Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1917

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Helen	237
2	Mary	228
3	Dorothy	194
4	Margaret	171
5	Ruth	152
6	Evelyn	143
7	Mildred	114
8	Irene	108
9	Florence	97
10	Gladys	89
11	Doris	84
11	Hazel	84
13	Frances	80
14	Alice	78
15	Esther	77
16	Lillian	73
16	Lois	73
16	Viola	73
19	Edna	71
19	Marie	71
21	Lucille	64
22	Grace	62
23	Gertrude	58
24	Marjorie	57
25	Elizabeth	56
25	Virginia	56
27	Leona	55
28	Agnes	52
28	Anna	52
30	Clara	49
30	Maxine	49
30	Ruby	49
33	Bernice	48
34	Martha	47
35	Elsie	46
35	Violet	46
37	Ethel	45
38	Thelma	44
39	Rose	43
40	Vera	42
40	Vivian	42
42	Eleanor	40
42	Emma	40
44	Pearl	39
45	Josephine	37
45	Marian	37
45	Phyllis	37
48	Kathryn	36
49	Bertha	35
49	Ida	35

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	222
2	Robert	203
3	William	153
4	James	145
5	Donald	141
6	George	136
7	Harold	122
8	Charles	121
9	Kenneth	89
10	Arthur	86
11	Edward	85
12	Raymond	82
13	Richard	80
14	Clarence	78
15	Walter	76
16	Paul	74
17	Joseph	71
17	Lloyd	71
19	Albert	67
20	Ralph	66
21	Lawrence	61
22	Elmer	57
22	Henry	57
24	Francis	55
25	Clifford	53
25	Leo	53
25	Melvin	53
28	Alvin	52
28	Earl	52
28	Leonard	52
31	Harry	51
32	Lester	49
33	Edwin	46
33	Herbert	46
35	Carl	45
35	Marvin	45
35	Roy	45
38	Arnold	42
38	Ernest	42
40	Howard	41
40	Virgil	41
42	Frank	40
43	Dale	39
44	Fred	38
44	Leroy	38
44	Lyle	38
44	Thomas	38
48	Gordon	37
49	Jack	36
49	Vernon	36