Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1914

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1914 were Dorothy for girls (133 babies) and John for boys (159). Dorothy ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 6,865 babies born in South Dakota in 1914 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1914

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

Olive: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Olga: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lorraine: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Leona: 34 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Maxine: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Esther: 70 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Viola: 44 babies, 3× the national rate
Agnes: 49 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Verna: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ella: 29 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Reuben: 15 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Emil: 20 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Orville: 20 babies, 5× the national rate
Marvin: 40 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lloyd: 43 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Alvin: 32 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Melvin: 39 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Arnold: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Virgil: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Edwin: 39 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1914

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	Dorothy	133	↑1	3
2	Mary	128	↓1	1
3	Helen	121	–	2
4	Margaret	86	↑1	4
5	Mildred	79	↑4	7
6	Ruth	76	↓2	5
7	Alice	72	↑3	12
8	Esther	70	↓1	35
9	Evelyn	69	↓3	11
10	Florence	68	↓2	13
11	Marie	67	↑2	10
12	Gladys	60	–	20
13	Hazel	58	↑6	29
14	Lillian	53	↑4	16
15	Agnes	49	↓1	44
16	Irene	48	–	22
17	Frances	47	↓2	9
18	Anna	45	↑2	6
19	Edna	45	↓2	19
20	Viola	44	↑7	57
21	Gertrude	43	↑8	32
22	Martha	43	↑4	27
23	Elsie	42	↑8	46
24	Lucille	38	↑6	30
25	Mabel	38	↑11	58
26	Grace	37	↓4	25
27	Clara	36	↓16	37
28	Myrtle	36	↓5	60
29	Elizabeth	35	↓1	8
30	Edith	34	↑16	31
31	Leona	34	↑2	79
32	Louise	34	↓8	17
33	Bernice	33	↑1	43
34	Bertha	30	↑11	41
35	Emma	30	new	39
36	Ella	29	↑6	72
37	Lois	29	new	51
38	Doris	28	↓13	36
39	Marjorie	28	–	45
40	Pearl	28	↑10	56
41	Ruby	28	↓1	24
42	Ethel	25	↓21	21
43	Vera	25	–	68
44	Violet	24	–	83
45	Eleanor	23	↓4	28
46	Maxine	22	new	>100
47	Vivian	22	–	81
48	Ann	21	new	40
49	Laura	21	↓11	59
50	Olive	21	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	John	159	–	1
2	William	116	–	2
3	Robert	106	↑1	4
4	Harold	96	↑1	14
5	Charles	80	↑5	7
6	James	76	–	3
7	Donald	73	–	23
8	George	70	↓5	6
9	Raymond	64	↑5	16
10	Kenneth	61	↑8	30
11	Walter	55	↓3	10
12	Arthur	49	↑7	18
13	Edward	49	↑2	8
14	Henry	49	↑3	12
15	Albert	47	↓3	15
16	Joseph	46	↓7	5
17	Clarence	45	↓6	22
18	Earl	44	↑17	33
19	Frank	44	↓3	9
20	Elmer	43	–	46
21	Lloyd	43	↑13	66
22	Francis	41	↑8	31
23	Howard	40	↑2	26
24	Marvin	40	↑15	75
25	Richard	40	↑11	17
26	Edwin	39	↑3	53
27	Melvin	39	↓1	59
28	Harry	38	↓5	19
29	Paul	38	↓16	13
30	Lawrence	37	↑3	35
31	Ralph	35	↓7	21
32	Herbert	34	new	42
33	Leo	34	↑5	47
34	Lester	33	↑9	57
35	Alvin	32	new	78
36	Carl	31	↓4	24
37	Ernest	31	↓16	38
38	Leonard	29	↑3	45
39	Thomas	29	↓8	11
40	Floyd	28	↓18	58
41	Eugene	27	↑4	43
42	Roy	27	↓14	32
43	Fred	26	↓16	28
44	Alfred	25	new	41
45	Bernard	24	new	50
46	Russell	23	new	49
47	Arnold	22	new	97
48	Clifford	22	↓11	62
49	Louis	22	new	20
50	Emil	20	↓3	>100

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