Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1934

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	243
2	Betty	191
3	Shirley	151
4	Donna	144
5	Dorothy	124
6	Beverly	121
7	Patricia	106
8	Marilyn	101
9	Joyce	94
10	Carol	88
11	Darlene	86
11	Lois	86
13	Barbara	84
14	Marlene	81
15	Phyllis	77
16	Delores	73
16	Joan	73
18	Margaret	68
19	Doris	66
20	Helen	57
21	Joann	56
22	Bonnie	54
23	Norma	53
24	Alice	52
24	Ruth	52
26	Elaine	50
27	Jean	49
28	Virginia	47
29	Janet	45
30	Frances	42
30	Marjorie	42
32	Arlene	41
32	Janice	41
34	Audrey	40
35	Evelyn	39
36	Joanne	37
36	Lorraine	37
38	Rose	34
39	Mildred	33
40	Bernice	31
40	Elizabeth	31
40	Gloria	31
40	Lavonne	31
40	Nancy	31
45	Marie	30
45	Marlys	30
47	Geraldine	29
47	Sally	29
49	June	28
49	Marian	28

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	312
2	Donald	278
3	James	276
4	Richard	228
5	John	156
6	William	133
7	Ronald	116
8	Charles	107
9	Kenneth	82
10	Gerald	78
11	Raymond	75
12	Dale	73
13	Roger	70
14	Duane	67
15	Leroy	65
16	David	64
17	Marvin	63
18	Harold	62
18	Thomas	62
20	George	61
21	Jack	58
22	Eugene	55
23	Larry	53
24	Edward	52
24	Lyle	52
26	Wayne	50
27	Paul	49
28	Melvin	45
29	Dean	43
30	Joseph	40
31	Dennis	37
31	Jerry	37
31	Norman	37
31	Walter	37
35	Clarence	36
36	Don	34
36	Gordon	34
38	Gary	33
38	Leo	33
40	Alvin	32
41	Clifford	31
42	Franklin	30
43	Bill	29
43	Frank	29
43	Gene	29
43	Lawrence	29
47	Allen	28
47	Delbert	28
47	Vernon	28
50	Albert	27