Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1926

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Dorothy	236
2	Mary	227
3	Betty	195
4	Helen	134
5	Doris	126
6	Ruth	121
7	Lois	119
8	Margaret	116
9	Phyllis	113
10	Shirley	107
11	Evelyn	97
12	Marjorie	89
13	Joyce	85
14	Donna	77
15	Irene	72
16	Delores	71
16	Lorraine	71
16	Virginia	71
19	Alice	68
20	Jean	64
21	Mildred	63
22	Patricia	60
23	Esther	59
24	Arlene	58
24	Gladys	58
26	Lucille	55
26	Norma	55
28	Beverly	54
29	Frances	51
30	Viola	50
31	Maxine	47
32	Darlene	46
32	Elaine	46
32	Elizabeth	46
32	Lillian	46
32	Rose	46
37	Dolores	45
38	Bernice	43
39	Ruby	42
40	Marie	41
41	Leona	40
41	Violet	40
43	Anna	39
43	Florence	39
43	Lavonne	39
43	Marilyn	39
47	June	38
48	Martha	36
49	Grace	35
50	Eleanor	34

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	397
2	Donald	259
3	John	205
4	William	184
5	James	160
6	Richard	138
7	Kenneth	130
8	Harold	120
9	Charles	104
10	George	95
11	Eugene	76
12	Raymond	75
13	Dale	72
14	Edward	70
14	Marvin	70
16	Arthur	63
16	Thomas	63
18	Lloyd	61
19	Leonard	59
20	Gerald	58
20	Joseph	58
22	Wayne	56
23	Paul	55
24	Melvin	52
25	Jack	51
25	Lyle	51
27	Clarence	50
28	Clifford	49
28	Earl	49
30	Howard	48
31	Elmer	47
31	Walter	47
33	Vernon	46
34	Alvin	43
34	Floyd	43
34	Leroy	43
37	Norman	42
38	Lawrence	41
38	Leo	41
40	Duane	40
40	Francis	40
40	Frank	40
40	Merle	40
44	Calvin	38
45	Edwin	37
45	Gordon	37
47	Albert	36
47	Roy	36
49	Arnold	35
49	Bernard	35