Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Dakota, 1926

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Dorothy	233
2	Mary	216
3	Betty	195
4	Helen	145
5	Margaret	127
6	Ruth	117
7	Irene	116
8	Alice	110
9	Lorraine	109
10	Lois	101
11	Florence	95
12	Doris	92
13	Joyce	88
14	Shirley	87
15	Evelyn	78
15	Jean	78
17	Esther	75
18	Marjorie	71
19	Donna	70
19	Frances	70
21	Mildred	66
21	Phyllis	66
21	Rose	66
24	Bernice	64
24	Gladys	64
26	Elizabeth	63
27	Anna	61
28	Delores	60
28	Elaine	60
30	Eleanor	56
31	Edna	55
31	Lillian	55
33	Norma	54
34	Arlene	52
34	Violet	52
36	Dolores	50
36	June	50
36	Patricia	50
39	Virginia	49
40	Carol	47
41	Agnes	46
41	Barbara	46
41	Beverly	46
44	Gloria	45
45	Viola	44
46	Marion	43
46	Vivian	43
48	Leona	42
48	Lucille	42
48	Marie	42

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	335
2	John	277
3	Donald	232
4	James	205
5	William	166
6	Raymond	126
6	Richard	126
8	George	116
9	Harold	110
10	Edward	108
11	Kenneth	92
12	Charles	79
13	Joseph	76
13	Vernon	76
15	Howard	75
16	Walter	73
17	Leo	71
18	Gordon	67
19	Lloyd	65
20	Marvin	63
21	Paul	61
22	Norman	60
23	Arthur	59
24	Albert	58
24	Ralph	58
26	Eugene	57
27	Frank	56
28	Elmer	54
28	Henry	54
30	Clarence	52
30	Harry	52
32	Gerald	50
33	Earl	49
33	Peter	49
35	Arnold	48
35	Thomas	48
37	Francis	47
38	Duane	46
38	Lyle	46
38	Roy	46
41	David	42
41	Edwin	42
41	Theodore	42
44	Ernest	41
44	Stanley	41
46	Leonard	40
47	Alvin	39
47	Carl	39
49	Herbert	38
50	Joe	37