Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1914

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Dorothy	133
2	Mary	128
3	Helen	121
4	Margaret	86
5	Mildred	79
6	Ruth	76
7	Alice	72
8	Esther	70
9	Evelyn	69
10	Florence	68
11	Marie	67
12	Gladys	60
13	Hazel	58
14	Lillian	53
15	Agnes	49
16	Irene	48
17	Frances	47
18	Anna	45
18	Edna	45
20	Viola	44
21	Gertrude	43
21	Martha	43
23	Elsie	42
24	Lucille	38
24	Mabel	38
26	Grace	37
27	Clara	36
27	Myrtle	36
29	Elizabeth	35
30	Edith	34
30	Leona	34
30	Louise	34
33	Bernice	33
34	Bertha	30
34	Emma	30
36	Ella	29
36	Lois	29
38	Doris	28
38	Marjorie	28
38	Pearl	28
38	Ruby	28
42	Ethel	25
42	Vera	25
44	Violet	24
45	Eleanor	23
46	Maxine	22
46	Vivian	22
48	Ann	21
48	Laura	21
48	Olive	21

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	159
2	William	116
3	Robert	106
4	Harold	96
5	Charles	80
6	James	76
7	Donald	73
8	George	70
9	Raymond	64
10	Kenneth	61
11	Walter	55
12	Arthur	49
12	Edward	49
12	Henry	49
15	Albert	47
16	Joseph	46
17	Clarence	45
18	Earl	44
18	Frank	44
20	Elmer	43
20	Lloyd	43
22	Francis	41
23	Howard	40
23	Marvin	40
23	Richard	40
26	Edwin	39
26	Melvin	39
28	Harry	38
28	Paul	38
30	Lawrence	37
31	Ralph	35
32	Herbert	34
32	Leo	34
34	Lester	33
35	Alvin	32
36	Carl	31
36	Ernest	31
38	Leonard	29
38	Thomas	29
40	Floyd	28
41	Eugene	27
41	Roy	27
43	Fred	26
44	Alfred	25
45	Bernard	24
46	Russell	23
47	Arnold	22
47	Clifford	22
47	Louis	22
50	Emil	20