Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1937

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	228
2	Shirley	187
3	Carol	136
4	Donna	132
5	Betty	128
6	Janice	113
7	Patricia	105
8	Barbara	99
9	Darlene	94
10	Beverly	93
11	Marilyn	91
12	Sharon	79
13	Joyce	70
14	Dorothy	64
15	Janet	61
15	Joan	61
15	Margaret	61
18	Lois	58
19	Helen	55
20	Marlene	53
20	Phyllis	53
22	Karen	52
22	Norma	52
22	Ruth	52
25	Kay	49
26	Joann	48
27	Virginia	44
28	Doris	40
28	Elaine	40
28	Rose	40
31	Delores	39
31	Marlys	39
33	Bonnie	38
34	Arlene	37
35	Lavonne	36
36	Evelyn	35
36	Frances	35
38	Alice	33
38	Connie	33
38	Jean	33
41	Nancy	32
42	Gloria	31
42	Sylvia	31
44	Yvonne	28
45	Geraldine	27
46	Myrna	26
47	Marjorie	25
47	Sandra	25
49	Anita	24
49	Jane	24

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	279
2	James	237
3	Donald	202
4	Richard	180
5	John	150
6	William	126
7	Larry	116
8	Ronald	113
9	Charles	99
10	David	89
11	Gary	85
12	Kenneth	84
13	Roger	81
14	Jerry	70
15	Gerald	69
16	Dennis	59
17	Thomas	52
18	Dale	51
19	George	50
19	Wayne	50
21	Duane	49
21	Marvin	49
23	Raymond	46
24	Paul	45
25	Harold	43
26	Melvin	42
27	Eugene	41
28	Edward	39
29	Keith	37
29	Leroy	37
31	Lyle	34
32	Gene	33
33	Darrell	32
33	Jerome	32
33	Lawrence	32
36	Arnold	31
36	Norman	31
38	Don	29
39	Jack	28
39	Lloyd	28
41	Arthur	27
41	Clifford	27
41	Frank	27
44	Bill	26
44	Douglas	26
44	Gordon	26
44	Jim	26
48	Allen	25
48	Joseph	25
48	Leo	25