Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Dakota, 1927

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	238
2	Betty	210
3	Dorothy	191
4	Helen	128
4	Ruth	128
6	Margaret	123
7	Lois	119
8	Doris	112
9	Alice	105
10	Irene	100
11	Shirley	95
12	Joyce	90
13	Lorraine	89
14	Donna	75
15	Evelyn	74
16	Florence	73
17	Delores	71
18	Beverly	70
19	Esther	69
19	Phyllis	69
21	Elaine	65
21	Jean	65
23	Marjorie	64
24	Mildred	63
25	Patricia	62
26	Rose	60
27	Violet	59
28	Frances	57
29	June	56
30	Anna	55
31	Agnes	53
32	Virginia	51
33	Dolores	50
33	Eleanor	50
35	Elizabeth	49
36	Carol	48
36	Marian	48
38	Edna	47
38	Gloria	47
38	Leona	47
38	Lucille	47
42	Barbara	46
43	Norma	45
44	Bernice	44
44	Lillian	44
44	Marie	44
47	Marilyn	43
48	Gladys	42
48	Viola	42
50	Pauline	39

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	321
2	Donald	276
3	John	245
4	James	183
5	William	159
6	Richard	151
7	Kenneth	140
8	George	136
9	Raymond	126
10	Harold	109
11	Charles	95
12	Walter	89
13	Edward	85
14	Leo	84
15	Eugene	77
16	Arthur	76
17	Leonard	70
18	Clarence	67
19	Gordon	66
19	Joseph	66
19	Thomas	66
22	Gerald	65
23	Elmer	64
24	Duane	63
24	Marvin	63
26	Norman	62
27	Frank	61
28	Lloyd	57
29	Albert	55
29	Paul	55
31	Ralph	51
31	Vernon	51
33	Earl	48
34	Clifford	46
34	Henry	46
34	Howard	46
37	Melvin	45
37	Roy	45
39	Alvin	44
39	Jack	44
39	Leroy	44
42	Lawrence	43
43	Harry	42
44	Ernest	41
44	Stanley	41
46	Francis	39
47	Arnold	38
47	Peter	38
49	Carl	37
49	Lyle	37