Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1933

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1933 were Mary for girls (194 babies) and Robert for boys (303). Social Security records list 11,121 babies born in North Dakota in 1933 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1933

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: 39 babies, 23.1× the national rate
Mavis: 29 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Luella: 23 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Adeline: 18 babies, 9× the national rate
Clarice: 18 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Lavonne: 15 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Darlene: 90 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Colleen: 22 babies, 6× the national rate
Delores: 116 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Deloris: 26 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Boys

Anton: 19 babies, 23.9× the national rate
Duane: 106 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Lyle: 49 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Myron: 26 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Ervin: 21 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Loren: 21 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Dennis: 59 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Lowell: 27 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Gordon: 70 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Clayton: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1933

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Mary	194	–	1
2	Betty	187	–	2
3	Donna	140	–	24
4	Delores	116	↑4	52
5	Patricia	109	↑5	6
6	Dorothy	103	↓2	4
7	Shirley	101	↑4	9
8	Helen	100	↑5	8
9	Beverly	99	↓4	26
10	Lois	97	↓1	19
11	Carol	96	↑1	20
12	Darlene	90	↑6	96
13	Joyce	85	↓7	12
14	Barbara	81	↑11	3
15	Marilyn	79	↓8	16
16	Marlene	78	↑10	50
17	Phyllis	74	↑4	28
18	Alice	73	↓2	22
19	Lorraine	70	↓4	54
20	Margaret	70	↓6	7
21	Jean	69	↑3	14
22	Joan	69	↓3	5
23	Irene	68	↓6	46
24	Doris	67	↓4	10
25	Arlene	59	↓3	74
26	Gloria	56	↑14	31
27	Elaine	55	–	61
28	Ruth	52	↓5	13
29	Marjorie	50	–	41
30	Evelyn	49	↓2	30
31	Dolores	46	↓1	21
32	Eleanor	44	new	38
33	Janet	44	↑3	25
34	June	43	↑8	45
35	Florence	42	↑4	49
36	Marie	40	new	33
37	Virginia	40	–	15
38	Audrey	39	new	59
39	Joanne	39	↑2	56
40	Marlys	39	↓2	>100
41	Bernice	37	↓7	83
42	Frances	35	↑1	18
43	Janice	35	new	81
44	Lillian	35	↑1	51
45	Rose	35	↓13	35
46	Gladys	34	↓2	60
47	Lucille	34	new	78
48	Elizabeth	33	↓2	17
49	Leona	33	↓16	>100
50	Agnes	31	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Robert	303	–	1
2	Donald	241	–	7
3	James	232	–	2
4	Richard	205	↑1	5
5	John	181	↓1	3
6	William	131	–	4
7	Duane	106	↑4	>100
8	George	103	↑4	8
9	Kenneth	90	↓2	15
10	Charles	88	–	6
11	Ronald	88	↑2	12
12	Raymond	87	↓3	19
13	Gerald	83	↓5	22
14	Marvin	81	↑1	44
15	Eugene	80	↓1	23
16	Gordon	70	↑5	71
17	Harold	68	↓1	18
18	Dale	66	↓1	65
19	Thomas	62	↑10	10
20	Dennis	59	↑15	>100
21	Edward	58	↓2	11
22	Roger	57	↑8	48
23	Leonard	55	↑14	47
24	Joseph	53	↓6	9
25	Leroy	52	↓3	56
26	David	50	↓6	13
27	Paul	50	↓2	14
28	Lloyd	49	↓2	73
29	Lyle	49	↑9	>100
30	Vernon	49	↓6	83
31	Wayne	47	↑12	52
32	Lawrence	45	↑1	38
33	Norman	45	↓5	37
34	Howard	43	↑10	36
35	Clarence	41	↓8	43
36	Frank	40	new	16
37	Leo	40	↓1	75
38	Walter	39	↓7	21
39	Melvin	37	↓5	51
40	Jack	36	↓17	17
41	Jerome	36	↓2	>100
42	Jerry	36	new	31
43	Larry	36	↑5	58
44	Arthur	35	↓12	25
45	Arnold	34	↓4	>100
46	Gary	34	new	80
47	Curtis	33	new	>100
48	Earl	33	↑1	41
49	Stanley	33	new	55
50	Allen	32	new	84

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