Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1912

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	108
2	Helen	93
3	Dorothy	82
4	Margaret	79
4	Ruth	79
6	Mildred	73
7	Alice	55
7	Marie	55
9	Gladys	52
10	Florence	51
11	Esther	48
12	Frances	47
13	Evelyn	46
14	Hazel	40
14	Lillian	40
14	Mabel	40
17	Elsie	37
17	Irene	37
17	Myrtle	37
17	Viola	37
21	Elizabeth	35
22	Clara	34
23	Edna	33
24	Grace	32
25	Ethel	31
26	Agnes	30
26	Lucille	30
26	Thelma	30
29	Anna	27
29	Ruby	27
31	Emma	26
31	Marjorie	26
33	Bernice	25
33	Ida	25
33	Martha	25
36	Gertrude	24
36	Violet	24
38	Bertha	22
38	Doris	22
40	Alma	21
40	Lydia	21
40	Marian	21
40	Rose	21
44	Catherine	20
44	Lois	20
46	Fern	19
46	Laura	19
46	Louise	19
46	Vivian	19
50	Ann	17

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	98
2	William	69
3	Robert	59
4	Harold	52
5	Charles	50
6	George	49
7	Clarence	44
8	James	40
8	Kenneth	40
10	Henry	39
11	Donald	36
12	Albert	33
12	Ralph	33
12	Raymond	33
15	Walter	32
16	Harry	31
16	Melvin	31
18	Frank	29
19	Arthur	28
19	Edward	28
19	Paul	28
22	Joseph	27
23	Edwin	26
23	Leonard	26
25	Howard	25
26	Carl	24
26	Lawrence	24
28	Richard	23
29	Alfred	22
29	Clifford	22
31	Alvin	21
31	Earl	21
31	Lloyd	21
34	Floyd	19
34	Francis	19
36	Herbert	18
37	Louis	17
38	Elmer	16
38	Ernest	16
38	Fred	16
41	Oscar	15
41	Vernon	15
43	Arnold	14
43	Glenn	14
43	Roy	14
46	Dale	13
46	Lester	13
46	Martin	13
46	Peter	13
46	Theodore	13