Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1924

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	250
2	Dorothy	246
3	Betty	195
4	Helen	176
5	Ruth	157
6	Margaret	122
7	Doris	114
8	Lois	110
9	Evelyn	100
9	Phyllis	100
11	Lorraine	99
12	Marjorie	92
13	Alice	90
14	Virginia	88
15	Mildred	87
16	Irene	85
17	Esther	83
18	Shirley	75
19	Frances	71
20	Maxine	69
21	Lucille	67
22	Gladys	66
23	Marie	59
24	Arlene	57
25	Elizabeth	56
26	Patricia	54
27	Lillian	50
27	Norma	50
29	Anna	49
29	Delores	49
29	Elaine	49
32	Edna	48
32	Florence	48
34	Hazel	47
34	Vivian	47
36	Jean	46
37	Joyce	45
37	Wilma	45
39	Bernice	44
39	Leona	44
39	Marian	44
42	Violet	43
43	Dolores	42
43	Eleanor	42
45	Rose	41
46	Vera	40
47	Beverly	39
47	Viola	39
49	Darlene	38
50	Audrey	37

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	397
2	Donald	250
3	John	246
4	William	186
5	James	174
6	Richard	142
7	Harold	120
8	Charles	118
9	George	113
9	Kenneth	113
11	Raymond	93
12	Clarence	77
13	Eugene	76
14	Dale	75
15	Edward	74
16	Joseph	66
17	Howard	63
18	Arthur	60
18	Marvin	60
18	Melvin	60
21	Francis	58
22	Paul	57
23	Albert	55
23	Earl	55
25	Leonard	54
25	Ralph	54
27	Leo	53
27	Walter	53
29	Jack	52
30	Calvin	51
30	Lloyd	51
30	Vernon	51
33	Elmer	50
34	Alvin	47
35	Thomas	46
35	Wayne	46
37	Harry	43
38	Arnold	42
39	Gordon	41
40	Lawrence	40
40	Roy	40
42	Henry	39
43	Bernard	38
43	Warren	38
45	David	37
45	Dean	37
45	Stanley	37
48	Ernest	36
48	Frank	36
48	Virgil	36