Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1925

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1925 were Mary for girls (265 babies) and Robert for boys (413). Social Security records list 11,804 babies born in South Dakota in 1925 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1925

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: 23 babies, 19× the national rate
Mavis: 34 babies, 12× the national rate
Darlene: 38 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Deloris: 21 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Delores: 56 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Fern: 30 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Arlene: 63 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Luella: 21 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Donna: 55 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Beverly: 47 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 51 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Duane: 38 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Laverne: 15 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Merle: 30 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Loren: 21 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Orville: 27 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Dale: 64 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Delbert: 24 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Dean: 30 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Arnold: 42 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1925

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Mary	265	–	1
2	Dorothy	223	–	2
3	Betty	201	–	3
4	Helen	170	–	4
5	Ruth	136	–	6
6	Doris	132	↑1	8
7	Lois	115	↑1	18
8	Phyllis	107	↑2	40
9	Margaret	104	↓3	5
10	Evelyn	92	↓1	12
11	Marjorie	85	↑1	21
12	Shirley	85	↑6	17
13	Alice	81	–	15
14	Irene	79	↑2	19
15	Esther	70	↑2	56
16	Lorraine	68	↓5	51
17	Mildred	68	↓2	9
18	Virginia	66	↓4	7
19	Jean	64	↑17	14
20	Arlene	63	↑4	>100
21	Florence	61	↑12	24
22	Joyce	60	↑15	59
23	Delores	56	↑7	>100
24	Marie	56	↓1	16
25	Donna	55	new	>100
26	Norma	55	↑2	34
27	Lucille	54	↓6	41
28	Maxine	54	↓8	79
29	Patricia	54	↓3	28
30	Gladys	50	↓8	33
31	Beverly	47	↑16	>100
32	Frances	47	↓13	11
33	June	47	new	39
34	Lillian	47	↓7	25
35	Eleanor	45	↑9	31
36	Edna	44	↓4	37
37	Elaine	44	↓6	73
38	Vivian	43	↓3	76
39	Grace	42	new	44
40	Elizabeth	41	↓15	10
41	Elsie	41	new	63
42	Hazel	41	↓8	45
43	Ruby	41	new	30
44	Viola	41	↑4	84
45	Darlene	38	↑4	>100
46	Gloria	38	new	20
47	Bonnie	37	new	>100
48	Violet	37	↓6	92
49	Anna	34	↓20	13
50	Mavis	34	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Robert	413	–	1
2	Donald	270	–	10
3	John	235	–	2
4	William	182	–	3
5	James	179	–	4
6	Richard	136	–	8
7	Kenneth	118	↑3	19
8	Charles	115	–	5
9	Harold	115	↓2	14
10	George	105	↓1	6
11	Raymond	84	–	15
12	Marvin	73	↑7	51
13	Paul	70	↑9	13
14	Eugene	69	↓1	24
15	Clifford	65	new	59
16	Howard	65	↑1	26
17	Dale	64	↓3	86
18	Lloyd	60	↑13	62
19	Edward	58	↓4	9
20	Thomas	58	↑15	11
21	Walter	58	↑7	16
22	Melvin	56	↓2	50
23	Arthur	54	↓5	20
24	Gerald	53	new	45
25	Clarence	51	↓13	30
26	Gordon	51	↑13	72
27	Lyle	51	new	>100
28	Earl	50	↓4	31
29	Ralph	50	↓3	25
30	Alvin	49	↑4	70
31	Jack	49	↓2	17
32	Leonard	49	↓7	38
33	Calvin	48	↓3	47
34	Henry	46	↑8	18
35	Joseph	45	↓19	7
36	Leo	45	↓9	54
37	Vernon	45	↓5	67
38	Frank	44	↑11	12
39	Elmer	43	↓6	61
40	Lester	43	new	81
41	Roy	43	–	32
42	Wayne	43	↓6	74
43	Arnold	42	↓5	95
44	Francis	42	↓23	35
45	Leroy	42	new	52
46	Harry	40	↓9	23
47	Lawrence	40	↓7	36
48	Norman	39	new	41
49	Duane	38	new	>100
50	Stanley	36	↓3	40

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