Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1922

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1922 were Dorothy for girls (250 babies) and Robert for boys (368). Dorothy ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 12,723 babies born in South Dakota in 1922 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1922

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: 16 babies, 16.8× the national rate
Ardis: 16 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Ione: 16 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Darlene: 22 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Delores: 47 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Mavis: 24 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Clarice: 18 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Fern: 29 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Luella: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Arlene: 37 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Vern: 16 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Lyle: 47 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Duane: 27 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Erwin: 19 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Orville: 35 babies, 6× the national rate
Merle: 28 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Keith: 28 babies, 5× the national rate
Loren: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Dale: 56 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Leland: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1922

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Dorothy	250	–	2
2	Mary	249	–	1
3	Helen	190	–	3
4	Ruth	142	–	5
5	Doris	140	↑1	11
6	Margaret	140	↓1	4
7	Betty	128	↑3	6
8	Evelyn	122	↓1	13
9	Virginia	102	↑11	7
10	Irene	96	↓2	17
11	Phyllis	95	↑5	53
12	Alice	89	–	15
13	Gladys	88	↑1	25
14	Marjorie	88	↓3	16
15	Lois	86	↑4	35
16	Mildred	86	↓7	8
17	Lorraine	81	–	56
18	Frances	78	↑3	10
19	Shirley	77	↑13	39
20	Esther	70	↓5	44
21	Marie	69	↑1	14
22	Florence	66	↓9	18
23	Lucille	63	↓5	33
24	Elizabeth	62	↑5	9
25	Lillian	62	↑1	19
26	Viola	59	↓2	72
27	Norma	56	↑10	46
28	Hazel	55	↑2	37
29	Violet	53	↑7	86
30	Bernice	52	↑1	41
31	Anna	50	↓4	12
32	Alma	47	new	84
33	Delores	47	new	>100
34	Eleanor	47	↑12	28
35	Leona	47	↓1	>100
36	June	46	new	45
37	Rose	46	↑1	23
38	Ruby	46	↓3	26
39	Edna	43	↓14	29
40	Marian	43	↑5	67
41	Ella	42	new	90
42	Elsie	42	↓9	59
43	Maxine	42	↓20	82
44	Patricia	42	new	69
45	Vivian	42	↓1	74
46	Grace	40	↓7	38
47	Eileen	39	↓19	96
48	Myrtle	39	new	75
49	Arlene	37	↓1	>100
50	Jean	37	↓9	20

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Robert	368	–	2
2	John	230	–	1
3	Donald	228	–	12
4	William	201	–	3
5	James	185	–	4
6	Charles	138	–	5
7	Kenneth	131	↑2	21
8	Harold	126	↓1	13
9	George	117	↓1	6
10	Raymond	108	↑2	16
11	Richard	106	–	9
12	Walter	82	↑7	15
13	Paul	75	new	14
14	Clarence	73	↑10	29
15	Eugene	72	–	25
16	Leonard	71	↑4	38
17	Arthur	70	↓4	19
18	Joseph	70	↑7	7
19	Howard	65	↓3	26
20	Marvin	62	↑8	56
21	Thomas	61	new	11
22	Edward	60	↓12	8
23	Henry	59	↑16	17
24	Francis	57	↓10	34
25	Ralph	57	↑1	23
26	Dale	56	↑1	89
27	Wayne	55	↑14	78
28	Melvin	54	↑17	50
29	Lloyd	53	↓12	59
30	Albert	52	↓7	20
31	Frank	52	–	10
32	Lawrence	51	↓3	36
33	Alvin	48	↓12	73
34	Roy	48	↓1	32
35	Vernon	48	↑5	68
36	Lyle	47	↑11	>100
37	Clifford	43	–	63
38	Carl	41	new	30
39	Leo	41	↓9	51
40	Gerald	40	new	58
41	Leroy	40	new	55
42	Glenn	39	↓7	79
43	Jack	39	↓9	18
44	Norman	39	new	44
45	Gordon	38	↓9	76
46	Floyd	37	–	61
47	Warren	36	↓29	45
48	Orville	35	new	>100
49	Stanley	35	new	41
50	Bernard	34	↓8	46

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