Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1931

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1931 were Betty for girls (239 babies) and Robert for boys (317). Betty ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 11,064 babies born in South Dakota in 1931 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1931

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: 40 babies, 19.3× the national rate
Marlys: 27 babies, 18.9× the national rate
Darlene: 109 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Mavis: 25 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Deloris: 30 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Adeline: 16 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Ramona: 30 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Delores: 101 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Marcella: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Donna: 140 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Dwayne: 15 babies, 19× the national rate
Lyle: 49 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Laverne: 20 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Merle: 30 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Harlan: 19 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Darrell: 37 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Delmar: 15 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Duane: 69 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Myron: 20 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Dean: 39 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1931

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Betty	239	–	2
2	Mary	229	–	1
3	Dorothy	142	–	3
4	Donna	140	–	32
5	Beverly	127	–	31
6	Shirley	119	–	9
7	Patricia	114	↑6	8
8	Darlene	109	↑2	>100
9	Delores	101	↓1	58
10	Joyce	100	↓1	15
11	Lois	98	↓4	20
12	Helen	96	–	6
13	Joan	96	↑5	5
14	Phyllis	85	↑1	29
15	Marilyn	81	↑2	19
16	Alice	79	↑7	21
17	Doris	76	↓6	10
18	Norma	73	↑10	22
19	Ruth	73	↓5	11
20	Lorraine	70	–	49
21	Arlene	67	↑3	77
22	Jean	63	↑3	13
23	Virginia	62	↓4	12
24	Evelyn	61	↓3	24
25	Margaret	61	↓9	7
26	Bonnie	59	↑5	73
27	Dolores	55	↓1	14
28	Barbara	53	↑4	4
29	Carol	51	↓2	46
30	Irene	47	–	37
31	Marjorie	47	↓9	34
32	Gladys	45	↑3	55
33	Elaine	44	↓4	72
34	June	40	↑16	44
35	Lavonne	40	↑9	>100
36	Anna	39	↑10	25
37	Mildred	38	–	26
38	Maxine	36	↑5	>100
39	Leona	35	↑6	>100
40	Lucille	35	↑8	62
41	Marlene	34	new	95
42	Elizabeth	33	–	16
43	Geraldine	33	new	38
44	Audrey	32	new	64
45	Bernice	32	↓4	63
46	Florence	32	↓7	43
47	Janice	31	new	>100
48	Joann	31	new	90
49	Deloris	30	–	>100
50	Ramona	30	↓16	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Robert	317	–	1
2	Donald	285	–	7
3	James	221	–	2
4	Richard	202	↑1	5
5	John	199	↓1	3
6	William	150	–	4
7	Kenneth	120	↑1	14
8	Charles	112	↓1	6
9	Eugene	82	↑5	21
10	George	80	–	8
11	Harold	79	↓2	18
12	Marvin	78	↑1	45
13	Duane	69	↑3	>100
14	Paul	67	↑7	12
15	Wayne	67	–	58
16	Ronald	66	↑11	27
17	Dale	64	↓6	62
18	Raymond	62	↓6	17
19	Gerald	61	↑1	26
20	David	60	↑9	13
21	Roger	58	↑14	53
22	Leroy	56	↑1	52
23	Edward	51	↓5	11
24	Jack	51	↓7	15
25	Lyle	49	↓1	>100
26	Thomas	49	–	10
27	Lawrence	48	↑10	38
28	Clarence	46	↓3	39
29	Melvin	46	↓1	51
30	Norman	46	new	36
31	Vernon	44	↑1	74
32	Leonard	42	↓10	48
33	Howard	40	new	34
34	Dean	39	↑10	>100
35	Albert	38	↑4	24
36	Darrell	37	↓3	>100
37	Earl	37	↑4	40
38	Joseph	37	↓4	9
39	Lloyd	37	new	68
40	Walter	37	↓21	20
41	Arthur	36	↑5	23
42	Clifford	35	↑8	75
43	Francis	34	↓7	42
44	Gene	34	↓2	64
45	Keith	32	new	>100
46	Larry	32	new	88
47	Leo	31	new	69
48	Stanley	31	new	49
49	Merle	30	new	>100
50	Bernard	29	↓10	54

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