Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1928

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1928 were Betty for girls (236 babies) and Robert for boys (346). Betty ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 11,313 babies born in South Dakota in 1928 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1928

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: 34 babies, 20.7× the national rate
Marlys: 15 babies, 19.4× the national rate
Mavis: 37 babies, 14× the national rate
Darlene: 72 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Fern: 28 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Luella: 21 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Donna: 111 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Deloris: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Delores: 67 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Adeline: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 54 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Laverne: 21 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Merle: 33 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Maynard: 16 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Duane: 49 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Darrell: 26 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Dale: 80 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Ervin: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Keith: 31 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Delbert: 26 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1928

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Betty	236	↑1	2
2	Mary	224	↓1	1
3	Dorothy	185	–	3
4	Phyllis	125	↑3	26
5	Lois	119	↑4	18
6	Doris	112	↓2	7
7	Donna	111	↑6	61
8	Shirley	106	–	10
9	Helen	101	↓3	4
10	Beverly	97	↑5	46
11	Ruth	90	↓6	6
12	Margaret	83	↓1	5
13	Joyce	82	↓3	30
14	Patricia	76	–	11
15	Darlene	72	↑10	>100
16	Norma	72	↑7	23
17	Alice	70	↑2	19
18	Virginia	70	↓2	9
19	Mildred	69	↑16	15
20	Delores	67	↓8	94
21	Jean	66	↑5	12
22	Marjorie	66	↓5	29
23	Lorraine	63	↓1	39
24	Gladys	61	↓4	41
25	Irene	61	↓7	28
26	Evelyn	57	↓5	17
27	Dolores	55	↑6	20
28	Lucille	53	↑1	51
29	Bernice	49	new	53
30	Ramona	47	new	>100
31	Carol	46	↑8	77
32	Elizabeth	46	↑14	14
33	Esther	46	↓2	66
34	Violet	46	↓10	>100
35	Frances	45	↓5	13
36	Viola	44	↑2	>100
37	Maxine	43	↓10	84
38	Arlene	40	↓10	>100
39	Barbara	40	↓3	8
40	Elaine	39	↓6	68
41	Gloria	37	new	25
42	Marilyn	37	↓2	38
43	Mavis	37	new	>100
44	Edna	36	↓12	45
45	Leona	36	new	>100
46	Hazel	35	new	59
47	Rose	35	↓4	24
48	Lavonne	34	new	>100
49	Marian	34	↓1	71
50	Bonnie	33	new	89

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Robert	346	–	1
2	Donald	320	–	7
3	John	191	–	2
4	James	185	↑2	3
5	Richard	169	–	6
6	William	154	↓2	4
7	Charles	108	↑2	5
8	Kenneth	102	↓1	17
9	Harold	98	↑1	14
10	George	95	↓2	8
11	Raymond	87	–	16
12	Eugene	82	↑1	20
13	Dale	80	↑1	75
14	Marvin	72	↓2	46
15	Gerald	66	↑20	41
16	Walter	63	↑23	18
17	Wayne	59	↓1	69
18	Lloyd	58	↑9	59
19	Lawrence	56	↑19	38
20	Lyle	54	↑5	>100
21	Norman	54	↓2	39
22	Paul	54	↓5	13
23	Edward	53	↓8	10
24	Herbert	53	↑24	25
25	Francis	50	↑5	40
26	Howard	50	↓2	31
27	Leroy	50	↑20	51
28	Duane	49	–	>100
29	Leonard	48	↑17	42
30	Thomas	48	↓7	11
31	Arthur	47	↓11	22
32	Gene	47	↓1	62
33	Leo	46	↓11	61
34	Alvin	45	↓13	72
35	Clarence	44	↓2	35
36	Earl	44	↓2	37
37	Ronald	43	new	50
38	Arnold	42	new	98
39	Elmer	41	↑11	63
40	Albert	40	↓11	23
41	David	40	new	19
42	Henry	40	new	21
43	Joseph	40	↓11	9
44	Melvin	40	↓26	48
45	Ralph	40	↓8	24
46	Roy	40	new	34
47	Clifford	38	↓5	68
48	Stanley	36	new	45
49	Jack	34	↓23	15
50	Louis	33	new	32

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