Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Dakota, 1923

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	220
2	Helen	198
3	Dorothy	187
4	Margaret	145
5	Doris	141
6	Betty	139
7	Ruth	130
8	Irene	126
9	Esther	108
10	Alice	106
11	Evelyn	101
12	Lorraine	97
13	Lois	82
14	Anna	81
14	Frances	81
14	Marjorie	81
17	Florence	76
18	Elizabeth	74
18	Mildred	74
20	Phyllis	71
21	Lillian	67
21	Rose	67
23	Eleanor	66
24	Violet	65
25	Viola	63
26	Gladys	62
27	Edna	61
28	Marie	59
29	Lucille	56
30	Leona	55
31	Clara	53
32	Jean	52
32	Joyce	52
32	June	52
32	Virginia	52
36	Martha	51
36	Ruby	51
38	Agnes	50
39	Elaine	49
40	Marian	48
40	Pearl	48
42	Bernice	47
43	Shirley	46
44	Elsie	45
44	Grace	45
44	Hazel	45
47	Vivian	43
48	Barbara	41
48	Edith	41
48	Patricia	41

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	243
1	Robert	243
3	Donald	197
4	James	171
4	William	171
6	Harold	134
7	George	119
8	Raymond	117
9	Richard	101
10	Arthur	98
11	Charles	95
12	Kenneth	88
13	Edward	70
14	Frank	69
14	Joseph	69
16	Lloyd	67
16	Wallace	67
18	Albert	65
18	Vernon	65
20	Paul	63
21	Leonard	61
21	Walter	61
23	Norman	59
24	Clarence	58
24	Eugene	58
26	Gordon	57
27	Marvin	56
28	Henry	54
28	Melvin	54
30	Earl	53
30	Lawrence	53
30	Ralph	53
33	Harry	52
33	Howard	52
35	Alvin	47
35	Roy	47
37	Edwin	46
37	Leo	46
39	Thomas	45
40	Peter	44
40	Warren	44
42	Arnold	43
42	Elmer	43
42	Francis	43
45	Carl	41
46	Floyd	40
46	Jack	40
46	Lyle	40
49	Gerald	39
49	Wayne	39