Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1936

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1936 were Shirley for girls (278 babies) and Robert for boys (302). Shirley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 11,255 babies born in North Dakota in 1936 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1936

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, 21.8× the national rate
Mavis: 28 babies, 12× the national rate
Lavonne: 24 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Luella: 16 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Darlene: 114 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Colleen: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Caroline: 25 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Marlene: 121 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Laverne: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Viola: 26 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Duane: 88 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Myron: 22 babies, 8× the national rate
Lyle: 32 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Rodney: 34 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Ervin: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Dennis: 81 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lowell: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Gordon: 56 babies, 4× the national rate
Jerome: 42 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Leo: 42 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1936

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Shirley	278	–	2
2	Mary	236	–	1
3	Betty	129	–	4
4	Carol	123	↑5	10
5	Janice	122	↑22	31
6	Marlene	121	↑4	39
7	Darlene	114	↑5	83
8	Donna	110	↓4	22
9	Patricia	106	↓3	5
10	Beverly	93	↓3	17
11	Marilyn	91	↑2	13
12	Joyce	90	↓4	12
13	Barbara	88	↑7	3
14	Joan	84	↑1	7
15	Dorothy	78	↓10	6
16	Lois	77	↓2	26
17	Delores	72	↓6	58
18	Jean	70	↑10	20
19	Arlene	65	↓3	54
20	Phyllis	65	↓2	25
21	Helen	64	↓2	11
22	Joanne	64	↑4	48
23	Margaret	63	↓6	9
24	Doris	61	↓2	15
25	Irene	57	↑8	57
26	Elaine	56	↓1	50
27	Ruth	54	↓4	16
28	Yvonne	50	↑16	81
29	Audrey	49	↑7	68
30	Sharon	48	new	60
31	Virginia	48	↑4	14
32	Alice	47	↓3	27
33	Gloria	45	↑6	32
34	Lorraine	45	↓13	76
35	Janet	44	↓4	21
36	Eileen	43	new	>100
37	Evelyn	43	–	34
38	Joann	43	↓8	55
39	Marlys	43	↓5	>100
40	Marjorie	42	↓8	49
41	Frances	38	↓17	19
42	Karen	35	new	>100
43	Loretta	35	↑3	70
44	Rose	34	↑6	37
45	Bonnie	33	new	65
46	Elizabeth	32	↓5	18
47	Marion	31	new	93
48	Bernice	30	↓1	95
49	Florence	29	new	80
50	Nancy	29	new	8

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Robert	302	–	1
2	James	283	–	2
3	Donald	218	–	7
4	Richard	206	–	5
5	John	186	–	3
6	Ronald	127	↑5	12
7	William	127	↓1	4
8	Kenneth	123	↓1	14
9	David	101	↑9	10
10	Roger	94	↑5	35
11	Charles	93	↓1	6
12	Duane	88	↓3	>100
13	Gary	84	↑9	38
14	Gerald	84	↓6	19
15	Dennis	81	↓1	74
16	Raymond	80	↓4	17
17	George	79	↓1	9
18	Larry	70	↑1	25
19	Marvin	66	↓6	49
20	Eugene	65	↑1	29
21	Dale	63	↓4	59
22	Thomas	63	↓2	8
23	Leroy	61	↑7	57
24	Wayne	61	↓1	45
25	Gordon	56	↑9	75
26	Harold	55	–	21
27	Edward	49	↑10	13
28	Jerry	49	↑8	18
29	Paul	49	↓1	15
30	Joseph	47	↓3	11
31	Leonard	45	↑10	54
32	Francis	42	↑15	50
33	Jerome	42	↓9	98
34	Leo	42	↑10	94
35	Norman	42	–	43
36	Frank	40	new	16
37	Vernon	39	↓12	93
38	Alvin	38	↑4	96
39	Curtis	37	new	>100
40	Jack	37	↓11	20
41	Rodney	34	new	>100
42	Clarence	33	↓3	52
43	Lawrence	33	↓12	37
44	Lyle	32	↓11	>100
45	Albert	31	↓7	34
46	Bruce	31	new	73
47	Lloyd	30	↓15	88
48	Melvin	30	↑1	53
49	Arthur	29	new	30
50	Stanley	29	new	58

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