Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1924

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1924 were Mary for girls (250 babies) and Robert for boys (397). Social Security records list 12,475 babies born in South Dakota in 1924 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1924

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: 27 babies, 21.1× the national rate
Darlene: 38 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Deloris: 20 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Mavis: 22 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Delores: 49 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Luella: 26 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Fern: 29 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Arlene: 57 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Verna: 36 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Iva: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Maynard: 19 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Laverne: 18 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Duane: 32 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Harlan: 20 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Merle: 28 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Lyle: 35 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Dean: 37 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Dale: 75 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Orville: 31 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Otto: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1924

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Mary	250	–	1
2	Dorothy	246	–	2
3	Betty	195	–	4
4	Helen	176	–	3
5	Ruth	157	↑2	6
6	Margaret	122	–	5
7	Doris	114	↓2	9
8	Lois	110	–	22
9	Evelyn	100	↑2	12
10	Phyllis	100	↑2	44
11	Lorraine	99	↑3	52
12	Marjorie	92	↑4	17
13	Alice	90	–	15
14	Virginia	88	↑1	7
15	Mildred	87	↓6	8
16	Irene	85	↓6	18
17	Esther	83	↑6	51
18	Shirley	75	↓1	19
19	Frances	71	↑1	10
20	Maxine	69	↑2	77
21	Lucille	67	↑4	37
22	Gladys	66	↓3	30
23	Marie	59	↑10	14
24	Arlene	57	↑10	>100
25	Elizabeth	56	↓1	11
26	Patricia	54	↑18	35
27	Lillian	50	↑4	23
28	Norma	50	↓1	40
29	Anna	49	↑21	13
30	Delores	49	↑6	>100
31	Elaine	49	↑6	73
32	Edna	48	↓4	31
33	Florence	48	↓15	20
34	Hazel	47	↑8	42
35	Vivian	47	↑13	71
36	Jean	46	↓15	16
37	Joyce	45	↓8	83
38	Wilma	45	new	67
39	Bernice	44	↓4	47
40	Leona	44	new	>100
41	Marian	44	↑8	64
42	Violet	43	↓16	88
43	Dolores	42	↓4	75
44	Eleanor	42	↓12	29
45	Rose	41	new	25
46	Vera	40	↑1	85
47	Beverly	39	new	>100
48	Viola	39	↓10	82
49	Darlene	38	new	>100
50	Audrey	37	new	84

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Robert	397	–	1
2	Donald	250	–	10
3	John	246	–	2
4	William	186	↑1	3
5	James	174	↓1	4
6	Richard	142	↑2	8
7	Harold	120	–	13
8	Charles	118	↑1	5
9	George	113	↑1	6
10	Kenneth	113	↓4	19
11	Raymond	93	–	15
12	Clarence	77	↑1	29
13	Eugene	76	↑5	25
14	Dale	75	↑1	84
15	Edward	74	↑2	9
16	Joseph	66	↓2	7
17	Howard	63	↑7	26
18	Arthur	60	↑22	20
19	Marvin	60	↓7	50
20	Melvin	60	↑3	48
21	Francis	58	↓2	34
22	Paul	57	↓1	14
23	Albert	55	↑14	21
24	Earl	55	↑11	33
25	Leonard	54	↓3	38
26	Ralph	54	↑1	23
27	Leo	53	↓1	51
28	Walter	53	↓12	16
29	Jack	52	↑13	17
30	Calvin	51	new	44
31	Lloyd	51	↓11	61
32	Vernon	51	–	68
33	Elmer	50	↑5	57
34	Alvin	47	↑12	73
35	Thomas	46	↓4	11
36	Wayne	46	↓8	74
37	Harry	43	↓1	22
38	Arnold	42	new	95
39	Gordon	41	new	75
40	Lawrence	40	↓15	36
41	Roy	40	↑3	31
42	Henry	39	↓3	18
43	Bernard	38	↓2	46
44	Warren	38	↑5	58
45	David	37	new	24
46	Dean	37	new	>100
47	Stanley	37	new	40
48	Ernest	36	↓3	37
49	Frank	36	↓15	12
50	Virgil	36	new	>100

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