Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1921

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1921 were Dorothy for girls (276 babies) and Robert for boys (378). Dorothy ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,215 babies born in South Dakota in 1921 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1921

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

Lavonne: 15 babies, 14× the national rate
Alvina: 17 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Deloris: 21 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Mavis: 25 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Delores: 33 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Luella: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Marcella: 38 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Fern: 29 babies, 4× the national rate
Carol: 30 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Adeline: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Vern: 15 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Lyle: 43 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Merle: 33 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Duane: 18 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Ervin: 27 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Dale: 58 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Harley: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Keith: 27 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dean: 24 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Delbert: 25 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1921

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Dorothy	276	–	2
2	Mary	273	–	1
3	Helen	204	–	3
4	Ruth	163	↑1	5
5	Margaret	152	↓1	4
6	Doris	130	↑1	13
7	Evelyn	124	↓1	12
8	Irene	123	–	18
9	Mildred	123	–	7
10	Betty	112	↑8	8
11	Marjorie	110	↑5	16
12	Alice	94	↑1	15
13	Florence	94	↑1	17
14	Gladys	86	↑1	24
15	Esther	84	↓4	42
16	Phyllis	83	↑8	60
17	Lorraine	82	↑3	61
18	Lucille	79	↓1	31
19	Lois	78	↑6	38
20	Virginia	75	↓1	6
21	Frances	72	↓11	9
22	Marie	71	↓10	14
23	Maxine	71	–	77
24	Viola	63	↓3	66
25	Edna	62	↑4	27
26	Lillian	60	↑1	19
27	Anna	58	↑11	11
28	Eileen	56	new	100
29	Elizabeth	55	↓3	10
30	Hazel	55	↓8	34
31	Bernice	54	↓3	39
32	Shirley	53	–	44
33	Elsie	52	↑6	55
34	Leona	52	↑1	92
35	Ruby	50	↓2	26
36	Violet	50	↓6	81
37	Norma	49	new	51
38	Rose	46	new	20
39	Grace	45	↓8	35
40	Elaine	44	↑8	97
41	Jean	44	↑5	25
42	Vera	44	↑1	76
43	Martha	43	new	21
44	Vivian	42	↓8	68
45	Marian	40	↓4	69
46	Eleanor	39	↑4	29
47	Agnes	38	↓10	56
48	Arlene	38	new	>100
49	Gertrude	38	↓4	46
50	Marcella	38	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Robert	378	–	2
2	John	263	–	1
3	Donald	218	–	13
4	William	189	–	3
5	James	168	↑1	4
6	Charles	151	↑4	5
7	Harold	139	↓2	12
8	George	134	↑1	6
9	Kenneth	128	↓1	22
10	Edward	99	↑4	8
11	Richard	97	↑1	10
12	Raymond	96	↓5	16
13	Arthur	86	–	19
14	Francis	82	↑15	35
15	Eugene	80	↑16	26
16	Howard	72	–	27
17	Lloyd	70	↑1	58
18	Warren	70	↑21	24
19	Walter	69	↓8	15
20	Leonard	67	↓5	39
21	Alvin	65	↑22	73
22	Elmer	65	↓1	48
23	Albert	62	↓3	20
24	Clarence	60	↓5	28
25	Joseph	59	↓3	7
26	Ralph	59	↑2	23
27	Dale	58	↑10	93
28	Marvin	58	↓1	59
29	Lawrence	56	↑3	37
30	Leo	55	↑3	50
31	Frank	52	↓1	9
32	Herbert	52	new	42
33	Roy	52	↑1	32
34	Jack	51	↑15	18
35	Glenn	48	new	80
36	Gordon	48	new	84
37	Clifford	47	↓13	62
38	Earl	47	↓21	31
39	Henry	47	↓13	17
40	Vernon	47	↓5	68
41	Wayne	47	↓5	81
42	Bernard	45	↑8	45
43	Edwin	45	↑2	54
44	Harry	45	↓6	21
45	Melvin	45	↓22	53
46	Floyd	43	↑2	63
47	Lyle	43	new	>100
48	Arnold	42	↓6	91
49	Ernest	42	↓2	38
50	Lester	42	new	66

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