Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Dakota, 1918

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Helen	228
2	Ruth	207
3	Mary	199
4	Dorothy	191
5	Margaret	183
6	Evelyn	151
7	Alice	150
7	Esther	150
9	Mildred	124
10	Frances	120
11	Irene	115
12	Florence	111
13	Edna	108
14	Doris	107
15	Gladys	103
16	Anna	102
17	Lillian	101
18	Marie	88
19	Rose	87
20	Elizabeth	79
21	Agnes	77
22	Elsie	76
22	Hazel	76
24	Clara	75
24	Myrtle	75
26	Viola	72
27	Edith	68
28	Martha	67
29	Lorraine	64
29	Lucille	64
31	Ella	62
32	Eleanor	61
32	Marjorie	61
34	Bernice	60
35	Emma	59
35	Ethel	59
37	Marian	57
37	Ruby	57
39	Pauline	54
39	Verna	54
41	Pearl	53
42	Adeline	52
42	Kathryn	52
42	Marion	52
45	Lois	51
45	Virginia	51
47	Bertha	49
47	Eva	49
47	Violet	49
50	Grace	47

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	314
2	Robert	227
3	William	197
4	George	158
5	Arthur	137
6	Raymond	135
7	Donald	130
8	James	128
9	Joseph	127
10	Harold	125
11	Walter	108
12	Charles	103
13	Frank	99
14	Edward	96
14	Kenneth	96
16	Albert	86
17	Lloyd	84
18	Edwin	82
19	Paul	73
20	Clarence	71
20	Gordon	71
20	Henry	71
23	Richard	70
23	Vernon	70
25	Alvin	67
25	Elmer	67
27	Ralph	66
28	Lawrence	65
29	Leonard	63
30	Melvin	62
31	Harry	61
32	Roy	59
33	Earl	58
34	Clifford	57
35	Arnold	55
35	Carl	55
35	Marvin	55
38	Herbert	54
39	Peter	53
40	Ernest	51
40	Howard	51
42	Lester	50
43	Fred	49
44	Leo	48
45	Alfred	47
46	Francis	45
46	Orville	45
48	Norman	43
49	Leroy	41
49	Louis	41