Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1934

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1934 were Mary for girls (202 babies) and Robert for boys (279). Social Security records list 11,554 babies born in North Dakota in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1934

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

Ardis: 21 babies, 25.2× the national rate
Marlys: 46 babies, 24.8× the national rate
Adeline: 24 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Mavis: 24 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Darlene: 125 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Luella: 17 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Lavonne: 16 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Deloris: 28 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Delores: 107 babies, 5× the national rate
Sharon: 31 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Anton: 18 babies, 28.1× the national rate
Lyle: 53 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Duane: 99 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Myron: 27 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Harlan: 15 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Ervin: 19 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Merle: 21 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Dennis: 63 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Loren: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Orville: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Mary	202	–	1
2	Betty	153	–	2
3	Donna	153	–	23
4	Shirley	135	↑3	4
5	Darlene	125	↑7	90
6	Dorothy	121	–	5
7	Carol	112	↑4	14
8	Delores	107	↓4	51
9	Patricia	107	↓4	6
10	Beverly	103	↓1	22
11	Joyce	100	↑2	12
12	Marilyn	91	↑3	17
13	Lois	88	↓3	20
14	Doris	81	↑10	11
15	Helen	80	↓7	9
16	Joan	80	↑6	7
17	Marlene	80	↓1	57
18	Barbara	77	↓4	3
19	Arlene	76	↑6	53
20	Margaret	73	–	8
21	Alice	70	↓3	25
22	Ruth	63	↑6	13
23	Elaine	60	↑4	54
24	Irene	60	↓1	49
25	Virginia	57	↑12	15
26	Jean	56	↓5	16
27	Lorraine	56	↓8	56
28	Phyllis	53	↓11	28
29	Gladys	50	↑17	66
30	Joanne	48	↑9	45
31	Janice	47	↑12	68
32	Audrey	46	↑6	69
33	Marlys	46	↑7	>100
34	Bernice	43	↑7	82
35	Evelyn	43	↓5	29
36	Frances	43	↑6	19
37	Rose	43	↑8	37
38	Joann	42	new	50
39	Anna	41	new	31
40	Elizabeth	40	↑8	18
41	Marjorie	40	↓12	41
42	Bonnie	39	new	58
43	Geraldine	39	new	43
44	Gloria	38	↓18	30
45	Eleanor	36	↓13	44
46	Florence	35	↓11	61
47	Janet	35	↓14	21
48	Maxine	31	new	>100
49	Norma	31	new	24
50	Sharon	31	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Robert	279	–	1
2	Donald	273	–	6
3	James	245	–	2
4	Richard	212	–	5
5	John	173	–	3
6	William	152	–	4
7	Kenneth	119	↑2	15
8	Ronald	109	↑3	11
9	Duane	99	↓2	>100
10	Charles	97	–	7
11	Eugene	95	↑4	24
12	Gerald	95	↑1	22
13	Marvin	89	↑1	44
14	Roger	86	↑8	39
15	Dale	84	↑3	62
16	Raymond	81	↓4	19
17	Edward	75	↑4	13
18	George	74	↓10	8
19	Harold	72	↓2	18
20	Dennis	63	–	95
21	David	59	↑5	12
22	Clarence	58	↑13	45
23	Thomas	56	↓4	9
24	Larry	55	↑19	43
25	Lawrence	54	↑7	34
26	Leroy	54	↓1	54
27	Lyle	53	↑2	>100
28	Gary	52	↑18	60
29	Joseph	52	↓5	10
30	Gordon	50	↓14	71
31	Leo	50	↑6	86
32	Paul	50	↓5	14
33	Jerome	47	↑8	>100
34	Leonard	46	↓11	53
35	Vernon	46	↓5	89
36	Wayne	46	↓5	48
37	Jack	44	↑3	17
38	Norman	41	↓5	38
39	Arthur	40	↑5	29
40	Jerry	39	↑2	25
41	Albert	37	new	32
42	Glenn	37	new	81
43	Curtis	36	↑4	>100
44	Lloyd	34	↓16	82
45	Ralph	33	new	31
46	Clifford	32	new	85
47	Douglas	32	new	72
48	Arnold	31	↓3	>100
49	Melvin	31	↓10	55
50	Francis	30	new	49

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