Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1932

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1932 were Mary for girls (273 babies) and Robert for boys (373). Social Security records list 10,822 babies born in South Dakota in 1932 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1932

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: 26 babies, 21.6× the national rate
Lavonne: 35 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Mavis: 33 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Darlene: 106 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Deloris: 33 babies, 7× the national rate
Fern: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Ramona: 29 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Marcella: 24 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Delores: 102 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Donna: 162 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Darwin: 15 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Maynard: 18 babies, 10× the national rate
Darrel: 17 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Lyle: 48 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Harlan: 20 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Loren: 23 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Marlin: 15 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Duane: 71 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Dean: 50 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Merle: 21 babies, 6.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1932

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Mary	273	↑1	1
2	Betty	184	↓1	2
3	Donna	162	↑1	29
4	Beverly	128	↑1	28
5	Dorothy	116	↓2	4
6	Joyce	116	↑4	12
7	Shirley	114	↓1	9
8	Darlene	106	–	>100
9	Marilyn	103	↑6	16
10	Delores	102	↓1	56
11	Helen	98	↑1	8
12	Lois	98	↓1	20
13	Joan	96	–	5
14	Doris	78	↑3	10
15	Carol	77	↑14	32
16	Bonnie	72	↑10	64
17	Barbara	71	↑11	3
18	Phyllis	69	↓4	30
19	Ruth	69	–	11
20	Alice	63	↓4	21
21	Patricia	62	↓14	6
22	Virginia	58	↑1	14
23	Arlene	57	↓2	80
24	Jean	56	↓2	15
25	Marjorie	55	↑6	37
26	Marlene	54	↑15	78
27	Margaret	53	↓2	7
28	Norma	50	↓10	22
29	Evelyn	47	↓5	23
30	Geraldine	42	↑13	42
31	Irene	41	↓1	43
32	Joann	40	↑16	79
33	Elaine	39	–	68
34	Frances	38	new	19
35	Gladys	38	↓3	54
36	Lorraine	38	↓16	55
37	Audrey	37	↑7	61
38	Bernice	37	↑7	71
39	Janice	36	↑8	94
40	Maxine	36	↓2	>100
41	Mildred	36	↓4	26
42	Lavonne	35	↓7	>100
43	Dolores	34	↓16	18
44	Deloris	33	↑5	>100
45	Janet	33	new	35
46	Joanne	33	new	62
47	Mavis	33	new	>100
48	Lucille	32	↓8	63
49	Leona	31	↓10	>100
50	Florence	29	↓4	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Robert	373	–	1
2	Donald	272	–	7
3	James	249	–	2
4	Richard	192	–	5
5	John	168	–	3
6	William	122	–	4
7	Charles	119	↑1	6
8	Kenneth	97	↓1	14
9	George	90	↑1	8
10	Gerald	82	↑9	24
11	Harold	82	–	18
12	Dale	75	↑5	61
13	Paul	72	↑1	13
14	Duane	71	↓1	>100
15	Marvin	68	↓3	46
16	Ronald	68	–	16
17	Edward	67	↑6	11
18	Raymond	65	–	19
19	Wayne	61	↓4	57
20	Eugene	58	↓11	22
21	Roger	53	–	50
22	Thomas	53	↑4	10
23	Melvin	52	↑6	51
24	Dean	50	↑10	>100
25	Jack	49	↓1	17
26	David	48	↓6	12
27	Lyle	48	↓2	>100
28	Leroy	46	↓6	53
29	Larry	44	↑17	65
30	Gene	43	↑14	64
31	Leo	41	↑16	74
32	Vernon	39	↓1	78
33	Joseph	38	↑5	9
34	Norman	37	↓4	37
35	Lawrence	36	↓8	35
36	Arthur	35	↑5	25
37	Keith	35	↑8	>100
38	Leonard	35	↓6	48
39	Darrell	33	↓3	>100
40	Earl	33	↓3	41
41	Harry	33	new	32
42	Jerry	33	new	34
43	Clarence	32	↓15	40
44	Howard	32	↓11	36
45	Lloyd	31	↓6	71
46	Bernard	30	↑4	60
47	Gordon	30	new	81
48	Ralph	30	new	27
49	Albert	28	↓14	26
50	Alvin	28	new	87

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