Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1911

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1911 were Helen for girls (80 babies) and John for boys (54). Helen ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 2,704 babies born in South Dakota in 1911 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1911

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

Fern: 15 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Vivian: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Viola: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Violet: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Esther: 33 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Evelyn: 47 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Alma: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Mabel: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bernice: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Hazel: 34 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Floyd: 16 babies, 6× the national rate
Kenneth: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Leonard: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Francis: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Donald: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ralph: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Harold: 20 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Albert: 19 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1911

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	Helen	80	–	2
2	Mary	68	–	1
3	Dorothy	60	↑1	4
4	Margaret	53	↑2	3
5	Ruth	48	↓2	5
6	Evelyn	47	↑2	16
7	Alice	46	↑4	11
8	Marie	39	↑6	9
9	Mildred	39	↓2	8
10	Edna	34	↑9	17
11	Hazel	34	↑4	25
12	Esther	33	↑4	34
13	Florence	32	↓8	12
14	Anna	31	↓1	6
15	Gladys	29	↓6	18
16	Lillian	29	↑5	13
17	Viola	27	↓7	47
18	Frances	26	↓6	10
19	Martha	26	↑27	28
20	Rose	26	↑7	14
21	Clara	25	↑1	33
22	Mabel	24	↑4	43
23	Ethel	23	↑24	15
24	Irene	23	↓4	21
25	Agnes	22	↓1	39
26	Emma	22	↑2	35
27	Gertrude	22	↑11	30
28	Grace	22	↑1	23
29	Lucille	22	↓12	32
30	Bernice	21	–	51
31	Bertha	20	↑5	36
32	Alma	19	↑8	62
33	Edith	19	↓8	31
34	Myrtle	18	↓11	50
35	Vivian	18	new	80
36	Eva	17	↑7	46
37	Ruby	17	↓2	22
38	Thelma	16	↑3	27
39	Doris	15	↑3	56
40	Fern	15	new	>100
41	Pearl	15	↓2	48
42	Violet	15	↑3	83
43	Blanche	14	↑7	75
44	Ida	14	↓11	45
45	Leona	14	new	76
46	Lois	14	↑2	68
47	Marjorie	14	↓13	59
48	Elsie	13	↓30	41
49	Laura	13	new	57
50	Nellie	13	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	John	54	–	1
2	William	36	–	2
3	George	34	–	4
4	Robert	31	↑3	5
5	Edward	26	↑4	9
6	Charles	22	↓1	7
7	Walter	21	↑15	12
8	Francis	20	↑26	33
9	Harold	20	↓1	16
10	Albert	19	↑4	15
11	Joseph	19	↓7	6
12	Kenneth	19	↑9	40
13	Arthur	17	↓3	18
14	James	17	↓8	3
15	Floyd	16	↑14	57
16	Donald	15	↓5	36
17	Leonard	15	↑20	46
18	Paul	15	↑1	17
19	Ralph	15	↑23	24
20	Lawrence	14	↑10	37
21	Roy	14	↑5	31
22	Fred	13	↑3	22
23	Clarence	12	↓10	23
24	Clifford	12	↑8	62
25	Elmer	12	↓10	48
26	Frank	12	↓14	8
27	Stanley	11	new	44
28	Thomas	11	↓8	10
29	Harry	10	↑6	13
30	Henry	10	↓12	11
31	Herbert	10	↑10	41
32	Raymond	10	↓15	19
33	Carl	9	↓5	26
34	Earl	9	↑5	34
35	Howard	9	new	28
36	Oliver	9	new	>100
37	Richard	9	↑1	20
38	Alfred	8	↓15	39
39	David	8	↑4	27
40	Ernest	8	↓7	32
41	Alvin	7	↓14	89
42	Edwin	7	↓18	60
43	Harvey	7	new	91
44	Jack	7	new	25
45	Lyle	7	↑3	>100
46	Orville	7	new	>100
47	Adolph	6	new	>100
48	Arnold	6	new	>100
49	Emil	6	new	>100
50	Everett	6	new	>100

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