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Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1911 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 2,704 South Dakota births in 1911 across 191 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.

#45Lyleoutside the national top 200
#47Adolph#192 nationally
#63Daleoutside the national top 200
#40Fern#172 nationally
#82Alvinaoutside the national top 200
#86Lilaoutside the national top 200
#69Wilfred#183 nationally
#89Selmaoutside the national top 200
#92Arleneoutside the national top 200
#49Emil#156 nationally
#70Freda#177 nationally
#46Orville#146 nationally

Girls

#1Helen80US #2
#2Mary68US #1
#3Dorothy60US #4
#4Margaret53US #3
#5Ruth48US #5
#6Evelyn47US #16
#7Alice46US #11
#8Marie39US #9
#9Mildred39US #8
#10Edna34US #17
#11Hazel34US #25
#12Esther33US #34
#13Florence32US #12
#14Anna31US #6
#15Gladys29US #18
#16Lillian29US #13
#17Viola27US #47
#18Frances26US #10
#19Martha26US #28
#20Rose26US #14
#21Clara25US #33
#22Mabel24US #43
#23Ethel23US #15
#24Irene23US #21
#25Agnes22US #39
#26Emma22US #35
#27Gertrude22US #30
#28Grace22US #23
#29Lucille22US #32
#30Bernice21US #51
#31Bertha20US #36
#32Alma19US #62
#33Edith19US #31
#34Myrtle18US #50
#35Vivian18US #80
#36Eva17US #46
#37Ruby17US #22
#38Thelma16US #27
#39Doris15US #56
#40Fern15US #172
#41Pearl15US #48
#42Violet15US #83
#43Blanche14US #75
#44Ida14US #45
#45Leona14US #76
#46Lois14US #68
#47Marjorie14US #59
#48Elsie13US #41
#49Laura13US #57
#50Nellie13US #54
#51Opal13US #81
#52Ella12US #63
#53Ann11US #53
#54Hilda11US #101
#55Josephine11US #29
#56Louise11US #19
#57Beatrice10US #37
#58Beulah10US #79
#59Katherine10US #55
#60Lydia10US #142
#61Minnie10US #52
#62Norma10US #153
#63Olga10US #163
#64Pauline10US #38
#65Vera10US #67
#66Verna10US #132
#67Wilma10US #102
#68Anne9US #64
#69Elizabeth9US #7
#70Freda9US #177
#71Genevieve9US #93
#72Inez9US #99
#73Marion9US #58
#74Virginia9US #26
#75Catherine8US #20
#76Cora8US #91
#77Harriet8US #115
#78Loretta8US #118
#79Marian8US #105
#80Olive8US #121
#81Sarah8US #42
#82Alvina7
#83Annie7US #24
#84Jennie7US #85
#85Jessie7US #66
#86Lila7
#87Marguerite7US #87
#88Maxine7US #152
#89Selma7
#90Stella7US #72
#91Winifred7US #166
#92Arlene6
#93Bessie6US #40
#94Christine6US #124
#95Eleanor6US #49
#96Eunice6US #109
#97Juanita6US #107
#98Julia6US #44
#99Lena6US #70
#100Lorraine6US #193

Boys

#1John54US #1
#2William36US #2
#3George34US #4
#4Robert31US #5
#5Edward26US #9
#6Charles22US #7
#7Walter21US #12
#8Francis20US #33
#9Harold20US #16
#10Albert19US #15
#11Joseph19US #6
#12Kenneth19US #40
#13Arthur17US #18
#14James17US #3
#15Floyd16US #57
#16Donald15US #36
#17Leonard15US #46
#18Paul15US #17
#19Ralph15US #24
#20Lawrence14US #37
#21Roy14US #31
#22Fred13US #22
#23Clarence12US #23
#24Clifford12US #62
#25Elmer12US #48
#26Frank12US #8
#27Stanley11US #44
#28Thomas11US #10
#29Harry10US #13
#30Henry10US #11
#31Herbert10US #41
#32Raymond10US #19
#33Carl9US #26
#34Earl9US #34
#35Howard9US #28
#36Oliver9US #115
#37Richard9US #20
#38Alfred8US #39
#39David8US #27
#40Ernest8US #32
#41Alvin7US #89
#42Edwin7US #60
#43Harvey7US #91
#44Jack7US #25
#45Lyle7
#46Orville7US #146
#47Adolph6US #192
#48Arnold6US #108
#49Emil6US #156
#50Everett6US #102
#51Herman6US #49
#52Lester6US #65
#53Louis6US #21
#54Martin6US #75
#55Marvin6US #82
#56Melvin6US #73
#57Ray6US #71
#58Russell6US #55
#59Vernon6US #96
#60Willard6US #114
#61Bernard5US #54
#62Chester5US #58
#63Dale5
#64Gerald5US #88
#65Gordon5US #97
#66Lee5US #67
#67Lewis5US #66
#68Samuel5US #30
#69Wilfred5US #183

On the move since 1910

Rising

↑53Vivian#35
↑37Katherine#59
↑27Martha#19
↑27Marion#73
↑26Francis#8
↑25Ann#53
↑24Ethel#23
↑24Minnie#61

Falling

↓47Julia#98
↓41Eleanor#95
↓41Eunice#96
↓38Catherine#75
↓37Elizabeth#69
↓30Elsie#48
↓28Maxine#88
↓22Louis#53

Every state

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