Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1933

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1933 were Mary for girls (245 babies) and Robert for boys (297). Social Security records list 10,404 babies born in South Dakota in 1933 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1933

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: 39 babies, 24.5× the national rate
Lavonne: 38 babies, 19× the national rate
Mavis: 24 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Darlene: 97 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Delores: 99 babies, 5× the national rate
Lila: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Donna: 175 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Marlene: 81 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ramona: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Marcella: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Merlin: 17 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Lyle: 45 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Harlan: 15 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Duane: 66 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Merle: 21 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Darrell: 37 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Dean: 46 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Delbert: 27 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Orville: 18 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Leland: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1933

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Mary	245	–	1
2	Betty	207	–	2
3	Donna	175	–	24
4	Dorothy	120	↑1	4
5	Shirley	101	↑2	9
6	Beverly	99	↓2	26
7	Delores	99	↑3	52
8	Darlene	97	–	96
9	Patricia	96	↑12	6
10	Joan	95	↑3	5
11	Joyce	95	↓5	12
12	Marilyn	90	↓3	16
13	Lois	85	↓1	19
14	Doris	82	–	10
15	Marlene	81	↑11	50
16	Barbara	80	↑1	3
17	Carol	78	↓2	20
18	Margaret	76	↑9	7
19	Phyllis	76	↓1	28
20	Alice	73	–	22
21	Helen	71	↓10	8
22	Norma	55	↑6	23
23	Jean	52	↑1	14
24	Ruth	52	↓5	13
25	Bonnie	50	↓9	68
26	Evelyn	50	↑3	30
27	Virginia	50	↓5	15
28	Marjorie	46	↓3	41
29	Dolores	45	↑14	21
30	Joanne	44	↑16	56
31	Lorraine	44	↑5	54
32	Arlene	42	↓9	74
33	Elaine	41	–	61
34	Joann	41	↓2	72
35	Marlys	39	new	>100
36	Frances	38	↓2	18
37	Gladys	38	↓2	60
38	Lavonne	38	↑4	>100
39	June	36	new	45
40	Rose	36	new	35
41	Janice	33	↓2	81
42	Irene	32	↓11	46
43	Maxine	31	↓3	>100
44	Gloria	30	new	31
45	Janet	30	–	25
46	Marie	30	new	33
47	Eleanor	28	new	38
48	Elizabeth	28	new	17
49	Mildred	28	↓8	32
50	Bernice	27	↓12	83

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Robert	297	–	1
2	Donald	289	–	7
3	Richard	234	↑1	5
4	James	232	↓1	2
5	John	172	–	3
6	William	133	–	4
7	Charles	103	–	6
8	Kenneth	96	–	15
9	Ronald	94	↑7	12
10	Marvin	88	↑5	44
11	George	78	↓2	8
12	Eugene	70	↑8	23
13	Harold	69	↓2	18
14	Dale	67	↓2	65
15	Duane	66	↓1	>100
16	Raymond	65	↑2	19
17	Gerald	64	↓7	22
18	Wayne	56	↑1	52
19	Roger	55	↑2	48
20	Edward	51	↓3	11
21	David	49	↑5	13
22	Jack	49	↑3	17
23	Gordon	47	↑24	71
24	Larry	47	↑5	58
25	Dean	46	↓1	>100
26	Lyle	45	↑1	>100
27	Melvin	45	↓4	51
28	Ralph	45	↑20	29
29	Jerry	44	↑13	31
30	Leroy	41	↓2	56
31	Norman	39	↑3	37
32	Paul	38	↓19	14
33	Darrell	37	↑6	>100
34	Dennis	37	new	>100
35	Walter	37	new	21
36	Joseph	36	↓3	9
37	Alvin	35	↑13	88
38	Franklin	34	new	33
39	Arthur	33	↓3	25
40	Clifford	33	new	86
41	Earl	33	↓1	41
42	Thomas	33	↓20	10
43	Lloyd	30	↑2	73
44	Vernon	30	↓12	83
45	Frank	29	new	16
46	Keith	29	↓9	>100
47	Bernard	28	↓1	63
48	Curtis	28	new	>100
49	Fred	28	new	34
50	Lawrence	28	↓15	38

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