Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1932

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1932 were Mary for girls (200 babies) and Robert for boys (328). Social Security records list 11,665 babies born in North Dakota in 1932 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1932

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: 43 babies, 33.3× the national rate
Mavis: 26 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Lavonne: 22 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Luella: 23 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Darlene: 76 babies, 7× the national rate
Angeline: 16 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Leona: 50 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Fern: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Colleen: 20 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Delores: 113 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Boys

Duane: 89 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Harlan: 20 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Lyle: 40 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Ervin: 22 babies, 7× the national rate
Myron: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Dennis: 40 babies, 5× the national rate
Darrell: 27 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Clayton: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Gordon: 56 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Orville: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1932

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Mary	200	↑1	1
2	Betty	174	↓1	2
3	Donna	168	–	29
4	Dorothy	135	–	4
5	Beverly	126	↑2	28
6	Joyce	114	↑5	12
7	Marilyn	114	↑10	16
8	Delores	113	↓3	56
9	Lois	100	↓3	20
10	Patricia	99	↑3	6
11	Shirley	99	↓2	9
12	Carol	93	↑14	32
13	Helen	85	↓5	8
14	Margaret	83	↑2	7
15	Lorraine	80	↓5	55
16	Alice	78	↑3	21
17	Irene	78	↓2	43
18	Darlene	76	↑9	>100
19	Joan	76	↓1	5
20	Doris	75	↓8	10
21	Phyllis	70	↓7	30
22	Arlene	69	↑3	80
23	Ruth	66	↓3	11
24	Jean	63	↓3	15
25	Barbara	62	↓2	3
26	Marlene	60	↑7	78
27	Elaine	58	↓3	68
28	Evelyn	58	–	23
29	Marjorie	55	↑3	37
30	Dolores	53	↓8	18
31	Norma	53	↑7	22
32	Rose	52	↓3	33
33	Leona	50	↑17	>100
34	Bernice	47	↑14	71
35	Esther	46	new	82
36	Janet	45	new	35
37	Virginia	45	↑2	14
38	Marlys	43	↑5	>100
39	Florence	41	↓4	47
40	Gloria	39	–	25
41	Joanne	39	new	62
42	June	39	new	44
43	Frances	38	↑3	19
44	Gladys	38	↓13	54
45	Lillian	38	new	48
46	Elizabeth	37	↓9	17
47	Vivian	36	new	90
48	Violet	35	↓3	>100
49	Elsie	32	new	97
50	Anna	30	↓8	24

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Robert	328	–	1
2	Donald	259	–	7
3	James	223	–	2
4	John	209	–	3
5	Richard	195	–	5
6	William	147	–	4
7	Kenneth	122	–	14
8	Gerald	110	↑2	24
9	Raymond	100	–	19
10	Charles	90	↑1	6
11	Duane	89	↓3	>100
12	George	88	–	8
13	Ronald	83	↑4	16
14	Eugene	79	↑1	22
15	Marvin	77	↓1	46
16	Harold	69	↓3	18
17	Dale	66	↑4	61
18	Joseph	62	↑4	9
19	Edward	61	↓1	11
20	David	57	↑3	12
21	Gordon	56	↑7	81
22	Leroy	56	↑12	53
23	Jack	54	↑7	17
24	Vernon	53	↓5	78
25	Paul	51	↓9	13
26	Lloyd	48	↓1	71
27	Clarence	47	↑6	40
28	Norman	47	↑8	37
29	Thomas	47	↓9	10
30	Roger	46	↑7	50
31	Walter	46	↓7	21
32	Arthur	43	↓3	25
33	Lawrence	43	↓7	35
34	Melvin	41	↑6	51
35	Dennis	40	new	>100
36	Leo	40	↓9	74
37	Leonard	40	↓6	48
38	Lyle	40	↑7	>100
39	Jerome	38	↑3	>100
40	Alvin	37	↓1	87
41	Arnold	37	↑8	100
42	Elmer	37	↑5	94
43	Wayne	37	↓8	57
44	Howard	35	new	36
45	Ralph	35	↓13	27
46	Albert	34	↓8	26
47	Daniel	34	new	42
48	Larry	34	new	65
49	Earl	33	new	41
50	Gene	33	new	64

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