South Dakota · 1920

Top 100 names in South Dakota, 1920, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rang	Name	Geburten
#1	Dorothy	282
#2	Mary	229
#3	Helen	218
#4	Margaret	181
#5	Ruth	177
#6	Evelyn	141
#7	Doris	126
#8	Irene	116
#9	Mildred	110
#10	Frances	93
#11	Esther	92
#12	Marie	87
#13	Florence	85
#14	Alice	85
#15	Gladys	84
#16	Marjorie	83
#17	Lucille	82
#18	Betty	77
#19	Virginia	77
#20	Lorraine	76
#21	Viola	73
#22	Hazel	70
#23	Maxine	70
#24	Phyllis	69
#25	Lois	66
#26	Elizabeth	64
#27	Lillian	61
#28	Bernice	58
#29	Violet	58
#30	Edna	58
#31	Grace	57
#32	Shirley	53
#33	Ruby	50
#34	Thelma	50
#35	Vivian	49
#36	Leona	49
#37	Anna	47
#38	Agnes	47
#39	Elsie	47
#40	June	46
#41	Marian	44
#42	Ethel	43
#43	Vera	43
#44	Edith	42
#45	Gertrude	42
#46	Mabel	42
#47	Jean	42
#48	Fern	41
#49	Elaine	41
#50	Myrtle	40
#51	Eleanor	40
#52	Clara	39
#53	Emma	39
#54	Wilma	38
#55	Norma	37
#56	Pearl	36
#57	Eileen	36
#58	Ida	35
#59	Rose	34
#60	Alma	33
#61	Martha	33
#62	Kathryn	32
#63	Louise	31
#64	Geraldine	30
#65	Ellen	30
#66	Arlene	29
#67	Harriet	29
#68	Blanche	27
#69	Marcella	26
#70	Sylvia	26
#71	Genevieve	26
#72	Inez	26
#73	Verna	26
#74	Eunice	25
#75	Joyce	25
#76	Carol	25
#77	Ann	24
#78	Dolores	24
#79	Marion	24
#80	Eva	24
#81	Laura	24
#82	Bertha	23
#83	Delores	23
#84	Josephine	23
#85	Loretta	23
#86	Lola	23
#87	Barbara	23
#88	Opal	23
#89	Ella	23
#90	Velma	22
#91	Luella	22
#92	Hilda	21
#93	Pauline	21
#94	Muriel	21
#95	Katherine	20
#96	Nellie	20
#97	Julia	19
#98	Lydia	19
#99	Jeanette	19
#100	Caroline	19

Uniquely popular in South Dakota

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Geburten	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Fern	41	60	11
Delores	23	34	6
Luella	22	32	7
Carol	25	37	10
Maxine	70	103	29
Lorraine	76	112	33
Marcella	26	38	12
Arlene	29	43	13
Phyllis	69	102	32
Viola	73	108	36
Elaine	41	60	20
Joyce	25	37	13

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.