Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1923

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1923 were Mary for girls (269 babies) and Robert for boys (374). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 12,496 babies born in South Dakota in 1923 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1923

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: 15 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Ione: 18 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Mavis: 31 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Berniece: 15 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Delores: 46 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Darlene: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Luella: 25 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Fern: 31 babies, 5× the national rate
Arlene: 48 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Marcella: 35 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Duane: 49 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Delmar: 15 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Lyle: 43 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Reuben: 17 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Harlan: 16 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Eldon: 21 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Orville: 35 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Darrell: 16 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Merle: 24 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Dale: 65 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1923

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Mary	269	↑1	1
2	Dorothy	251	↓1	2
3	Betty	170	↑4	5
4	Helen	165	↓1	3
5	Doris	134	–	11
6	Margaret	131	–	4
7	Ruth	125	↓3	6
8	Lois	108	↑7	27
9	Mildred	107	↑7	8
10	Irene	104	–	17
11	Evelyn	102	↓3	12
12	Phyllis	102	↓1	45
13	Alice	99	↓1	15
14	Lorraine	89	↑3	57
15	Virginia	82	↓6	7
16	Marjorie	81	↓2	16
17	Shirley	81	↑2	26
18	Florence	80	↑4	18
19	Gladys	76	↓6	29
20	Frances	74	↓2	10
21	Jean	67	↑29	19
22	Maxine	66	↑21	76
23	Esther	65	↓3	47
24	Elizabeth	61	–	9
25	Lucille	61	↓2	35
26	Violet	58	↑3	86
27	Norma	57	–	41
28	Edna	56	↑11	32
29	Joyce	52	new	>100
30	June	52	↑6	42
31	Lillian	52	↓6	20
32	Eleanor	51	↑2	28
33	Marie	50	↓12	14
34	Arlene	48	↑15	>100
35	Bernice	48	↓5	43
36	Delores	46	↓3	>100
37	Elaine	44	new	87
38	Viola	44	↓12	79
39	Dolores	43	new	83
40	Ruby	43	↓2	25
41	Thelma	43	new	31
42	Hazel	42	↓14	40
43	Grace	39	↑3	39
44	Patricia	39	–	56
45	Agnes	38	new	63
46	Geraldine	38	new	58
47	Vera	38	new	82
48	Vivian	38	↓3	69
49	Marian	37	↓9	65
50	Anna	36	↓19	13

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Robert	374	–	2
2	Donald	266	↑1	10
3	John	260	↓1	1
4	James	178	↑1	4
5	William	173	↓1	3
6	Kenneth	132	↑1	21
7	Harold	129	↑1	13
8	Richard	117	↑3	9
9	Charles	113	↓3	5
10	George	99	↓1	6
11	Raymond	97	↓1	15
12	Marvin	82	↑8	51
13	Clarence	77	↑1	29
14	Joseph	70	↑4	7
15	Dale	65	↑11	90
16	Walter	64	↓4	16
17	Edward	63	↑5	8
18	Eugene	63	↓3	25
19	Francis	63	↑5	34
20	Lloyd	63	↑9	59
21	Paul	63	↓8	14
22	Leonard	61	↓6	37
23	Melvin	60	↑5	48
24	Howard	57	↓5	26
25	Lawrence	57	↑7	36
26	Leo	55	↑13	49
27	Ralph	55	↓2	23
28	Wayne	53	↓1	75
29	Gerald	52	↑11	54
30	Floyd	51	↑16	64
31	Thomas	50	↓10	12
32	Vernon	50	↑3	67
33	Duane	49	new	>100
34	Frank	49	↓3	11
35	Earl	48	new	31
36	Harry	48	new	22
37	Albert	47	↓7	20
38	Elmer	47	new	57
39	Henry	47	↓16	18
40	Arthur	46	↓23	19
41	Bernard	45	↑9	46
42	Jack	43	↑1	17
43	Lyle	43	↓7	>100
44	Roy	43	↓10	32
45	Ernest	41	new	38
46	Alvin	38	↓13	73
47	Herbert	37	new	40
48	Wallace	37	new	69
49	Warren	37	↓2	43
50	Glenn	36	↓8	84

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