Most popular girls’ names in North Dakota, 1918

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Helen	228
2	Ruth	207
3	Mary	199
4	Dorothy	191
5	Margaret	183
6	Evelyn	151
7	Alice	150
7	Esther	150
9	Mildred	124
10	Frances	120
11	Irene	115
12	Florence	111
13	Edna	108
14	Doris	107
15	Gladys	103
16	Anna	102
17	Lillian	101
18	Marie	88
19	Rose	87
20	Elizabeth	79
21	Agnes	77
22	Elsie	76
22	Hazel	76
24	Clara	75
24	Myrtle	75

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Viola	72
27	Edith	68
28	Martha	67
29	Lorraine	64
29	Lucille	64
31	Ella	62
32	Eleanor	61
32	Marjorie	61
34	Bernice	60
35	Emma	59
35	Ethel	59
37	Marian	57
37	Ruby	57
39	Pauline	54
39	Verna	54
41	Pearl	53
42	Adeline	52
42	Kathryn	52
42	Marion	52
45	Lois	51
45	Virginia	51
47	Bertha	49
47	Eva	49
47	Violet	49
50	Grace	47
50	Leona	47
50	Mabel	47
53	Alma	46
53	Phyllis	46
53	Thelma	46
56	Barbara	45
56	Beatrice	45
56	Gertrude	45
56	Ida	45
56	Jean	45
56	Vivian	45
62	Hilda	44
63	Louise	43
64	Ann	41
65	Genevieve	39
65	Harriet	39
67	Katherine	37
67	Luella	37
67	Olga	37
70	June	36
70	Lydia	36
72	Olive	35
73	Catherine	34
73	Fern	34
73	Sylvia	34
76	Joyce	32
76	Laura	32
78	Betty	31
78	Eunice	31
78	Vera	31
81	Charlotte	30
81	Norma	30
83	Elaine	28
84	Alvina	27
84	Anne	27
84	Frieda	27
84	Inez	27
84	Kathleen	27
89	Josephine	25
89	Selma	25
89	Wilma	25
92	Blanche	24
92	Ellen	24
94	Lena	23
94	Shirley	23
96	Clarice	22
96	Dolores	22
96	Maxine	22
99	Cora	21
99	Julia	21
99	Opal	21