Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Dakota, 1917

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Helen	241
2	Mary	234
3	Margaret	224
4	Dorothy	199
5	Ruth	164
6	Esther	155
7	Evelyn	147
8	Mildred	136
9	Alice	133
10	Irene	130
11	Edna	124
12	Frances	115
13	Florence	113
14	Anna	107
15	Elizabeth	104
15	Gladys	104
17	Doris	98
18	Lillian	93
19	Clara	89
20	Eleanor	88
21	Marie	87
22	Martha	84
23	Ida	79
24	Agnes	78
24	Bernice	78
26	Myrtle	77
27	Rose	74
28	Lucille	71
29	Ethel	69
29	Hazel	69
31	Viola	66
32	Edith	63
33	Elsie	60
34	Marion	58
34	Violet	58
36	Emma	57
36	Marjorie	57
38	Thelma	55
39	Ann	53
40	Bertha	52
40	Virginia	52
40	Vivian	52
43	Alma	51
43	Katherine	51
43	Lois	51
46	Mabel	49
47	Beatrice	48
47	Leona	48
49	Grace	47
49	Pearl	47

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	269
2	Robert	241
3	William	208
4	George	177
5	Harold	151
6	Donald	143
7	Raymond	137
8	James	132
9	Joseph	129
10	Arthur	125
11	Clarence	110
12	Walter	107
13	Kenneth	104
14	Frank	98
15	Albert	94
15	Henry	94
17	Charles	92
18	Edward	86
19	Roy	73
20	Norman	71
21	Alvin	70
22	Lloyd	69
22	Paul	69
22	Ralph	69
25	Gordon	66
26	Edwin	64
27	Clifford	63
27	Richard	63
29	Herbert	61
30	Fred	59
30	Harry	59
32	Lawrence	57
33	Leo	55
33	Thomas	55
35	Earl	54
35	Howard	54
37	Elmer	53
37	Ernest	53
39	Melvin	51
40	Leonard	50
40	Peter	50
42	Arnold	49
43	Carl	48
43	Russell	48
45	Alfred	46
46	Vernon	43
47	Oscar	41
48	Jack	39
48	Lester	39
50	Eugene	38