Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1918

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	229
2	Helen	207
3	Dorothy	189
4	Ruth	165
5	Evelyn	149
6	Margaret	147
7	Mildred	130
8	Irene	114
9	Alice	103
10	Florence	101
11	Marie	99
12	Frances	97
12	Gladys	97
14	Lucille	93
15	Edna	91
16	Marjorie	85
17	Esther	82
18	Doris	74
19	Hazel	73
20	Lorraine	67
21	Viola	64
22	Lois	62
23	Agnes	60
24	Gertrude	59
25	Anna	58
25	Maxine	58
27	Bernice	57
28	Virginia	56
29	Violet	55
30	Elsie	54
30	Lillian	54
32	Elizabeth	53
33	Martha	51
34	Phyllis	50
35	Rose	49
36	Ethel	47
36	Grace	47
38	Marian	45
38	Pearl	45
40	Betty	44
41	Ruby	42
41	Thelma	42
43	Edith	41
44	Louise	39
44	Vivian	39
46	Leona	38
47	Clara	37
47	Eileen	37
47	Shirley	37
50	Bertha	36

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	250
2	John	235
3	William	170
4	Harold	151
5	Donald	148
5	George	148
7	James	115
8	Charles	113
9	Edward	106
10	Raymond	103
11	Kenneth	92
12	Elmer	78
13	Clarence	77
13	Richard	77
15	Arthur	73
16	Henry	72
16	Walter	72
18	Ralph	70
19	Harry	69
20	Leonard	67
20	Melvin	67
22	Frank	65
22	Lloyd	65
24	Joseph	63
25	Clifford	59
26	Albert	58
27	Francis	57
27	Lawrence	57
29	Earl	56
29	Howard	56
31	Marvin	52
32	Carl	51
33	Eugene	50
33	Paul	50
35	Vernon	49
36	Roy	48
37	Bernard	45
37	Floyd	45
37	Leo	45
40	Lester	44
41	Wayne	43
42	Fred	42
42	Thomas	42
44	Harvey	41
45	Alvin	40
45	Dale	40
45	Herbert	40
48	Jack	39
49	Lyle	38
50	Arnold	37