Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1935

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1935 were Shirley for girls (317 babies) and Robert for boys (282). Shirley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 10,387 babies born in South Dakota in 1935 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1935

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, 18× the national rate
Lavonne: 35 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Mavis: 19 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Darlene: 92 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Lila: 24 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Ramona: 24 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Marcella: 20 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Delores: 70 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Deloris: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Donna: 143 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 54 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Darrel: 19 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Harlan: 15 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Darrell: 42 babies, 7× the national rate
Duane: 64 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Loren: 20 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Dean: 41 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Keith: 37 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Wesley: 26 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Dennis: 61 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1935

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Shirley	317	↑2	2
2	Mary	248	↓1	1
3	Donna	143	↑1	23
4	Betty	127	↓2	4
5	Carol	105	↑5	11
6	Marilyn	105	↑2	14
7	Barbara	104	↑6	3
8	Patricia	104	↓1	5
9	Dorothy	103	↓4	6
10	Darlene	92	↑1	91
11	Joan	91	↑6	7
12	Beverly	90	↓6	20
13	Joyce	90	↓4	12
14	Marlene	74	–	39
15	Lois	72	↓3	21
16	Janice	71	↑17	47
17	Delores	70	↓1	57
18	Doris	69	↑1	13
19	Phyllis	60	↓4	27
20	Margaret	59	↓2	8
21	Norma	54	↑2	29
22	Arlene	50	↑10	59
23	Ruth	50	↑2	15
24	Helen	49	↓4	10
25	Bonnie	48	↓3	62
26	Alice	47	↓2	25
27	Virginia	47	↑1	16
28	Joann	45	↓7	53
29	Marjorie	43	↑2	46
30	Elaine	42	↓4	51
31	Janet	38	↓2	22
32	Joanne	38	↑4	44
33	Nancy	38	↑11	9
34	Audrey	37	–	64
35	Jean	36	↓8	18
36	Elizabeth	35	↑5	17
37	Lavonne	35	↑6	>100
38	Lorraine	33	↓1	68
39	Rose	33	↓1	37
40	Gloria	32	↑2	32
41	Irene	30	new	52
42	Marlys	30	↑4	>100
43	Kay	28	new	>100
44	Sharon	27	new	96
45	Connie	26	new	>100
46	Marie	26	↓1	33
47	Eleanor	25	new	48
48	June	25	↑1	55
49	Charlotte	24	new	65
50	Evelyn	24	↓15	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Robert	282	–	1
2	Donald	254	–	7
3	James	224	–	2
4	Richard	206	–	5
5	John	180	–	3
6	William	139	–	4
7	Charles	115	↑1	6
8	Ronald	115	↓1	12
9	Kenneth	102	–	15
10	Roger	83	↑3	36
11	Gerald	82	↓1	21
12	David	79	↑4	11
13	Larry	74	↑10	33
14	Dale	72	↓2	61
15	Leroy	69	–	50
16	Paul	65	↑11	14
17	Duane	64	↓3	>100
18	Jerry	64	↑14	22
19	Marvin	63	↓2	45
20	Dennis	61	↑11	72
21	Eugene	59	↑1	26
22	Wayne	58	↑4	49
23	Lyle	54	↑2	>100
24	Harold	53	↓6	20
25	Gary	51	↑13	44
26	Thomas	51	↓7	9
27	Raymond	48	↓16	17
28	George	44	↓8	8
29	Jack	44	↓8	18
30	Norman	44	↑3	38
31	Darrell	42	new	>100
32	Dean	41	↓3	>100
33	Edward	41	↓9	13
34	Ralph	40	new	32
35	Lawrence	39	↑11	35
36	Gene	37	↑9	66
37	Keith	37	new	>100
38	Allen	36	↑9	83
39	Melvin	36	↓11	57
40	Lloyd	33	new	84
41	Walter	33	↓7	23
42	Frank	32	↑2	16
43	Gordon	32	↓6	70
44	Vernon	32	↑5	94
45	Howard	31	new	39
46	Leonard	30	new	54
47	Alvin	29	↓7	91
48	Arthur	28	new	29
49	Earl	28	new	46
50	Stanley	28	new	56

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