Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Dakota, 1928

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	216
2	Dorothy	189
3	Betty	181
4	Helen	134
5	Irene	125
6	Shirley	118
7	Ruth	115
8	Doris	113
9	Alice	110
10	Lois	109
11	Delores	98
11	Joyce	98
13	Lorraine	94
14	Margaret	93
15	Donna	91
15	Phyllis	91
17	Beverly	84
18	Jean	77
19	Patricia	74
20	Evelyn	69
21	Elizabeth	68
22	Elaine	64
22	Esther	64
24	Frances	63
25	Dolores	62
26	Rose	59
27	Anna	56
28	Marjorie	55
29	Florence	54
30	Bernice	53
30	Virginia	53
32	Viola	52
33	Lillian	51
34	June	49
34	Norma	49
36	Arlene	48
36	Barbara	48
36	Gladys	48
36	Marilyn	48
36	Vivian	48
41	Lucille	47
42	Marie	46
42	Marion	46
42	Mildred	46
45	Eleanor	42
45	Marian	42
47	Violet	41
48	Gloria	40
48	Marlys	40
48	Ramona	40

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	304
2	Donald	279
3	John	256
4	James	213
5	William	161
6	Richard	151
7	Kenneth	127
8	Harold	117
9	Raymond	112
10	Charles	104
11	George	96
12	Lloyd	85
13	Edward	80
14	Marvin	76
15	Vernon	74
16	Eugene	69
17	Duane	68
18	Gerald	66
19	Joseph	65
20	Alvin	63
20	Leo	63
22	Paul	62
23	Lawrence	61
23	Norman	61
25	Walter	59
26	Leonard	57
27	Jack	56
27	Leroy	56
29	Gordon	55
30	Albert	53
30	Alfred	53
30	Henry	53
33	Arthur	52
33	Clarence	52
35	Thomas	51
36	Melvin	50
37	Elmer	48
38	Dale	47
39	Howard	44
39	Wayne	44
41	Edwin	43
41	Ernest	43
43	Lyle	42
44	Frank	41
45	Arnold	40
45	Herbert	40
47	Clifford	39
47	David	39
47	Ralph	39
47	Roy	39