Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1927

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	238
2	Betty	204
3	Dorothy	157
4	Doris	110
5	Ruth	106
6	Helen	104
6	Phyllis	104
6	Shirley	104
9	Lois	100
10	Joyce	87
11	Margaret	86
12	Delores	81
13	Donna	78
14	Patricia	74
15	Beverly	72
15	Virginia	72
17	Marjorie	71
18	Irene	68
19	Alice	65
20	Gladys	63
21	Evelyn	60
22	Lorraine	59
22	Norma	59
22	Violet	59
25	Darlene	56
25	Jean	56
25	Maxine	56
28	Arlene	55
29	Lucille	52
30	Frances	51
31	Esther	48
32	Edna	47
33	Dolores	44
33	Elaine	44
33	Mildred	44
36	Barbara	41
36	Florence	41
36	Viola	41
39	Carol	40
39	Marilyn	40
41	Lillian	38
42	Eleanor	37
42	Rose	37
42	Vera	37
45	Vivian	36
46	Elizabeth	33
47	Anna	31
48	Marian	30
48	Marie	30
50	Grace	29

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	343
2	Donald	294
3	John	210
4	William	161
5	Richard	156
6	James	147
7	Kenneth	118
8	George	114
9	Charles	109
10	Harold	105
11	Raymond	84
12	Marvin	74
13	Eugene	71
14	Dale	68
15	Edward	67
16	Wayne	63
17	Paul	62
18	Melvin	59
19	Norman	58
20	Arthur	54
21	Alvin	52
22	Leo	51
22	Thomas	51
24	Howard	50
24	Lyle	50
26	Jack	49
26	Lloyd	49
28	Duane	48
29	Albert	47
29	Francis	47
31	Gene	46
31	Joseph	46
33	Clarence	45
33	Earl	45
33	Gerald	45
33	Gordon	45
37	Ralph	44
38	Lawrence	41
38	Walter	41
40	Calvin	40
40	Carl	40
40	Clifford	40
40	Vernon	40
44	Frank	38
44	Glen	38
44	Leonard	38
44	Leroy	38
48	Herbert	37
49	Harry	34
50	Elmer	33