Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1934

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1934 were Mary for girls (243 babies) and Robert for boys (312). Social Security records list 10,549 babies born in South Dakota in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1934

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: 30 babies, 17.6× the national rate
Lavonne: 31 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Mavis: 20 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Darlene: 86 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Colleen: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Marlene: 81 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ramona: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lila: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Violet: 27 babies, 4× the national rate
Deloris: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Darwin: 19 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Lyle: 52 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Maynard: 19 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Darrel: 19 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Harlan: 18 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Duane: 67 babies, 7× the national rate
Delbert: 28 babies, 6× the national rate
Dean: 43 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Eldon: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Leland: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Mary	243	–	1
2	Betty	191	–	2
3	Shirley	151	↑2	4
4	Donna	144	↓1	23
5	Dorothy	124	↓1	5
6	Beverly	121	–	22
7	Patricia	106	↑2	6
8	Marilyn	101	↑4	17
9	Joyce	94	↑2	12
10	Carol	88	↑7	14
11	Darlene	86	↓3	90
12	Lois	86	↑1	20
13	Barbara	84	↑3	3
14	Marlene	81	↑1	57
15	Phyllis	77	↑4	28
16	Delores	73	↓9	51
17	Joan	73	↓7	7
18	Margaret	68	–	8
19	Doris	66	↓5	11
20	Helen	57	↑1	9
21	Joann	56	↑13	50
22	Bonnie	54	↑3	58
23	Norma	53	↓1	24
24	Alice	52	↓4	25
25	Ruth	52	↓1	13
26	Elaine	50	↑7	54
27	Jean	49	↓4	16
28	Virginia	47	↓1	15
29	Janet	45	↑16	21
30	Frances	42	↑6	19
31	Marjorie	42	↓3	41
32	Arlene	41	–	53
33	Janice	41	↑8	68
34	Audrey	40	new	69
35	Evelyn	39	↓9	29
36	Joanne	37	↓6	45
37	Lorraine	37	↓6	56
38	Rose	34	↑2	37
39	Mildred	33	↑10	35
40	Bernice	31	↑10	82
41	Elizabeth	31	↑7	18
42	Gloria	31	↑2	30
43	Lavonne	31	↓5	>100
44	Nancy	31	new	10
45	Marie	30	↑1	34
46	Marlys	30	↓11	>100
47	Geraldine	29	new	43
48	Sally	29	new	62
49	June	28	↓10	46
50	Marian	28	new	97

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Robert	312	–	1
2	Donald	278	–	6
3	James	276	↑1	2
4	Richard	228	↓1	5
5	John	156	–	3
6	William	133	–	4
7	Ronald	116	↑2	11
8	Charles	107	↓1	7
9	Kenneth	82	↓1	15
10	Gerald	78	↑7	22
11	Raymond	75	↑5	19
12	Dale	73	↑2	62
13	Roger	70	↑6	39
14	Duane	67	↑1	>100
15	Leroy	65	↑15	54
16	David	64	↑5	12
17	Marvin	63	↓7	44
18	Harold	62	↓5	18
19	Thomas	62	↑23	9
20	George	61	↓9	8
21	Jack	58	↑1	17
22	Eugene	55	↓10	24
23	Larry	53	↑1	43
24	Edward	52	↓4	13
25	Lyle	52	↑1	>100
26	Wayne	50	↓8	48
27	Paul	49	↑5	14
28	Melvin	45	↓1	55
29	Dean	43	↓4	>100
30	Joseph	40	↑6	10
31	Dennis	37	↑3	95
32	Jerry	37	↓3	25
33	Norman	37	↓2	38
34	Walter	37	↑1	21
35	Clarence	36	new	45
36	Don	34	new	50
37	Gordon	34	↓14	71
38	Gary	33	new	60
39	Leo	33	new	86
40	Alvin	32	↓3	93
41	Clifford	31	↓1	85
42	Franklin	30	↓4	46
43	Bill	29	new	59
44	Frank	29	↑1	16
45	Gene	29	new	67
46	Lawrence	29	↑4	34
47	Allen	28	new	88
48	Delbert	28	new	>100
49	Vernon	28	↓5	89
50	Albert	27	new	32

← South Dakota 1933 South Dakota: all years · US 1934 South Dakota 1935 →