Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1923

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	269
2	Dorothy	251
3	Betty	170
4	Helen	165
5	Doris	134
6	Margaret	131
7	Ruth	125
8	Lois	108
9	Mildred	107
10	Irene	104
11	Evelyn	102
11	Phyllis	102
13	Alice	99
14	Lorraine	89
15	Virginia	82
16	Marjorie	81
16	Shirley	81
18	Florence	80
19	Gladys	76
20	Frances	74
21	Jean	67
22	Maxine	66
23	Esther	65
24	Elizabeth	61
24	Lucille	61
26	Violet	58
27	Norma	57
28	Edna	56
29	Joyce	52
29	June	52
29	Lillian	52
32	Eleanor	51
33	Marie	50
34	Arlene	48
34	Bernice	48
36	Delores	46
37	Elaine	44
37	Viola	44
39	Dolores	43
39	Ruby	43
39	Thelma	43
42	Hazel	42
43	Grace	39
43	Patricia	39
45	Agnes	38
45	Geraldine	38
45	Vera	38
45	Vivian	38
49	Marian	37
50	Anna	36

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	374
2	Donald	266
3	John	260
4	James	178
5	William	173
6	Kenneth	132
7	Harold	129
8	Richard	117
9	Charles	113
10	George	99
11	Raymond	97
12	Marvin	82
13	Clarence	77
14	Joseph	70
15	Dale	65
16	Walter	64
17	Edward	63
17	Eugene	63
17	Francis	63
17	Lloyd	63
17	Paul	63
22	Leonard	61
23	Melvin	60
24	Howard	57
24	Lawrence	57
26	Leo	55
26	Ralph	55
28	Wayne	53
29	Gerald	52
30	Floyd	51
31	Thomas	50
31	Vernon	50
33	Duane	49
33	Frank	49
35	Earl	48
35	Harry	48
37	Albert	47
37	Elmer	47
37	Henry	47
40	Arthur	46
41	Bernard	45
42	Jack	43
42	Lyle	43
42	Roy	43
45	Ernest	41
46	Alvin	38
47	Herbert	37
47	Wallace	37
47	Warren	37
50	Glenn	36