State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1910 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 2,370 South Dakota births in 1910 across 162 distinct names.

Distinctively South Dakota

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say South Dakota more than they say America.

#48Lyleoutside the national top 200
#86Selmaoutside the national top 200
#68Olga#180 nationally
#60Maxine#171 nationally
#63Fern#174 nationally
#91Eileenoutside the national top 200
#97Lorraineoutside the national top 200
#50Rudolph#147 nationally
#77Adeline#172 nationally
#58Lydia#152 nationally
#45Guy#133 nationally
#98Luella#184 nationally

Girls

#1Helen60US #2
#2Mary58US #1
#3Ruth52US #5
#4Dorothy50US #4
#5Florence49US #12
#6Margaret43US #3
#7Mildred43US #8
#8Evelyn40US #17
#9Gladys39US #15
#10Viola38US #48
#11Alice37US #10
#12Frances36US #11
#13Anna34US #6
#14Marie34US #9
#15Hazel31US #24
#16Esther30US #38
#17Lucille30US #31
#18Elsie29US #44
#19Edna27US #18
#20Irene27US #21
#21Lillian27US #14
#22Clara25US #32
#23Myrtle25US #43
#24Agnes22US #41
#25Edith22US #35
#26Mabel22US #46
#27Rose21US #16
#28Emma20US #34
#29Grace20US #23
#30Bernice19US #58
#31Ella19US #62
#32Elizabeth18US #7
#33Ida18US #47
#34Marjorie17US #68
#35Ruby17US #27
#36Bertha16US #33
#37Catherine16US #22
#38Gertrude16US #26
#39Pearl16US #39
#40Alma15US #61
#41Thelma15US #25
#42Doris14US #64
#43Eva14US #45
#44Sylvia14US #92
#45Violet14US #89
#46Martha13US #28
#47Ethel12US #13
#48Lois12US #76
#49Louise12US #20
#50Blanche11US #74
#51Julia11US #49
#52Leona11US #79
#53Vera11US #71
#54Eleanor10US #55
#55Eunice10US #113
#56Hilda10US #109
#57Laura10US #53
#58Lydia10US #152
#59Marian10US #106
#60Maxine10US #171
#61Sarah10US #40
#62Beulah9US #82
#63Fern9US #174
#64Genevieve9US #98
#65Josephine9US #30
#66Mae9US #65
#67Nellie9US #51
#68Olga9US #180
#69Opal9US #87
#70Pauline9US #42
#71Virginia9US #29
#72Anne8US #67
#73Caroline8US #146
#74Erma8US #140
#75Kathryn8US #80
#76Verna8US #130
#77Adeline7US #172
#78Ann7US #52
#79Beatrice7US #36
#80Bessie7US #37
#81Jessie7US #63
#82Lena7US #66
#83Loretta7US #124
#84Lucy7US #75
#85Minnie7US #50
#86Selma7
#87Velma7US #90
#88Vivian7US #107
#89Wilma7US #119
#90Carrie6US #70
#91Eileen6
#92Ellen6US #88
#93Harriet6US #126
#94Hattie6US #73
#95Irma6US #149
#96Katherine6US #57
#97Lorraine6
#98Luella6US #184
#99Marguerite6US #84
#100Marion6US #59

Boys

#1John54US #1
#2William34US #3
#3George28US #5
#4Joseph25US #6
#5Charles23US #7
#6James21US #2
#7Robert19US #4
#8Harold18US #18
#9Edward17US #9
#10Arthur16US #17
#11Donald16US #44
#12Frank15US #8
#13Clarence14US #20
#14Albert13US #14
#15Elmer13US #48
#16Lloyd13US #67
#17Raymond13US #19
#18Henry12US #10
#19Paul12US #15
#20Thomas12US #12
#21Kenneth11US #43
#22Walter11US #13
#23Alfred9US #38
#24Edwin9US #71
#25Fred9US #22
#26Roy9US #29
#27Alvin8US #85
#28Carl8US #26
#29Floyd8US #55
#30Lawrence8US #35
#31Louis8US #24
#32Clifford7US #66
#33Ernest7US #31
#34Francis7US #36
#35Harry7US #16
#36Jacob7US #117
#37Leonard7US #46
#38Richard7US #21
#39Earl6US #33
#40Glenn6US #97
#41Herbert6US #41
#42Ralph6US #28
#43David5US #30
#44Eugene5US #39
#45Guy5US #133
#46Leon5US #81
#47Lewis5US #65
#48Lyle5
#49Oscar5US #73
#50Rudolph5US #147
#51Theodore5US #54

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State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880.