Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1922

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Dorothy	250
2	Mary	249
3	Helen	190
4	Ruth	142
5	Doris	140
5	Margaret	140
7	Betty	128
8	Evelyn	122
9	Virginia	102
10	Irene	96
11	Phyllis	95
12	Alice	89
13	Gladys	88
13	Marjorie	88
15	Lois	86
15	Mildred	86
17	Lorraine	81
18	Frances	78
19	Shirley	77
20	Esther	70
21	Marie	69
22	Florence	66
23	Lucille	63
24	Elizabeth	62
24	Lillian	62
26	Viola	59
27	Norma	56
28	Hazel	55
29	Violet	53
30	Bernice	52
31	Anna	50
32	Alma	47
32	Delores	47
32	Eleanor	47
32	Leona	47
36	June	46
36	Rose	46
36	Ruby	46
39	Edna	43
39	Marian	43
41	Ella	42
41	Elsie	42
41	Maxine	42
41	Patricia	42
41	Vivian	42
46	Grace	40
47	Eileen	39
47	Myrtle	39
49	Arlene	37
49	Jean	37

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	368
2	John	230
3	Donald	228
4	William	201
5	James	185
6	Charles	138
7	Kenneth	131
8	Harold	126
9	George	117
10	Raymond	108
11	Richard	106
12	Walter	82
13	Paul	75
14	Clarence	73
15	Eugene	72
16	Leonard	71
17	Arthur	70
17	Joseph	70
19	Howard	65
20	Marvin	62
21	Thomas	61
22	Edward	60
23	Henry	59
24	Francis	57
24	Ralph	57
26	Dale	56
27	Wayne	55
28	Melvin	54
29	Lloyd	53
30	Albert	52
30	Frank	52
32	Lawrence	51
33	Alvin	48
33	Roy	48
33	Vernon	48
36	Lyle	47
37	Clifford	43
38	Carl	41
38	Leo	41
40	Gerald	40
40	Leroy	40
42	Glenn	39
42	Jack	39
42	Norman	39
45	Gordon	38
46	Floyd	37
47	Warren	36
48	Orville	35
48	Stanley	35
50	Bernard	34