Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Dakota, 1929

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	213
2	Betty	202
3	Dorothy	174
4	Donna	142
5	Helen	135
6	Irene	123
6	Shirley	123
8	Delores	112
9	Lois	107
10	Doris	106
11	Joyce	102
12	Ruth	100
13	Margaret	91
14	Beverly	87
14	Lorraine	87
16	Patricia	84
17	Phyllis	83
18	Jean	81
19	Elaine	77
20	Alice	76
21	Dolores	75
21	Evelyn	75
23	Rose	73
24	Marilyn	57
25	Mildred	56
26	Bernice	55
27	Marjorie	53
28	Frances	52
28	Gladys	52
28	Marian	52
31	Ramona	51
32	Agnes	50
32	Florence	50
34	Lucille	49
35	Arlene	48
35	Joan	48
37	Elizabeth	47
37	Norma	47
39	Esther	46
39	Virginia	46
41	Anna	45
41	Marie	45
43	Leona	44
44	Violet	43
45	Carol	41
45	Lillian	41
47	Barbara	40
47	Viola	40
49	Darlene	37
49	Edna	37

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	329
2	Donald	281
3	James	215
4	John	213
5	Richard	171
6	William	147
7	Raymond	127
8	Kenneth	105
9	Harold	100
10	George	99
11	Charles	98
12	Duane	83
13	Marvin	80
14	Vernon	79
15	Gordon	71
16	Gerald	70
17	Edward	69
17	Leo	69
19	Eugene	68
19	Joseph	68
21	Ralph	66
22	Paul	65
23	Leonard	61
24	Dale	57
25	Walter	56
26	Arthur	54
27	Clarence	53
28	David	52
28	Herbert	52
28	Jack	52
31	Norman	51
32	Leroy	50
33	Elmer	49
34	Ernest	48
34	Melvin	48
36	Howard	47
36	Lyle	47
38	Albert	45
38	Lloyd	45
40	Lawrence	44
41	Clifford	43
41	Frank	43
43	Arnold	42
43	Henry	42
43	Ronald	42
43	Thomas	42
47	Alvin	39
47	Harry	39
49	Carl	37
50	Roger	36