Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1936

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Shirley	289
2	Mary	226
3	Betty	151
4	Donna	124
5	Beverly	119
6	Barbara	106
6	Carol	106
8	Marilyn	103
9	Patricia	99
10	Darlene	90
11	Joyce	86
12	Dorothy	85
13	Joan	84
13	Marlene	84
15	Janice	78
16	Lois	76
17	Helen	71
18	Phyllis	62
19	Janet	61
20	Jean	60
21	Sharon	59
22	Margaret	57
23	Doris	56
24	Delores	55
24	Norma	55
26	Arlene	53
27	Bonnie	52
27	Ruth	52
29	Virginia	50
30	Alice	46
30	Joann	46
32	Marjorie	43
33	Audrey	39
33	Frances	39
35	Elaine	38
36	Joanne	36
36	Lavonne	36
38	Marlys	35
39	Nancy	34
40	Karen	32
40	Rose	32
42	Evelyn	31
42	Kay	31
44	Connie	30
44	Gloria	30
46	Charlotte	27
47	Eleanor	26
47	Geraldine	26
47	Lorraine	26
50	Anna	25

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	298
2	James	281
3	Donald	239
4	Richard	205
5	John	164
6	Ronald	124
7	William	116
8	Roger	104
9	Larry	101
10	Kenneth	95
11	Charles	89
12	Gerald	88
13	Marvin	74
14	David	71
15	Jerry	68
16	Dale	67
16	George	67
18	Raymond	65
19	Dennis	63
20	Thomas	62
21	Wayne	61
22	Harold	57
23	Duane	56
24	Edward	53
24	Gary	53
26	Eugene	52
27	Dean	50
28	Jack	47
29	Leroy	45
30	Paul	44
31	Joseph	43
32	Melvin	41
33	Gene	40
34	Darrell	38
35	Jerome	37
36	Keith	36
36	Lawrence	36
36	Lyle	36
39	Don	33
40	Daniel	32
40	Francis	32
40	Ralph	32
40	Vernon	32
44	Gordon	30
44	Jim	30
46	Earl	29
46	Norman	29
48	Leonard	28
49	Allen	26
49	Floyd	26