Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Dakota, 1921

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	241
2	Dorothy	223
3	Margaret	207
4	Helen	206
5	Ruth	188
6	Doris	168
7	Evelyn	144
8	Irene	143
9	Esther	116
10	Mildred	114
11	Alice	101
12	Frances	99
13	Lorraine	98
14	Lillian	97
14	Marjorie	97
16	Florence	95
17	Elizabeth	94
18	Gladys	90
19	Lois	77
20	Eleanor	74
21	Jean	73
22	Rose	72
23	Edna	71
24	Betty	70
24	Phyllis	70
26	Agnes	68
27	Viola	67
28	Lucille	64
29	Anna	62
29	Martha	62
31	Marie	59
32	Hazel	58
32	Pearl	58
34	Bernice	57
35	Vivian	55
36	Clara	53
36	Elsie	53
36	Marion	53
36	Virginia	53
40	Violet	52
41	Ethel	51
42	Emma	50
43	Norma	48
44	June	46
44	Kathryn	46
46	Marian	45
47	Elaine	44
47	Grace	44
49	Bertha	43
49	Joyce	43

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	295
2	Robert	276
3	William	190
4	Donald	168
5	James	154
6	George	139
7	Harold	137
8	Raymond	121
9	Arthur	114
9	Kenneth	114
11	Joseph	110
12	Richard	104
13	Walter	102
14	Charles	100
15	Edward	83
16	Vernon	78
17	Frank	74
17	Ralph	74
19	Warren	73
20	Lawrence	72
21	Gordon	70
21	Leo	70
23	Paul	69
24	Roy	66
25	Albert	65
25	Howard	65
27	Earl	64
27	Lloyd	64
29	Clarence	63
30	Marvin	62
31	Edwin	58
31	Elmer	58
31	Harry	58
34	Eugene	55
35	Clifford	54
35	Herbert	54
37	Henry	53
38	Ernest	52
38	Leonard	52
38	Melvin	52
41	Norman	51
42	Peter	49
43	Arnold	48
44	Alvin	47
45	Carl	45
46	Thomas	44
47	Russell	43
48	Lyle	42
49	Ervin	40
49	Glenn	40