Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1920

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Dorothy	282
2	Mary	229
3	Helen	218
4	Margaret	181
5	Ruth	177
6	Evelyn	141
7	Doris	126
8	Irene	116
9	Mildred	110
10	Frances	93
11	Esther	92
12	Marie	87
13	Alice	85
13	Florence	85
15	Gladys	84
16	Marjorie	83
17	Lucille	82
18	Betty	77
18	Virginia	77
20	Lorraine	76
21	Viola	73
22	Hazel	70
22	Maxine	70
24	Phyllis	69
25	Lois	66
26	Elizabeth	64
27	Lillian	61
28	Bernice	58
28	Edna	58
28	Violet	58
31	Grace	57
32	Shirley	53
33	Ruby	50
33	Thelma	50
35	Leona	49
35	Vivian	49
37	Agnes	47
37	Anna	47
37	Elsie	47
40	June	46
41	Marian	44
42	Ethel	43
42	Vera	43
44	Edith	42
44	Gertrude	42
44	Jean	42
44	Mabel	42
48	Elaine	41
48	Fern	41
50	Eleanor	40

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	358
2	John	223
3	Donald	200
4	William	177
5	Harold	155
6	James	146
7	Raymond	130
8	Kenneth	125
9	George	122
10	Charles	114
11	Walter	94
12	Richard	91
13	Arthur	86
13	Edward	86
15	Leonard	80
16	Howard	72
17	Earl	71
18	Lloyd	70
19	Clarence	67
20	Albert	61
21	Elmer	60
21	Joseph	60
23	Melvin	59
24	Clifford	58
24	Paul	58
26	Henry	57
26	Marvin	57
26	Ralph	57
29	Francis	56
29	Frank	56
31	Eugene	54
31	Lawrence	54
33	Leo	53
34	Roy	50
34	Vernon	50
36	Wayne	49
37	Dale	48
37	Harry	48
37	Warren	48
40	Norman	47
40	Thomas	47
42	Arnold	45
43	Alvin	44
43	Carl	44
45	Edwin	43
46	Russell	42
47	Ernest	41
48	Floyd	40
48	Jack	40
50	Bernard	37