Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1919

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Helen	229
2	Mary	208
3	Dorothy	203
4	Margaret	166
5	Ruth	160
6	Mildred	137
7	Evelyn	130
8	Irene	123
9	Esther	105
10	Alice	99
11	Doris	87
12	Gladys	84
13	Florence	81
14	Viola	80
15	Lois	79
16	Lucille	78
17	Marie	75
17	Virginia	75
19	Edna	74
20	Frances	73
21	Hazel	68
22	Marjorie	66
22	Violet	66
24	Lillian	64
25	Bernice	63
26	Grace	58
26	Lorraine	58
28	Eleanor	55
28	Ethel	55
28	Phyllis	55
31	Maxine	53
32	Agnes	51
32	Elizabeth	51
34	Anna	50
34	Clara	50
36	Jean	46
36	Vera	46
38	Betty	45
38	Edith	45
40	Gertrude	42
40	Leona	42
40	Marian	42
43	Vivian	39
44	Alma	38
44	Martha	38
46	Elsie	36
46	June	36
46	Rose	36
49	Thelma	35
50	Geraldine	34

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	276
2	John	251
3	Donald	187
4	William	154
5	Raymond	130
6	Harold	128
7	George	124
8	James	120
9	Kenneth	116
10	Charles	115
11	Arthur	80
12	Richard	77
12	Walter	77
14	Clarence	76
15	Edward	75
16	Earl	69
17	Joseph	66
18	Howard	65
19	Francis	61
20	Albert	58
21	Alvin	57
21	Marvin	57
21	Paul	57
24	Vernon	56
25	Edwin	55
26	Frank	54
26	Leonard	54
26	Lloyd	54
29	Carl	50
29	Henry	50
29	Melvin	50
29	Norman	50
33	Clifford	49
33	Ralph	49
35	Ernest	47
35	Harry	47
35	Herbert	47
38	Elmer	45
38	Eugene	45
40	Arnold	44
40	Leo	44
42	Thomas	42
42	Wayne	42
44	Leroy	41
44	Lester	41
46	Gerald	40
47	Floyd	39
48	Bernard	38
48	Lyle	38
50	Lawrence	37