Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1921

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Dorothy	276
2	Mary	273
3	Helen	204
4	Ruth	163
5	Margaret	152
6	Doris	130
7	Evelyn	124
8	Irene	123
8	Mildred	123
10	Betty	112
11	Marjorie	110
12	Alice	94
12	Florence	94
14	Gladys	86
15	Esther	84
16	Phyllis	83
17	Lorraine	82
18	Lucille	79
19	Lois	78
20	Virginia	75
21	Frances	72
22	Marie	71
22	Maxine	71
24	Viola	63
25	Edna	62
26	Lillian	60
27	Anna	58
28	Eileen	56
29	Elizabeth	55
29	Hazel	55
31	Bernice	54
32	Shirley	53
33	Elsie	52
33	Leona	52
35	Ruby	50
35	Violet	50
37	Norma	49
38	Rose	46
39	Grace	45
40	Elaine	44
40	Jean	44
40	Vera	44
43	Martha	43
44	Vivian	42
45	Marian	40
46	Eleanor	39
47	Agnes	38
47	Arlene	38
47	Gertrude	38
47	Marcella	38

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	378
2	John	263
3	Donald	218
4	William	189
5	James	168
6	Charles	151
7	Harold	139
8	George	134
9	Kenneth	128
10	Edward	99
11	Richard	97
12	Raymond	96
13	Arthur	86
14	Francis	82
15	Eugene	80
16	Howard	72
17	Lloyd	70
17	Warren	70
19	Walter	69
20	Leonard	67
21	Alvin	65
21	Elmer	65
23	Albert	62
24	Clarence	60
25	Joseph	59
25	Ralph	59
27	Dale	58
27	Marvin	58
29	Lawrence	56
30	Leo	55
31	Frank	52
31	Herbert	52
31	Roy	52
34	Jack	51
35	Glenn	48
35	Gordon	48
37	Clifford	47
37	Earl	47
37	Henry	47
37	Vernon	47
37	Wayne	47
42	Bernard	45
42	Edwin	45
42	Harry	45
42	Melvin	45
46	Floyd	43
46	Lyle	43
48	Arnold	42
48	Ernest	42
48	Lester	42