Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Dakota, 1912

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	100
2	Helen	95
3	Margaret	91
4	Ruth	85
5	Dorothy	73
6	Alice	72
7	Esther	67
8	Rose	62
9	Irene	58
10	Mildred	57
11	Gladys	56
12	Elizabeth	53
13	Anna	51
14	Agnes	48
15	Evelyn	47
15	Martha	47
17	Myrtle	46
18	Florence	44
19	Ethel	43
19	Hazel	43
19	Lillian	43
19	Marie	43
23	Clara	42
24	Emma	41
25	Mabel	40
26	Edna	39
27	Frances	35
28	Lucille	34
29	Pearl	33
30	Elsie	30
30	Ida	30
32	Ann	29
32	Edith	29
32	Grace	29
32	Olga	29
36	Bertha	27
36	Gertrude	27
36	Hilda	27
36	Louise	27
36	Pauline	27
41	Thelma	26
42	Catherine	25
43	Ella	24
43	Marjorie	24
45	Bernice	23
45	Laura	23
47	Blanche	22
48	Doris	21
48	Eva	21
48	Kathryn	21

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	122
2	William	67
3	George	66
4	Robert	61
5	Harold	59
6	James	52
7	Arthur	51
8	Joseph	47
9	Clarence	43
10	Walter	42
11	Carl	41
11	Edward	41
13	Raymond	39
14	Henry	38
15	Ernest	34
16	Charles	33
16	Kenneth	33
18	Albert	32
18	Donald	32
18	Frank	32
21	Roy	30
22	Leonard	28
23	Lloyd	27
23	Paul	27
25	Clifford	26
25	Howard	26
27	Edwin	25
28	Lawrence	24
28	Richard	24
30	Earl	23
31	Alfred	22
31	Alvin	22
31	Elmer	22
31	Fred	22
31	Theodore	22
31	Thomas	22
37	Emil	21
38	Harry	20
38	Ralph	20
40	Jacob	19
40	Marvin	19
40	Peter	19
43	Arnold	17
43	Floyd	17
45	Melvin	16
46	Joe	15
46	Leo	15
46	Louis	15
46	Russell	15
50	Herbert	14