Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1929

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1929 were Mary for girls (213 babies) and Robert for boys (329). Social Security records list 12,350 babies born in North Dakota in 1929 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1929

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: 20 babies, 21.5× the national rate
Mavis: 34 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Adeline: 30 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Luella: 22 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Deloris: 22 babies, 6× the national rate
Delores: 112 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Darlene: 37 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Fern: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Donna: 142 babies, 5× the national rate
Ramona: 51 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Anton: 20 babies, 22.3× the national rate
Duane: 83 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Ervin: 35 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Lyle: 47 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Emil: 17 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Myron: 22 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Vernon: 79 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Gordon: 71 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Dennis: 28 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Orville: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1929

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Mary	213	–	1
2	Betty	202	↑1	2
3	Dorothy	174	↓1	3
4	Donna	142	↑11	47
5	Helen	135	↓1	4
6	Irene	123	↓1	29
7	Shirley	123	↓1	9
8	Delores	112	↑3	74
9	Lois	107	↑1	17
10	Doris	106	↓2	6
11	Joyce	102	↑1	23
12	Ruth	100	↓5	8
13	Margaret	91	↑1	5
14	Beverly	87	↑3	39
15	Lorraine	87	↓2	42
16	Patricia	84	↑3	10
17	Phyllis	83	↓1	24
18	Jean	81	–	12
19	Elaine	77	↑3	67
20	Alice	76	↓11	21
21	Dolores	75	↑4	14
22	Evelyn	75	↓2	19
23	Rose	73	↑3	26
24	Marilyn	57	↑15	33
25	Mildred	56	↑19	18
26	Bernice	55	↑4	55
27	Marjorie	53	↑1	30
28	Frances	52	↓4	16
29	Gladys	52	↑9	44
30	Marian	52	↑16	75
31	Ramona	51	↑19	>100
32	Agnes	50	new	94
33	Florence	50	↓4	35
34	Lucille	49	↑7	57
35	Arlene	48	↑1	>100
36	Joan	48	new	13
37	Elizabeth	47	↓16	15
38	Norma	47	↓3	25
39	Esther	46	↓16	71
40	Virginia	46	↓9	11
41	Anna	45	↓14	20
42	Marie	45	–	22
43	Leona	44	new	>100
44	Violet	43	↑3	>100
45	Carol	41	new	63
46	Lillian	41	↓13	40
47	Barbara	40	↓10	7
48	Viola	40	↓16	>100
49	Darlene	37	new	>100
50	Edna	37	new	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Robert	329	–	1
2	Donald	281	–	7
3	James	215	↑1	2
4	John	213	↓1	3
5	Richard	171	↑1	6
6	William	147	↓1	4
7	Raymond	127	↑2	15
8	Kenneth	105	↓1	18
9	Harold	100	↓1	16
10	George	99	↑1	8
11	Charles	98	↓1	5
12	Duane	83	↑5	>100
13	Marvin	80	↑1	46
14	Vernon	79	↑1	71
15	Gordon	71	↑14	79
16	Gerald	70	↑2	33
17	Edward	69	↓4	10
18	Leo	69	↑3	60
19	Eugene	68	↓3	20
20	Joseph	68	↓1	9
21	Ralph	66	↑28	26
22	Paul	65	–	13
23	Leonard	61	↑3	42
24	Dale	57	↑14	73
25	Walter	56	–	19
26	Arthur	54	↑7	22
27	Clarence	53	↑7	37
28	David	52	↑20	17
29	Herbert	52	↑17	25
30	Jack	52	↓3	14
31	Norman	51	↓7	40
32	Leroy	50	↓4	51
33	Elmer	49	↑4	70
34	Ernest	48	↑8	43
35	Melvin	48	↑1	49
36	Howard	47	↑3	31
37	Lyle	47	↑6	>100
38	Albert	45	↓8	24
39	Lloyd	45	↓27	62
40	Lawrence	44	↓17	38
41	Clifford	43	↑6	72
42	Frank	43	↑2	12
43	Arnold	42	↑2	95
44	Henry	42	↓12	21
45	Ronald	42	new	45
46	Thomas	42	↓11	11
47	Alvin	39	↓27	77
48	Harry	39	new	27
49	Carl	37	new	28
50	Roger	36	new	64

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