Popular baby names in North Dakota, 1937

The most popular baby names in North Dakota in 1937 were Shirley for girls (189 babies) and Robert for boys (311). Shirley ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 10,337 babies born in North Dakota in 1937 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Dakota in 1937

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: 48 babies, 28.1× the national rate
Luella: 22 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Lavonne: 23 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Mavis: 16 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Darlene: 100 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Leona: 29 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Eileen: 55 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Karen: 49 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Janice: 165 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Arlene: 78 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Myron: 30 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Harlan: 16 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Duane: 77 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Lyle: 37 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Dennis: 91 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Jerome: 51 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Rodney: 24 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Vernon: 42 babies, 4× the national rate
Gordon: 50 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dean: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Dakota, 1937

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Shirley	189	–	4
2	Mary	182	–	1
3	Janice	165	↑2	25
4	Carol	122	–	6
5	Patricia	114	↑4	3
6	Betty	105	↓3	5
7	Darlene	100	–	72
8	Donna	94	–	21
9	Marlene	89	↓3	40
10	Helen	86	↑11	12
11	Marilyn	81	–	13
12	Arlene	78	↑7	60
13	Barbara	77	–	2
14	Joyce	76	↓2	11
15	Margaret	75	↑8	10
16	Beverly	72	↓6	14
17	Dorothy	71	↓2	8
18	Joan	65	↓4	9
19	Elaine	62	↑7	45
20	Sharon	62	↑10	41
21	Delores	61	↓4	68
22	Lois	60	↓6	29
23	Eileen	55	↑13	>100
24	Janet	55	↑11	18
25	Virginia	53	↑6	16
26	Phyllis	52	↓6	27
27	Alice	49	↑5	28
28	Karen	49	↑14	>100
29	Marlys	48	↑10	>100
30	Doris	44	↓6	22
31	Jean	44	↓13	23
32	Audrey	43	↓3	85
33	Ruth	43	↓6	15
34	Joanne	41	↓12	51
35	Kathleen	41	new	61
36	Rose	37	↑8	38
37	Frances	36	↑4	19
38	Joann	36	–	58
39	Lorraine	36	↓5	83
40	Gloria	35	↓7	32
41	Irene	35	↓16	62
42	Yvonne	34	↓14	77
43	Marjorie	33	↓3	57
44	Nancy	33	↑6	7
45	Norma	33	new	33
46	Bonnie	32	↓1	64
47	Bernice	30	↑1	>100
48	Kay	30	new	79
49	Lucille	30	new	98
50	Leona	29	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Robert	311	–	1
2	Donald	250	↑1	7
3	James	247	↓1	2
4	Richard	174	–	5
5	John	164	–	3
6	Ronald	135	–	11
7	Larry	106	↑11	16
8	Gerald	101	↑6	20
9	David	95	–	8
10	Kenneth	94	↓2	14
11	Dennis	91	↑4	63
12	William	90	↓5	4
13	Charles	87	↓2	6
14	Gary	81	↓1	29
15	Duane	77	↓3	>100
16	Roger	73	↓6	36
17	Eugene	72	↑3	33
18	George	72	↓1	10
19	Marvin	70	–	49
20	Raymond	70	↓4	19
21	Wayne	59	↑3	44
22	Thomas	55	–	9
23	Harold	54	↑3	21
24	Paul	52	↑5	15
25	Edward	51	↑2	13
26	Jerome	51	↑7	100
27	Jerry	51	↑1	17
28	Gordon	50	↓3	75
29	Dale	48	↓8	59
30	Norman	48	↑5	43
31	Joseph	47	↓1	12
32	Leroy	47	↓9	56
33	Vernon	42	↑4	96
34	Lyle	37	↑10	>100
35	Lawrence	36	↑8	38
36	Walter	35	new	26
37	Daniel	34	new	39
38	Allen	31	new	76
39	Howard	31	new	42
40	Jack	31	–	23
41	Albert	30	↑4	37
42	Arnold	30	new	>100
43	Lloyd	30	↑4	91
44	Melvin	30	↑4	50
45	Myron	30	new	>100
46	Alvin	29	↓8	99
47	Bruce	29	↓1	70
48	Clarence	29	↓6	54
49	Francis	29	↓17	55
50	Leonard	29	↓19	58

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