Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1930

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Betty	258
2	Mary	238
3	Dorothy	181
4	Donna	165
5	Beverly	127
6	Shirley	115
7	Lois	113
8	Delores	111
9	Joyce	109
10	Darlene	105
11	Doris	104
12	Helen	103
13	Patricia	94
14	Ruth	88
15	Phyllis	87
16	Margaret	76
17	Marilyn	73
18	Joan	71
19	Virginia	70
20	Lorraine	67
21	Evelyn	65
22	Marjorie	63
23	Alice	62
24	Arlene	61
25	Jean	60
26	Dolores	58
27	Carol	51
28	Norma	50
29	Elaine	49
29	Irene	49
31	Bonnie	48
32	Barbara	46
33	Esther	44
33	Ramona	44
35	Gladys	42
35	Mavis	42
37	Mildred	41
38	Rose	40
39	Florence	39
40	Frances	38
41	Bernice	37
42	Elizabeth	36
43	Maxine	35
44	Lavonne	33
44	Leona	33
46	Anna	31
46	Gloria	31
46	Lucille	31
49	Deloris	30
49	June	30

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	384
2	Donald	325
3	James	220
4	John	202
5	Richard	189
6	William	151
7	Charles	114
8	Kenneth	113
9	Harold	108
10	George	89
11	Dale	74
12	Raymond	73
13	Marvin	72
14	Eugene	71
15	Wayne	70
16	Duane	68
16	Jack	68
18	Edward	63
19	Walter	58
20	Gerald	56
20	Paul	56
22	Leonard	54
22	Leroy	54
24	Lyle	52
25	Clarence	49
26	Thomas	47
27	Ronald	46
28	Melvin	45
29	David	42
29	Frank	42
31	Ralph	40
31	Vernon	40
33	Darrell	39
34	Joseph	38
34	Roger	38
36	Francis	37
37	Lawrence	36
37	Roy	36
39	Albert	35
39	Bernard	35
39	Earl	35
39	Gene	35
39	Harry	35
44	Dean	34
44	Don	34
46	Arthur	33
47	Elmer	32
47	Gordon	32
47	Jerry	32
50	Clifford	31