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Baby names in North Dakota in the 1930s

In North Dakota in the 1930s the most given names were Robert (2,984 boys) and Mary (2,014 girls), of 112,270 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in North Dakota each year, the 1930s shaded
North Dakota births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101930195019701990201020251930-1939BoysGirls
North Dakota births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101930195019701990201020251930-1939BoysGirls
North Dakota births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101930195019701990201020251930-1939BoysGirls
North Dakota births by year and sex2k4k6k8k19101950199020251930-1939BoysGirls

Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

North Dakota, 1930-1939: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in North Dakota, 1930s

Girls, 1930-1939
#NameBirths
1Mary2,014
2Betty1,571
3Shirley1,511
4Donna1,259
5Patricia1,079
6Beverly1,026
7Dorothy1,021
8Carol1,020
9Delores930
10Joyce901
11Darlene880
12Lois853
13Helen840
14Marilyn834
15Janice815
16Margaret771
17Barbara756
18Marlene746
19Joan680
20Doris666
Boys, 1930-1939
#NameBirths
1Robert2,984
2Donald2,554
3James2,441
4Richard1,983
5John1,917
6William1,298
7Kenneth1,097
8Ronald1,011
9Gerald964
10Duane930
11Charles920
12Raymond846
13George808
14David801
15Marvin736
16Eugene729
17Roger679
18Dennis672
19Dale649
20Larry647

Births summed over 1930-1939, per sex.

The names most over-represented in North Dakota in the 1930s

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, 1930-1939.

More about names in North Dakota

  1. The 1930s 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 1940sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1930The 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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