Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1935

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1935 were Shirley for girls (239 babies) and Robert for boys (290). Shirley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 11,326 babies born in North Dakota in 1935 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1935

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, 23.4× the national rate
Ione: 16 babies, 20× the national rate
Mavis: 28 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Luella: 24 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Lavonne: 32 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Darlene: 97 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Violet: 41 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Colleen: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Delores: 98 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Leona: 34 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Boys

Duane: 111 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Lyle: 48 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Ervin: 21 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Myron: 24 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Dennis: 76 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Jerome: 57 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Vernon: 57 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Wesley: 26 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Darrell: 26 babies, 4× the national rate
Neil: 19 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1935

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Shirley	239	↑3	2
2	Mary	189	↓1	1
3	Betty	141	↓1	4
4	Donna	119	↓1	23
5	Dorothy	111	↑1	6
6	Patricia	110	↑3	5
7	Beverly	106	↑3	20
8	Joyce	101	↑3	12
9	Carol	100	↓2	11
10	Marlene	100	↑7	39
11	Delores	98	↓3	57
12	Darlene	97	↓7	91
13	Marilyn	97	↓1	14
14	Lois	87	↓1	21
15	Joan	84	↑1	7
16	Arlene	81	↑3	59
17	Margaret	76	↑3	8
18	Phyllis	72	↑10	27
19	Helen	71	↓4	10
20	Barbara	68	↓2	3
21	Lorraine	66	↑6	68
22	Doris	64	↓8	13
23	Ruth	62	↓1	15
24	Frances	59	↑12	19
25	Elaine	51	↓2	51
26	Joanne	51	↑4	44
27	Janice	50	↑4	47
28	Jean	50	↓2	18
29	Alice	49	↓8	25
30	Joann	49	↑8	53
31	Janet	48	↑16	22
32	Marjorie	48	↑9	46
33	Irene	47	↓9	52
34	Marlys	43	↓1	>100
35	Virginia	43	↓10	16
36	Audrey	42	↓4	64
37	Evelyn	42	↓2	31
38	Violet	41	new	>100
39	Gloria	38	↑5	32
40	Marie	37	new	33
41	Elizabeth	36	↓1	17
42	Leona	34	new	>100
43	Vivian	34	new	>100
44	Yvonne	34	new	98
45	June	33	new	55
46	Loretta	33	new	69
47	Bernice	32	↓13	90
48	Gladys	32	↓19	78
49	Lavonne	32	new	>100
50	Rose	32	↓13	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Robert	290	–	1
2	James	265	↑1	2
3	Donald	262	↓1	7
4	Richard	210	–	5
5	John	195	–	3
6	William	137	–	4
7	Kenneth	118	–	15
8	Gerald	114	↑4	21
9	Duane	111	–	>100
10	Charles	103	–	6
11	Ronald	100	↓3	12
12	Raymond	86	↑4	17
13	Marvin	83	–	45
14	Dennis	76	↑6	72
15	Roger	74	↓1	36
16	George	73	↑2	8
17	Dale	70	↓2	61
18	David	70	↑3	11
19	Larry	70	↑5	33
20	Thomas	69	↑3	9
21	Eugene	63	↓10	26
22	Gary	59	↑6	44
23	Wayne	58	↑13	49
24	Jerome	57	↑9	96
25	Vernon	57	↑10	94
26	Harold	54	↓7	20
27	Joseph	51	↑2	10
28	Paul	51	↑4	14
29	Jack	50	↑8	18
30	Leroy	49	↓4	50
31	Lawrence	48	↓6	35
32	Lloyd	48	↑12	84
33	Lyle	48	↓6	>100
34	Gordon	45	↓4	70
35	Norman	45	↑3	38
36	Jerry	44	↑4	22
37	Edward	41	↓20	13
38	Albert	38	↑3	31
39	Clarence	37	↓17	48
40	Gene	33	new	66
41	Leonard	33	↓7	54
42	Alvin	32	new	91
43	Arnold	32	↑5	>100
44	Leo	32	↓13	92
45	Peter	32	new	59
46	Allen	31	new	83
47	Francis	31	↑3	53
48	Glenn	31	↓6	78
49	Melvin	31	–	57
50	Ralph	30	↓5	32

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