Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1927

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1927 were Mary for girls (238 babies) and Robert for boys (343). Social Security records list 10,910 babies born in South Dakota in 1927 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1927

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: 25 babies, 17.9× the national rate
Darlene: 56 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Mavis: 27 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Delores: 81 babies, 9× the national rate
Deloris: 21 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Fern: 27 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Luella: 22 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Violet: 59 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Marcella: 25 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Arlene: 55 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Lavern: 15 babies, 11× the national rate
Laverne: 21 babies, 10× the national rate
Lyle: 50 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Duane: 48 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Merle: 30 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Lowell: 21 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Dale: 68 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Orville: 23 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Darrell: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Glen: 38 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1927

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Mary	238	↑1	1
2	Betty	204	↑1	3
3	Dorothy	157	↓2	2
4	Doris	110	↑1	7
5	Ruth	106	↑1	6
6	Helen	104	↓2	4
7	Phyllis	104	↑2	29
8	Shirley	104	↑2	9
9	Lois	100	↓2	19
10	Joyce	87	↑3	35
11	Margaret	86	↓3	5
12	Delores	81	↑4	>100
13	Donna	78	↑1	70
14	Patricia	74	↑8	18
15	Beverly	72	↑13	57
16	Virginia	72	↑2	8
17	Marjorie	71	↓5	25
18	Irene	68	↓3	21
19	Alice	65	–	17
20	Gladys	63	↑5	37
21	Evelyn	60	↓10	15
22	Lorraine	59	↓5	44
23	Norma	59	↑4	26
24	Violet	59	↑18	>100
25	Darlene	56	↑7	>100
26	Jean	56	↓6	14
27	Maxine	56	↑4	87
28	Arlene	55	↓4	>100
29	Lucille	52	↓3	45
30	Frances	51	↓1	12
31	Esther	48	↓8	65
32	Edna	47	new	40
33	Dolores	44	↑4	34
34	Elaine	44	↓1	69
35	Mildred	44	↓14	11
36	Barbara	41	new	10
37	Florence	41	↑7	28
38	Viola	41	↓8	>100
39	Carol	40	new	>100
40	Marilyn	40	↑6	46
41	Lillian	38	↓6	32
42	Eleanor	37	↑8	33
43	Rose	37	↓7	23
44	Vera	37	new	89
45	Vivian	36	new	77
46	Elizabeth	33	↓12	13
47	Anna	31	↓4	16
48	Marian	30	new	74
49	Marie	30	↓9	20
50	Grace	29	↓1	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Robert	343	–	1
2	Donald	294	–	8
3	John	210	–	2
4	William	161	–	4
5	Richard	156	↑1	6
6	James	147	↓1	3
7	Kenneth	118	–	18
8	George	114	↑2	7
9	Charles	109	–	5
10	Harold	105	↓2	14
11	Raymond	84	↑1	15
12	Marvin	74	↑3	47
13	Eugene	71	↓2	20
14	Dale	68	↓1	81
15	Edward	67	↓1	10
16	Wayne	63	↑6	67
17	Paul	62	↑6	13
18	Melvin	59	↑6	48
19	Norman	58	↑18	39
20	Arthur	54	↓4	22
21	Alvin	52	↑13	66
22	Leo	51	↑17	55
23	Thomas	51	↓6	11
24	Howard	50	↑6	28
25	Lyle	50	↑1	>100
26	Jack	49	↓1	16
27	Lloyd	49	↓9	58
28	Duane	48	↑12	>100
29	Albert	47	↑18	23
30	Francis	47	↑11	36
31	Gene	46	new	72
32	Joseph	46	↓11	9
33	Clarence	45	↓6	32
34	Earl	45	↓5	33
35	Gerald	45	↓15	38
36	Gordon	45	↑10	74
37	Ralph	44	new	24
38	Lawrence	41	–	37
39	Walter	41	↓7	17
40	Calvin	40	↑4	73
41	Carl	40	new	26
42	Clifford	40	↓14	65
43	Vernon	40	↓10	71
44	Frank	38	↓2	12
45	Glen	38	new	>100
46	Leonard	38	↓27	40
47	Leroy	38	↓11	51
48	Herbert	37	new	42
49	Harry	34	new	25
50	Elmer	33	↓19	61

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