Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1929

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	232
2	Betty	229
3	Dorothy	173
4	Shirley	135
5	Donna	130
6	Lois	127
7	Doris	111
8	Joyce	110
9	Phyllis	105
10	Ruth	99
11	Helen	93
12	Beverly	91
13	Patricia	83
14	Margaret	81
15	Alice	80
16	Delores	76
17	Darlene	71
18	Evelyn	70
18	Marjorie	70
20	Jean	61
21	Irene	55
22	Dolores	54
23	Gladys	53
24	Lorraine	52
25	Arlene	50
25	Bonnie	50
25	Maxine	50
28	Norma	49
29	Frances	48
29	Ramona	48
31	Virginia	46
32	Barbara	44
32	Elaine	44
32	Violet	44
35	Carol	42
36	Esther	41
36	Marie	41
38	Joan	39
38	Rose	39
40	Marian	38
40	Marilyn	38
42	Anna	35
42	Bernice	35
42	Lucille	35
45	Florence	34
46	Geraldine	33
46	Viola	33
48	Audrey	32
48	Mildred	32
50	Mavis	30

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	384
2	Donald	307
3	Richard	180
4	John	179
5	James	175
6	William	153
7	Kenneth	118
8	Charles	113
9	Raymond	93
10	Harold	92
11	George	85
12	Marvin	74
13	Paul	70
14	Eugene	67
15	Edward	63
16	Dale	61
17	Thomas	58
17	Wayne	58
19	Melvin	56
20	Walter	55
21	Francis	54
22	Ronald	51
23	Duane	50
23	Norman	50
25	Arthur	49
26	Alvin	47
26	Herbert	47
26	Howard	47
26	Joseph	47
30	Leroy	46
31	Earl	45
31	Jack	45
31	Lloyd	45
34	Clifford	44
34	Gerald	44
34	Leonard	44
34	Lyle	44
38	Gene	42
38	Ralph	42
40	Leo	41
40	Roy	41
42	Russell	39
43	Dean	38
44	Clarence	37
44	David	37
44	Vernon	37
47	Harry	36
48	Henry	34
49	Fred	33
50	Albert	32