Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1918

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1918 were Mary for girls (229 babies) and Robert for boys (250). Robert ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 12,261 babies born in South Dakota in 1918 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1918

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

Alvina: 17 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Ione: 17 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Arlene: 34 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Luella: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Joyce: 28 babies, 4× the national rate
Adeline: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Fern: 26 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Frieda: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Maxine: 58 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Carol: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 38 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Merle: 27 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Orville: 33 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Dale: 40 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Emil: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Delbert: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Wayne: 43 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ivan: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Melvin: 67 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Harvey: 41 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1918

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Mary	229	↑1	1
2	Helen	207	↓1	2
3	Dorothy	189	–	3
4	Ruth	165	↑1	5
5	Evelyn	149	↑1	11
6	Margaret	147	↓2	4
7	Mildred	130	–	6
8	Irene	114	–	16
9	Alice	103	↑5	13
10	Florence	101	↓1	14
11	Marie	99	↑9	12
12	Frances	97	↑1	8
13	Gladys	97	↓3	22
14	Lucille	93	↑7	29
15	Edna	91	↑4	23
16	Marjorie	85	↑8	34
17	Esther	82	↓2	38
18	Doris	74	↓7	19
19	Hazel	73	↓7	33
20	Lorraine	67	new	69
21	Viola	64	↓3	59
22	Lois	62	↓5	42
23	Agnes	60	↑5	47
24	Gertrude	59	↓1	39
25	Anna	58	↑4	10
26	Maxine	58	↑5	87
27	Bernice	57	↑6	41
28	Virginia	56	↓2	7
29	Violet	55	↑7	83
30	Elsie	54	↑5	49
31	Lillian	54	↓15	15
32	Elizabeth	53	↓7	9
33	Martha	51	↑1	25
34	Phyllis	50	↑13	80
35	Rose	49	↑4	17
36	Ethel	47	↑1	28
37	Grace	47	↓15	31
38	Marian	45	↑8	76
39	Pearl	45	↑5	56
40	Betty	44	new	21
41	Ruby	42	↓9	27
42	Thelma	42	↓4	32
43	Edith	41	new	30
44	Louise	39	new	18
45	Vivian	39	↓4	72
46	Leona	38	↓19	79
47	Clara	37	↓17	43
48	Eileen	37	new	>100
49	Shirley	37	new	97
50	Bertha	36	↓1	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Robert	250	↑1	4
2	John	235	↓1	1
3	William	170	–	2
4	Harold	151	↑3	13
5	Donald	148	–	18
6	George	148	–	6
7	James	115	↓3	3
8	Charles	113	–	5
9	Edward	106	↑2	8
10	Raymond	103	↑2	15
11	Kenneth	92	↓2	27
12	Elmer	78	↑10	44
13	Clarence	77	↑1	23
14	Richard	77	↓1	12
15	Arthur	73	↓5	17
16	Henry	72	↑7	16
17	Walter	72	↓2	11
18	Ralph	70	↑2	22
19	Harry	69	↑12	20
20	Leonard	67	↑10	41
21	Melvin	67	↑6	56
22	Frank	65	↑20	9
23	Lloyd	65	↓5	51
24	Joseph	63	↓7	7
25	Clifford	59	–	60
26	Albert	58	↓7	19
27	Francis	57	↓3	30
28	Lawrence	57	↓7	38
29	Earl	56	–	31
30	Howard	56	↑10	26
31	Marvin	52	↑5	68
32	Carl	51	↑3	25
33	Eugene	50	new	35
34	Paul	50	↓18	14
35	Vernon	49	↑15	66
36	Roy	48	↑1	32
37	Bernard	45	new	47
38	Floyd	45	new	61
39	Leo	45	↓13	48
40	Lester	44	↓8	62
41	Wayne	43	new	91
42	Fred	42	↑2	33
43	Thomas	42	↑4	10
44	Harvey	41	new	88
45	Alvin	40	↓17	80
46	Dale	40	↓3	>100
47	Herbert	40	↓13	40
48	Jack	39	↑1	21
49	Lyle	38	↓3	>100
50	Arnold	37	↓12	92

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