Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1916

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Helen	212
2	Dorothy	202
3	Mary	192
4	Ruth	170
5	Margaret	167
6	Evelyn	124
7	Mildred	121
8	Alice	100
9	Gladys	90
10	Irene	88
11	Marie	86
12	Florence	85
13	Esther	84
14	Frances	83
15	Lucille	82
16	Hazel	76
17	Edna	75
18	Grace	71
19	Doris	69
20	Elizabeth	67
21	Anna	64
22	Martha	62
23	Clara	59
23	Lillian	59
25	Rose	57
26	Bernice	55
26	Elsie	55
28	Edith	54
29	Agnes	52
30	Marjorie	51
31	Vivian	48
32	Viola	46
33	Eleanor	45
34	Lois	44
35	Ruby	43
35	Vera	43
37	Catherine	41
37	Gertrude	41
39	Myrtle	39
39	Virginia	39
41	Alma	38
42	Leona	37
43	Mabel	36
44	Ethel	35
44	Marian	35
44	Phyllis	35
44	Thelma	35
48	Emma	34
48	Lorraine	34
48	Maxine	34

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	237
2	John	236
3	William	151
4	James	132
5	Donald	129
6	Harold	120
7	George	117
8	Charles	91
9	Kenneth	88
10	Raymond	84
11	Richard	81
12	Edward	77
13	Clarence	75
14	Joseph	74
15	Walter	73
16	Arthur	67
17	Elmer	66
18	Albert	63
19	Ralph	61
20	Francis	57
20	Melvin	57
22	Earl	55
22	Lloyd	55
24	Ernest	50
24	Leonard	50
26	Clifford	49
26	Henry	49
26	Marvin	49
29	Frank	48
30	Howard	47
30	Paul	47
32	Herbert	45
33	Alvin	43
33	Harry	43
33	Leo	43
36	Lawrence	42
37	Arnold	41
37	Carl	41
37	Edwin	41
40	Roy	39
41	Vernon	37
42	Eugene	36
42	Fred	36
42	Lester	36
42	Norman	36
42	Thomas	36
47	Bernard	34
48	Lyle	32
49	Dale	31
49	Floyd	31