Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1930

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1930 were Betty for girls (258 babies) and Robert for boys (384). Betty ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 11,391 babies born in South Dakota in 1930 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1930

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

Marlys: 24 babies, 22.7× the national rate
Lavonne: 33 babies, 17.4× the national rate
Mavis: 42 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Darlene: 105 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Dona: 18 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Deloris: 30 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Ramona: 44 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Clarice: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Donna: 165 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Delores: 111 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Boys

Darrel: 15 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Lyle: 52 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Darrell: 39 babies, 9× the national rate
Duane: 68 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Laverne: 16 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Merle: 27 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Harlan: 16 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Myron: 23 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Orville: 23 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Eldon: 17 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1930

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Betty	258	↑1	2
2	Mary	238	↓1	1
3	Dorothy	181	–	3
4	Donna	165	↑1	37
5	Beverly	127	↑7	34
6	Shirley	115	↓2	11
7	Lois	113	↓1	17
8	Delores	111	↑8	66
9	Joyce	109	↓1	18
10	Darlene	105	↑7	>100
11	Doris	104	↓4	9
12	Helen	103	↓1	4
13	Patricia	94	–	7
14	Ruth	88	↓4	10
15	Phyllis	87	↓6	28
16	Margaret	76	↓2	5
17	Marilyn	73	↑24	22
18	Joan	71	↑20	8
19	Virginia	70	↑12	12
20	Lorraine	67	↑4	46
21	Evelyn	65	↓3	19
22	Marjorie	63	↓3	32
23	Alice	62	↓8	20
24	Arlene	61	↑1	>100
25	Jean	60	↓5	14
26	Dolores	58	↓4	13
27	Carol	51	↑8	54
28	Norma	50	–	25
29	Elaine	49	↑4	69
30	Irene	49	↓9	33
31	Bonnie	48	↓5	78
32	Barbara	46	–	6
33	Esther	44	↑3	77
34	Ramona	44	↓4	>100
35	Gladys	42	↓12	48
36	Mavis	42	↑14	>100
37	Mildred	41	↑12	21
38	Rose	40	↑1	29
39	Florence	39	↑6	38
40	Frances	38	↓11	16
41	Bernice	37	↑2	58
42	Elizabeth	36	new	15
43	Maxine	35	↓16	93
44	Lavonne	33	new	>100
45	Leona	33	new	>100
46	Anna	31	↓4	23
47	Gloria	31	new	30
48	Lucille	31	↓4	59
49	Deloris	30	new	>100
50	June	30	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Robert	384	–	1
2	Donald	325	–	7
3	James	220	↑2	2
4	John	202	–	3
5	Richard	189	↓2	5
6	William	151	–	4
7	Charles	114	↑1	6
8	Kenneth	113	↓1	17
9	Harold	108	↑1	18
10	George	89	↑1	8
11	Dale	74	↑5	64
12	Raymond	73	↓3	16
13	Marvin	72	↓1	48
14	Eugene	71	–	21
15	Wayne	70	↑3	65
16	Duane	68	↑7	>100
17	Jack	68	↑15	14
18	Edward	63	↓3	10
19	Walter	58	↑1	19
20	Gerald	56	↑15	30
21	Paul	56	↓8	12
22	Leonard	54	↑14	45
23	Leroy	54	↑7	53
24	Lyle	52	↑13	>100
25	Clarence	49	↑19	39
26	Thomas	47	↓9	11
27	Ronald	46	↓5	37
28	Melvin	45	↓9	50
29	David	42	↑16	15
30	Frank	42	new	13
31	Ralph	40	↑8	25
32	Vernon	40	↑14	72
33	Darrell	39	new	>100
34	Joseph	38	↓5	9
35	Roger	38	new	58
36	Francis	37	↓15	42
37	Lawrence	36	new	36
38	Roy	36	↑3	33
39	Albert	35	↑11	24
40	Bernard	35	new	52
41	Earl	35	↓10	38
42	Gene	35	↓4	70
43	Harry	35	↑4	28
44	Dean	34	↓1	>100
45	Don	34	new	68
46	Arthur	33	↓21	23
47	Elmer	32	new	80
48	Gordon	32	new	77
49	Jerry	32	new	51
50	Clifford	31	↓16	73

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