Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1931

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Betty	239
2	Mary	229
3	Dorothy	142
4	Donna	140
5	Beverly	127
6	Shirley	119
7	Patricia	114
8	Darlene	109
9	Delores	101
10	Joyce	100
11	Lois	98
12	Helen	96
12	Joan	96
14	Phyllis	85
15	Marilyn	81
16	Alice	79
17	Doris	76
18	Norma	73
18	Ruth	73
20	Lorraine	70
21	Arlene	67
22	Jean	63
23	Virginia	62
24	Evelyn	61
24	Margaret	61
26	Bonnie	59
27	Dolores	55
28	Barbara	53
29	Carol	51
30	Irene	47
30	Marjorie	47
32	Gladys	45
33	Elaine	44
34	June	40
34	Lavonne	40
36	Anna	39
37	Mildred	38
38	Maxine	36
39	Leona	35
39	Lucille	35
41	Marlene	34
42	Elizabeth	33
42	Geraldine	33
44	Audrey	32
44	Bernice	32
44	Florence	32
47	Janice	31
47	Joann	31
49	Deloris	30
49	Ramona	30

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	317
2	Donald	285
3	James	221
4	Richard	202
5	John	199
6	William	150
7	Kenneth	120
8	Charles	112
9	Eugene	82
10	George	80
11	Harold	79
12	Marvin	78
13	Duane	69
14	Paul	67
14	Wayne	67
16	Ronald	66
17	Dale	64
18	Raymond	62
19	Gerald	61
20	David	60
21	Roger	58
22	Leroy	56
23	Edward	51
23	Jack	51
25	Lyle	49
25	Thomas	49
27	Lawrence	48
28	Clarence	46
28	Melvin	46
28	Norman	46
31	Vernon	44
32	Leonard	42
33	Howard	40
34	Dean	39
35	Albert	38
36	Darrell	37
36	Earl	37
36	Joseph	37
36	Lloyd	37
36	Walter	37
41	Arthur	36
42	Clifford	35
43	Francis	34
43	Gene	34
45	Keith	32
45	Larry	32
47	Leo	31
47	Stanley	31
49	Merle	30
50	Bernard	29