Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1910

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1910 were Helen for girls (60 babies) and John for boys (54). Helen ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 2,370 babies born in South Dakota in 1910 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1910

Names given at least 15 times in South Dakota that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Viola: 38 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Elsie: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Esther: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ella: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Marjorie: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Florence: 49 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Myrtle: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lucille: 30 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bernice: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Evelyn: 40 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Donald: 16 babies, 6× the national rate
Harold: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Arthur: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1910

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	Helen	60	2
2	Mary	58	1
3	Ruth	52	5
4	Dorothy	50	4
5	Florence	49	12
6	Margaret	43	3
7	Mildred	43	8
8	Evelyn	40	17
9	Gladys	39	15
10	Viola	38	48
11	Alice	37	10
12	Frances	36	11
13	Anna	34	6
14	Marie	34	9
15	Hazel	31	24
16	Esther	30	38
17	Lucille	30	31
18	Elsie	29	44
19	Edna	27	18
20	Irene	27	21
21	Lillian	27	14
22	Clara	25	32
23	Myrtle	25	43
24	Agnes	22	41
25	Edith	22	35
26	Mabel	22	46
27	Rose	21	16
28	Emma	20	34
29	Grace	20	23
30	Bernice	19	58
31	Ella	19	62
32	Elizabeth	18	7
33	Ida	18	47
34	Marjorie	17	68
35	Ruby	17	27
36	Bertha	16	33
37	Catherine	16	22
38	Gertrude	16	26
39	Pearl	16	39
40	Alma	15	61
41	Thelma	15	25
42	Doris	14	64
43	Eva	14	45
44	Sylvia	14	92
45	Violet	14	89
46	Martha	13	28
47	Ethel	12	13
48	Lois	12	76
49	Louise	12	20
50	Blanche	11	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	John	54	1
2	William	34	3
3	George	28	5
4	Joseph	25	6
5	Charles	23	7
6	James	21	2
7	Robert	19	4
8	Harold	18	18
9	Edward	17	9
10	Arthur	16	17
11	Donald	16	44
12	Frank	15	8
13	Clarence	14	20
14	Albert	13	14
15	Elmer	13	48
16	Lloyd	13	67
17	Raymond	13	19
18	Henry	12	10
19	Paul	12	15
20	Thomas	12	12
21	Kenneth	11	43
22	Walter	11	13
23	Alfred	9	38
24	Edwin	9	71
25	Fred	9	22
26	Roy	9	29
27	Alvin	8	85
28	Carl	8	26
29	Floyd	8	55
30	Lawrence	8	35
31	Louis	8	24
32	Clifford	7	66
33	Ernest	7	31
34	Francis	7	36
35	Harry	7	16
36	Jacob	7	>100
37	Leonard	7	46
38	Richard	7	21
39	Earl	6	33
40	Glenn	6	97
41	Herbert	6	41
42	Ralph	6	28
43	David	5	30
44	Eugene	5	39
45	Guy	5	>100
46	Leon	5	81
47	Lewis	5	65
48	Lyle	5	>100
49	Oscar	5	73
50	Rudolph	5	>100

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