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Baby names in North Dakota in the 1920s

In North Dakota in the 1920s the most given names were Robert (3,024 boys) and Mary (2,244 girls), of 128,545 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in North Dakota each year, the 1920s shaded
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North Dakota births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101930195019701990201020251920-1929BoysGirls
North Dakota births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101930195019701990201020251920-1929BoysGirls
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Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

North Dakota, 1920-1929: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in North Dakota, 1920s

Girls, 1920-1929
#NameBirths
1Mary2,244
2Dorothy2,044
3Helen1,733
4Betty1,445
5Margaret1,434
6Ruth1,418
7Doris1,214
8Irene1,191
9Alice1,045
10Evelyn1,020
11Lorraine947
12Lois907
13Esther877
14Florence787
15Frances777
16Mildred734
17Marjorie728
18Shirley707
19Phyllis698
20Jean687
Boys, 1920-1929
#NameBirths
1Robert3,024
2John2,613
3Donald2,182
4James1,842
5William1,664
6George1,259
7Richard1,247
8Harold1,239
9Raymond1,227
10Kenneth1,103
11Charles946
12Edward842
13Walter824
14Joseph803
15Arthur795
16Lloyd659
17Vernon658
18Gordon641
19Leo641
20Paul631

Births summed over 1920-1929, per sex.

The names most over-represented in North Dakota in the 1920s

Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).

Girls

Boys

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1920-1929.

More about names in North Dakota

  1. The 1920s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
  2. North Dakota: 2025 and every year since 1910The state’s top names now and its number ones by year.
  3. North Dakota in the 1930sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1920The first year of the decade, nationally.
  5. Every state’s most given namesEach state since 1910.
  6. Look up any nameIts rank, births since 1880 and the people alive with it.

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