Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1935

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Shirley	317
2	Mary	248
3	Donna	143
4	Betty	127
5	Carol	105
5	Marilyn	105
7	Barbara	104
7	Patricia	104
9	Dorothy	103
10	Darlene	92
11	Joan	91
12	Beverly	90
12	Joyce	90
14	Marlene	74
15	Lois	72
16	Janice	71
17	Delores	70
18	Doris	69
19	Phyllis	60
20	Margaret	59
21	Norma	54
22	Arlene	50
22	Ruth	50
24	Helen	49
25	Bonnie	48
26	Alice	47
26	Virginia	47
28	Joann	45
29	Marjorie	43
30	Elaine	42
31	Janet	38
31	Joanne	38
31	Nancy	38
34	Audrey	37
35	Jean	36
36	Elizabeth	35
36	Lavonne	35
38	Lorraine	33
38	Rose	33
40	Gloria	32
41	Irene	30
41	Marlys	30
43	Kay	28
44	Sharon	27
45	Connie	26
45	Marie	26
47	Eleanor	25
47	June	25
49	Charlotte	24
49	Evelyn	24

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	282
2	Donald	254
3	James	224
4	Richard	206
5	John	180
6	William	139
7	Charles	115
7	Ronald	115
9	Kenneth	102
10	Roger	83
11	Gerald	82
12	David	79
13	Larry	74
14	Dale	72
15	Leroy	69
16	Paul	65
17	Duane	64
17	Jerry	64
19	Marvin	63
20	Dennis	61
21	Eugene	59
22	Wayne	58
23	Lyle	54
24	Harold	53
25	Gary	51
25	Thomas	51
27	Raymond	48
28	George	44
28	Jack	44
28	Norman	44
31	Darrell	42
32	Dean	41
32	Edward	41
34	Ralph	40
35	Lawrence	39
36	Gene	37
36	Keith	37
38	Allen	36
38	Melvin	36
40	Lloyd	33
40	Walter	33
42	Frank	32
42	Gordon	32
42	Vernon	32
45	Howard	31
46	Leonard	30
47	Alvin	29
48	Arthur	28
48	Earl	28
48	Stanley	28