Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1915

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	177
2	Helen	173
3	Margaret	146
4	Dorothy	142
5	Ruth	136
6	Esther	111
7	Evelyn	106
8	Mildred	102
9	Alice	101
10	Irene	87
11	Hazel	82
12	Florence	79
13	Gladys	77
14	Lucille	75
15	Marie	74
16	Lillian	70
17	Viola	66
18	Edna	64
19	Frances	62
20	Agnes	60
21	Anna	58
22	Doris	55
23	Myrtle	54
24	Elsie	49
25	Marjorie	48
26	Martha	46
27	Elizabeth	45
27	Rose	45
29	Clara	43
29	Edith	43
31	Bernice	42
31	Virginia	42
33	Grace	41
34	Eleanor	40
34	Ethel	40
34	Marian	40
37	Alma	39
37	Emma	39
37	Leona	39
40	Lois	37
41	Thelma	36
42	Violet	35
43	Bertha	33
43	Maxine	33
45	Gertrude	32
45	Josephine	32
45	Louise	32
45	Pearl	32
45	Phyllis	32
50	Catherine	30

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	185
2	Robert	180
3	William	125
4	Donald	114
5	Harold	112
6	George	109
7	James	96
8	Charles	84
9	Arthur	77
10	Edward	75
11	Kenneth	72
11	Raymond	72
13	Clarence	65
14	Albert	63
14	Walter	63
16	Richard	61
17	Joseph	58
18	Elmer	56
19	Frank	53
20	Francis	52
20	Howard	52
22	Lawrence	51
23	Paul	50
24	Herbert	49
25	Melvin	48
26	Alfred	47
26	Henry	47
26	Leonard	47
29	Harry	45
30	Earl	44
31	Clifford	43
31	Leo	43
33	Alvin	42
33	Lloyd	42
35	Ernest	39
35	Louis	39
35	Ralph	39
38	Arnold	37
38	Bernard	37
38	Floyd	37
38	Marvin	37
38	Thomas	37
43	Edwin	35
43	Vernon	35
45	Roy	33
46	Carl	32
46	Eugene	32
48	Lester	31
49	Leroy	30
50	Lyle	29