Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1938

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	225
2	Carol	152
3	Shirley	132
4	Donna	108
5	Barbara	105
6	Sharon	103
7	Betty	98
8	Janice	96
9	Marilyn	95
10	Patricia	93
11	Beverly	83
12	Dorothy	80
12	Joyce	80
14	Joan	68
15	Darlene	64
15	Janet	64
17	Karen	62
17	Margaret	62
19	Marlene	56
20	Delores	53
21	Jean	51
21	Nancy	51
21	Ruth	51
24	Helen	48
25	Alice	47
26	Norma	46
27	Phyllis	45
28	Joann	44
29	Deanna	43
30	Lois	41
30	Marjorie	41
32	Gloria	39
32	Loretta	39
34	Kay	38
35	Judy	36
36	Arlene	35
36	Elaine	35
38	Connie	34
39	Carolyn	33
40	Doris	32
40	Sandra	32
42	Bonnie	30
42	Marlys	30
44	Virginia	29
45	Judith	28
45	Yvonne	28
47	Evelyn	26
47	Geraldine	26
47	Kathleen	26
50	Audrey	25

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	266
2	James	232
3	Donald	184
3	Richard	184
5	John	154
6	Larry	141
7	William	127
8	Ronald	125
9	Charles	118
10	David	111
11	Jerry	107
12	Roger	91
13	Dennis	87
14	Gary	82
15	Gerald	79
16	Kenneth	77
17	Wayne	59
18	Dale	56
19	Harold	54
20	Duane	53
20	Leroy	53
20	Paul	53
23	George	51
23	Marvin	51
25	Eugene	49
26	Thomas	45
27	Raymond	44
28	Joseph	42
29	Douglas	40
30	Edward	39
31	Jack	35
31	Lyle	35
31	Melvin	35
34	Norman	34
35	Darrell	32
35	Rodney	32
37	Terry	31
38	Jim	30
39	Ralph	29
40	Gene	28
41	Leonard	27
42	Don	26
43	Bruce	25
43	Carl	25
43	Daniel	25
43	Gordon	25
47	Clifford	24
47	Darrel	24
47	Lloyd	24
50	Jerome	23