North Dakota · 1917

Top 100 names in North Dakota, 1917, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Helen	241
#2	Mary	234
#3	Margaret	224
#4	Dorothy	199
#5	Ruth	164
#6	Esther	155
#7	Evelyn	147
#8	Mildred	136
#9	Alice	133
#10	Irene	130
#11	Edna	124
#12	Frances	115
#13	Florence	113
#14	Anna	107
#15	Gladys	104
#16	Elizabeth	104
#17	Doris	98
#18	Lillian	93
#19	Clara	89
#20	Eleanor	88
#21	Marie	87
#22	Martha	84
#23	Ida	79
#24	Bernice	78
#25	Agnes	78
#26	Myrtle	77
#27	Rose	74
#28	Lucille	71
#29	Ethel	69
#30	Hazel	69
#31	Viola	66
#32	Edith	63
#33	Elsie	60
#34	Marion	58
#35	Violet	58
#36	Marjorie	57
#37	Emma	57
#38	Thelma	55
#39	Ann	53
#40	Vivian	52
#41	Virginia	52
#42	Bertha	52
#43	Lois	51
#44	Alma	51
#45	Katherine	51
#46	Mabel	49
#47	Leona	48
#48	Beatrice	48
#49	Pearl	47
#50	Grace	47
#51	Josephine	46
#52	Barbara	45
#53	Marian	45
#54	Hilda	43
#55	Pauline	43
#56	Eva	43
#57	Olga	43
#58	June	43
#59	Gertrude	40
#60	Laura	39
#61	Ruby	37
#62	Catherine	37
#63	Eileen	37
#64	Louise	37
#65	Jean	36
#66	Kathryn	36
#67	Phyllis	34
#68	Lydia	34
#69	Norma	33
#70	Adeline	32
#71	Ellen	32
#72	Ella	32
#73	Fern	31
#74	Blanche	31
#75	Anne	31
#76	Betty	31
#77	Minnie	30
#78	Maxine	30
#79	Harriet	30
#80	Inez	29
#81	Genevieve	29
#82	Eunice	28
#83	Lorraine	28
#84	Verna	27
#85	Olive	27
#86	Julia	27
#87	Lena	26
#88	Opal	26
#89	Vera	26
#90	Charlotte	25
#91	Mae	25
#92	Audrey	24
#93	Caroline	24
#94	Frieda	23
#95	Sylvia	23
#96	Dolores	22
#97	Muriel	22
#98	Marguerite	21
#99	Monica	21
#100	Alvina	21

Uniquely popular in North Dakota

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Monica	21	27	2
Alvina	21	27	3
Erna	20	26	3
Frieda	23	30	7
Lydia	34	44	11
Olga	43	55	15
Adeline	32	41	11
Esther	155	199	58
Fern	31	40	12
Luella	20	26	8
Hilda	43	55	19
Violet	58	75	28

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.