Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1930

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1930 were Betty for girls (237 babies) and Robert for boys (324). Betty ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 12,021 babies born in North Dakota in 1930 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1930

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: 28 babies, 25.3× the national rate
Lavonne: 23 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Mavis: 22 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Luella: 23 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Clarice: 19 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Adeline: 19 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Fern: 21 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Delores: 110 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Violet: 52 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Arlene: 60 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Anton: 15 babies, 18.6× the national rate
Duane: 102 babies, 12× the national rate
Lyle: 41 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Myron: 26 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Orville: 24 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Ervin: 19 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Neil: 24 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Vernon: 65 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dennis: 28 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Merle: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1930

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Betty	237	↑1	2
2	Mary	210	↓1	1
3	Donna	141	↑1	37
4	Dorothy	141	↓1	3
5	Helen	128	–	4
6	Lorraine	119	↑9	46
7	Beverly	112	↑7	34
8	Joyce	111	↑3	18
9	Lois	111	–	17
10	Delores	110	↓2	66
11	Doris	108	↓1	9
12	Patricia	103	↑4	7
13	Shirley	97	↓6	11
14	Ruth	93	↓2	10
15	Margaret	90	↓2	5
16	Irene	87	↓10	33
17	Dolores	78	↑4	13
18	Phyllis	74	↓1	28
19	Alice	70	↑1	20
20	Marjorie	63	↑7	32
21	Jean	62	↓3	14
22	Elaine	61	↓3	69
23	Arlene	60	↑12	>100
24	Marilyn	60	–	22
25	Evelyn	57	↓3	19
26	Barbara	56	↑21	6
27	Esther	52	↑12	77
28	Violet	52	↑16	>100
29	Virginia	52	↑11	12
30	Carol	50	↑15	54
31	Frances	50	↓3	16
32	Bernice	49	↓6	58
33	Rose	49	↓10	29
34	Florence	47	↓1	38
35	Marian	47	↓5	80
36	Mildred	47	↓11	21
37	Joan	46	↓1	8
38	Anna	45	↑3	23
39	Elizabeth	45	↓2	15
40	Viola	44	↑8	>100
41	Gladys	43	↓12	48
42	Lillian	43	↑4	44
43	Norma	43	↓5	25
44	Gloria	41	new	30
45	Agnes	38	↓13	>100
46	Marie	37	↓4	26
47	Loretta	36	new	>100
48	June	34	new	47
49	Marion	34	new	60
50	Leona	33	↓7	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Robert	324	–	1
2	Donald	302	–	7
3	John	245	↑1	3
4	James	207	↓1	2
5	Richard	195	–	5
6	William	156	–	4
7	George	125	↑3	8
8	Kenneth	116	–	17
9	Raymond	109	↓2	16
10	Duane	102	↑2	>100
11	Charles	93	–	6
12	Eugene	86	↑7	21
13	Harold	84	↓4	18
14	Marvin	81	↓1	48
15	Edward	78	↑2	10
16	Joseph	75	↑4	9
17	Arthur	73	↑9	23
18	Vernon	65	↓4	72
19	Lawrence	64	↑21	36
20	Dale	63	↑4	64
21	Gerald	63	↓5	30
22	Norman	62	↑9	40
23	Lloyd	61	↑16	69
24	Frank	57	↑18	13
25	Leo	57	↓7	63
26	Leroy	56	↑6	53
27	Paul	54	↓5	12
28	Clarence	52	↓1	39
29	Melvin	51	↑6	50
30	Jack	50	–	14
31	Leonard	50	↓8	45
32	Albert	48	↑6	24
33	Gordon	48	↓18	77
34	Walter	48	↓9	19
35	David	47	↓7	15
36	Ernest	46	↓2	43
37	Ronald	46	↑8	37
38	Elmer	45	↓5	80
39	Francis	45	new	42
40	Fred	44	new	32
41	Thomas	44	↑5	11
42	Edwin	42	new	66
43	Floyd	41	new	61
44	Howard	41	↓8	31
45	Lyle	41	↓8	>100
46	Henry	40	↓2	22
47	Arnold	39	↓4	98
48	Roy	39	new	33
49	Daniel	38	new	47
50	Alvin	37	↓3	79

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