evelyn	69	↓5	17
21	Elizabeth	68	↑14	14
22	Elaine	64	↓1	68
23	Esther	64	↓4	66
24	Frances	63	↑4	13
25	Dolores	62	↑8	20
26	Rose	59	–	24
27	Anna	56	↑3	16
28	Marjorie	55	↓5	29
29	Florence	54	↓13	32
30	Bernice	53	↑14	53
31	Virginia	53	↑1	9
32	Viola	52	↑17	>100
33	Lillian	51	↑12	35
34	June	49	↓5	44
35	Norma	49	↑8	23
36	Arlene	48	new	>100
37	Barbara	48	↑5	8
38	Gladys	48	↑10	41
39	Marilyn	48	↑8	38
40	Vivian	48	new	78
41	Lucille	47	–	51
42	Marie	46	↑4	21
43	Marion	46	new	47
44	Mildred	46	↓20	15
45	Eleanor	42	↓11	36
46	Marian	42	↓9	71
47	Violet	41	↓20	>100
48	Gloria	40	↓9	25
49	Marlys	40	new	>100
50	Ramona	40	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Robert	304	–	1
2	Donald	279	–	7
3	John	256	–	2
4	James	213	–	3
5	William	161	–	4
6	Richard	151	–	6
7	Kenneth	127	–	17
8	Harold	117	↑2	14
9	Raymond	112	–	16
10	Charles	104	↑1	5
11	George	96	↓3	8
12	Lloyd	85	↑16	59
13	Edward	80	–	10
14	Marvin	76	↑11	46
15	Vernon	74	↑17	70
16	Eugene	69	↓1	20
17	Duane	68	↑7	>100
18	Gerald	66	↑4	41
19	Joseph	65	↑1	9
20	Alvin	63	↑19	72
21	Leo	63	↓7	61
22	Paul	62	↑8	13
23	Lawrence	61	↑19	38
24	Norman	61	↑2	39
25	Walter	59	↓13	18
26	Leonard	57	↓9	42
27	Jack	56	↑13	15
28	Leroy	56	↑13	51
29	Gordon	55	↓10	77
30	Albert	53	↓1	23
31	Alfred	53	new	33
32	Henry	53	↑3	21
33	Arthur	52	↓17	22
34	Clarence	52	↓16	35
35	Thomas	51	↓14	11
36	Melvin	50	↑1	48
37	Elmer	48	↓14	63
38	Dale	47	new	75
39	Howard	44	↓3	31
40	Wayne	44	new	69
41	Edwin	43	new	58
42	Ernest	43	↑2	43
43	Lyle	42	↑7	>100
44	Frank	41	↓17	12
45	Arnold	40	↑2	98
46	Herbert	40	new	25
47	Clifford	39	↓13	68
48	David	39	new	19
49	Ralph	39	↓18	24
50	Roy	39	↓12	34

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