Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1928

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Betty	236
2	Mary	224
3	Dorothy	185
4	Phyllis	125
5	Lois	119
6	Doris	112
7	Donna	111
8	Shirley	106
9	Helen	101
10	Beverly	97
11	Ruth	90
12	Margaret	83
13	Joyce	82
14	Patricia	76
15	Darlene	72
15	Norma	72
17	Alice	70
17	Virginia	70
19	Mildred	69
20	Delores	67
21	Jean	66
21	Marjorie	66
23	Lorraine	63
24	Gladys	61
24	Irene	61
26	Evelyn	57
27	Dolores	55
28	Lucille	53
29	Bernice	49
30	Ramona	47
31	Carol	46
31	Elizabeth	46
31	Esther	46
31	Violet	46
35	Frances	45
36	Viola	44
37	Maxine	43
38	Arlene	40
38	Barbara	40
40	Elaine	39
41	Gloria	37
41	Marilyn	37
41	Mavis	37
44	Edna	36
44	Leona	36
46	Hazel	35
46	Rose	35
48	Lavonne	34
48	Marian	34
50	Bonnie	33

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	346
2	Donald	320
3	John	191
4	James	185
5	Richard	169
6	William	154
7	Charles	108
8	Kenneth	102
9	Harold	98
10	George	95
11	Raymond	87
12	Eugene	82
13	Dale	80
14	Marvin	72
15	Gerald	66
16	Walter	63
17	Wayne	59
18	Lloyd	58
19	Lawrence	56
20	Lyle	54
20	Norman	54
20	Paul	54
23	Edward	53
23	Herbert	53
25	Francis	50
25	Howard	50
25	Leroy	50
28	Duane	49
29	Leonard	48
29	Thomas	48
31	Arthur	47
31	Gene	47
33	Leo	46
34	Alvin	45
35	Clarence	44
35	Earl	44
37	Ronald	43
38	Arnold	42
39	Elmer	41
40	Albert	40
40	David	40
40	Henry	40
40	Joseph	40
40	Melvin	40
40	Ralph	40
40	Roy	40
47	Clifford	38
48	Stanley	36
49	Jack	34
50	Louis	33