Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1913

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1913 were Mary for girls (111 babies) and John for boys (139). Social Security records list 5,625 babies born in South Dakota in 1913 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1913

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

Esther: 69 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Audrey: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Clara: 58 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Leona: 28 babies, 3× the national rate
Loretta: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Agnes: 43 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Myrtle: 38 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Violet: 22 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Vivian: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Evelyn: 79 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Emil: 16 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Orville: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Floyd: 35 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Leslie: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jacob: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Melvin: 31 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Marvin: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lloyd: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Vernon: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Donald: 56 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1913

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	Mary	111	–	1
2	Dorothy	105	↑1	3
3	Helen	104	↓1	2
4	Ruth	85	↑1	5
5	Margaret	83	↓1	4
6	Evelyn	79	↑7	12
7	Esther	69	↑4	32
8	Florence	66	↑2	13
9	Mildred	63	↓3	6
10	Alice	59	↓3	11
11	Clara	58	↑11	36
12	Gladys	46	↓3	19
13	Marie	45	↓5	10
14	Agnes	43	↑12	41
15	Frances	43	↓3	9
16	Irene	43	↑2	21
17	Edna	41	↑6	18
18	Lillian	40	↓3	16
19	Hazel	39	↓5	27
20	Anna	38	↑9	7
21	Ethel	38	↑4	20
22	Grace	38	↑2	25
23	Myrtle	38	↓4	53
24	Louise	36	↑24	17
25	Doris	34	↑14	44
26	Martha	34	↑9	28
27	Viola	34	↓7	52
28	Elizabeth	31	↓7	8
29	Gertrude	30	↑7	33
30	Lucille	30	↓3	31
31	Elsie	29	↓14	40
32	Rose	29	↑11	14
33	Leona	28	new	74
34	Bernice	27	↓1	45
35	Ida	27	↓1	49
36	Mabel	27	↓20	56
37	Thelma	27	↓9	26
38	Laura	26	↑9	62
39	Marjorie	26	↓7	48
40	Ruby	26	↓10	23
41	Eleanor	22	new	34
42	Ella	22	new	70
43	Vera	22	new	68
44	Violet	22	↓7	82
45	Bertha	21	↓7	39
46	Edith	21	new	29
47	Vivian	21	↑2	83
48	Josephine	20	new	24
49	Kathryn	20	new	66
50	Pearl	20	new	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	John	139	–	1
2	William	79	–	2
3	George	77	↑3	6
4	Robert	70	↓1	4
5	Harold	66	↓1	13
6	James	57	↑2	3
7	Donald	56	↑4	25
8	Walter	53	↑7	11
9	Joseph	52	↑13	5
10	Charles	51	↓5	7
11	Clarence	50	↓4	21
12	Albert	48	–	16
13	Paul	48	↑8	14
14	Raymond	48	–	18
15	Edward	46	↑5	8
16	Frank	43	↑2	9
17	Henry	42	↓7	12
18	Kenneth	42	↓9	33
19	Arthur	40	–	17
20	Elmer	36	↑18	45
21	Ernest	35	↑18	34
22	Floyd	35	↑12	58
23	Harry	33	↓7	15
24	Ralph	32	↓11	22
25	Howard	31	–	26
26	Melvin	31	↓9	61
27	Fred	30	↑13	27
28	Roy	29	↑17	32
29	Edwin	28	↓6	55
30	Francis	28	↑5	30
31	Thomas	27	new	10
32	Carl	26	↓6	23
33	Lawrence	25	↓6	35
34	Lloyd	25	↓1	67
35	Earl	24	↓3	31
36	Richard	24	↓8	19
37	Clifford	22	↓7	68
38	Leo	22	new	48
39	Marvin	22	new	77
40	Theodore	20	↑10	60
41	Leonard	19	↓17	46
42	Leroy	18	new	63
43	Lester	18	↑4	59
44	Vernon	18	↓2	83
45	Eugene	17	new	43
46	Leslie	17	new	>100
47	Emil	16	new	>100
48	Glenn	16	↓4	85
49	Martin	16	↓1	75
50	Norman	16	new	57

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