Name Yearbook

Top baby names in North Dakota, 1930

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Betty	237
2	Mary	210
3	Donna	141
3	Dorothy	141
5	Helen	128
6	Lorraine	119
7	Beverly	112
8	Joyce	111
8	Lois	111
10	Delores	110
11	Doris	108
12	Patricia	103
13	Shirley	97
14	Ruth	93
15	Margaret	90
16	Irene	87
17	Dolores	78
18	Phyllis	74
19	Alice	70
20	Marjorie	63
21	Jean	62
22	Elaine	61
23	Arlene	60
23	Marilyn	60
25	Evelyn	57
26	Barbara	56
27	Esther	52
27	Violet	52
27	Virginia	52
30	Carol	50
30	Frances	50
32	Bernice	49
32	Rose	49
34	Florence	47
34	Marian	47
34	Mildred	47
37	Joan	46
38	Anna	45
38	Elizabeth	45
40	Viola	44
41	Gladys	43
41	Lillian	43
41	Norma	43
44	Gloria	41
45	Agnes	38
46	Marie	37
47	Loretta	36
48	June	34
48	Marion	34
50	Leona	33

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	324
2	Donald	302
3	John	245
4	James	207
5	Richard	195
6	William	156
7	George	125
8	Kenneth	116
9	Raymond	109
10	Duane	102
11	Charles	93
12	Eugene	86
13	Harold	84
14	Marvin	81
15	Edward	78
16	Joseph	75
17	Arthur	73
18	Vernon	65
19	Lawrence	64
20	Dale	63
20	Gerald	63
22	Norman	62
23	Lloyd	61
24	Frank	57
24	Leo	57
26	Leroy	56
27	Paul	54
28	Clarence	52
29	Melvin	51
30	Jack	50
30	Leonard	50
32	Albert	48
32	Gordon	48
32	Walter	48
35	David	47
36	Ernest	46
36	Ronald	46
38	Elmer	45
38	Francis	45
40	Fred	44
40	Thomas	44
42	Edwin	42
43	Floyd	41
43	Howard	41
43	Lyle	41
46	Henry	40
47	Arnold	39
47	Roy	39
49	Daniel	38
50	Alvin	37