Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1931

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1931 were Betty for girls (218 babies) and Robert for boys (320). Betty ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 11,771 babies born in North Dakota in 1931 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1931

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: 42 babies, 27.2× the national rate
Mavis: 35 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Luella: 28 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Adeline: 21 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Lavonne: 16 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Deloris: 35 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Delores: 142 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Angeline: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Fern: 18 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Clarice: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Boys

Anton: 24 babies, 28.3× the national rate
Lavern: 15 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Duane: 100 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Myron: 35 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Ervin: 23 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Lyle: 34 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Clayton: 23 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Vernon: 67 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Orville: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Merle: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1931

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Betty	218	–	2
2	Mary	198	–	1
3	Donna	163	–	32
4	Dorothy	144	–	3
5	Delores	142	↑5	58
6	Lois	123	↑3	20
7	Beverly	121	–	31
8	Helen	113	↓3	6
9	Shirley	111	↑4	9
10	Lorraine	91	↓4	49
11	Joyce	89	↓3	15
12	Doris	88	↓1	10
13	Patricia	88	↓1	8
14	Phyllis	85	↑4	29
15	Irene	82	↑1	37
16	Margaret	80	↓1	7
17	Marilyn	78	↑7	19
18	Joan	71	↑19	5
19	Alice	70	–	21
20	Ruth	68	↓6	11
21	Jean	67	–	13
22	Dolores	63	↓5	14
23	Barbara	60	↑3	4
24	Elaine	60	↓2	72
25	Arlene	59	↓2	77
26	Carol	58	↑4	46
27	Darlene	50	new	>100
28	Evelyn	50	↓3	24
29	Rose	49	↑4	30
30	Eleanor	48	new	40
31	Gladys	48	↑10	55
32	Marjorie	48	↓12	34
33	Marlene	48	new	95
34	Audrey	47	new	64
35	Florence	47	↓1	43
36	Marian	47	↓1	84
37	Elizabeth	46	↑2	16
38	Norma	46	↑5	22
39	Virginia	46	↓10	12
40	Gloria	45	↑4	23
41	Lucille	44	new	62
42	Anna	42	↓4	25
43	Marlys	42	new	>100
44	Mildred	42	↓8	26
45	Violet	41	↓17	>100
46	Frances	40	↓15	18
47	Agnes	39	↓2	>100
48	Bernice	37	↓16	63
49	Marie	37	↓3	27
50	Leona	36	–	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Robert	320	–	1
2	Donald	302	–	7
3	James	240	↑1	2
4	John	216	↓1	3
5	Richard	177	–	5
6	William	145	–	4
7	Kenneth	110	↑1	14
8	Duane	100	↑2	>100
9	Raymond	96	–	17
10	Gerald	88	↑11	26
11	Charles	86	–	6
12	George	85	↓5	8
13	Harold	80	–	18
14	Marvin	79	–	45
15	Eugene	76	↓3	21
16	Paul	70	↑11	12
17	Ronald	70	↑20	27
18	Edward	67	↓3	11
19	Vernon	67	↓1	74
20	Thomas	64	↑21	10
21	Dale	57	↓1	62
22	Joseph	56	↓6	9
23	David	55	↑12	13
24	Walter	55	↑10	20
25	Lloyd	54	↓2	68
26	Lawrence	53	↓7	38
27	Leo	53	↓2	69
28	Gordon	51	↑5	76
29	Arthur	50	↓12	23
30	Jack	50	–	15
31	Leonard	50	–	48
32	Ralph	50	new	25
33	Clarence	48	↓5	39
34	Leroy	48	↓8	52
35	Wayne	47	new	58
36	Norman	46	↓14	36
37	Roger	42	new	53
38	Albert	40	↓6	24
39	Alvin	39	↑11	80
40	Melvin	39	↓11	51
41	Edwin	38	↑1	67
42	Jerome	37	new	>100
43	Frank	36	↓19	16
44	Myron	35	new	>100
45	Lyle	34	–	>100
46	Clifford	33	new	75
47	Elmer	33	↓9	82
48	Glenn	33	new	72
49	Arnold	32	↓2	98
50	Herbert	31	new	41

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