State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1913 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,625 South Dakota births in 1913 across 289 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.

#60Lyle#196 nationally
#78Altaoutside the national top 200
#78Antonoutside the national top 200
#86Clariceoutside the national top 200
#90Laurenceoutside the national top 200
#92Luellaoutside the national top 200
#97Merleoutside the national top 200
#98Myronoutside the national top 200
#99Reubenoutside the national top 200
#100Rubenoutside the national top 200
#47Emil#143 nationally
#77Adeline#173 nationally

Girls

#1Mary111US #1
#2Dorothy105US #3
#3Helen104US #2
#4Ruth85US #5
#5Margaret83US #4
#6Evelyn79US #12
#7Esther69US #32
#8Florence66US #13
#9Mildred63US #6
#10Alice59US #11
#11Clara58US #36
#12Gladys46US #19
#13Marie45US #10
#14Agnes43US #41
#15Frances43US #9
#16Irene43US #21
#17Edna41US #18
#18Lillian40US #16
#19Hazel39US #27
#20Anna38US #7
#21Ethel38US #20
#22Grace38US #25
#23Myrtle38US #53
#24Louise36US #17
#25Doris34US #44
#26Martha34US #28
#27Viola34US #52
#28Elizabeth31US #8
#29Gertrude30US #33
#30Lucille30US #31
#31Elsie29US #40
#32Rose29US #14
#33Leona28US #74
#34Bernice27US #45
#35Ida27US #49
#36Mabel27US #56
#37Thelma27US #26
#38Laura26US #62
#39Marjorie26US #48
#40Ruby26US #23
#41Eleanor22US #34
#42Ella22US #70
#43Vera22US #68
#44Violet22US #82
#45Bertha21US #39
#46Edith21US #29
#47Vivian21US #83
#48Josephine20US #24
#49Kathryn20US #66
#50Pearl20US #55
#51Catherine18US #22
#52Emma18US #38
#53Genevieve18US #84
#54Eva17US #50
#55Lois17US #59
#56Wilma17US #92
#57Alma16US #64
#58Blanche16US #76
#59Marion16US #51
#60Audrey15US #136
#61Charlotte15US #87
#62Inez15US #98
#63Loretta15US #118
#64Marian15US #93
#65Betty14US #67
#66Katherine14US #54
#67Maxine14US #119
#68Ellen13US #88
#69Hilda13US #105
#70Nellie13US #58
#71Sylvia13US #72
#72Virginia13US #15
#73Beulah12US #85
#74Geraldine12US #121
#75Marguerite12US #78
#76Verna12US #126
#77Adeline11US #173
#78Alta11
#79Ann11US #46
#80Dora11US #109
#81Lena11US #73
#82Lydia11US #154
#83Mae11US #79
#84Pauline11US #35
#85Sarah11US #43
#86Clarice10
#87Fern10US #166
#88Jessie10US #61
#89Julia10US #42
#90Lorraine10US #160
#91Lucy10US #77
#92Luella10
#93Minnie10US #63
#94Stella10US #69
#95Velma10US #89
#96Bessie9US #47
#97Erma9US #140
#98Eunice9US #107
#99Harriet9US #125
#100Jean9US #60

Boys

#1John139US #1
#2William79US #2
#3George77US #6
#4Robert70US #4
#5Harold66US #13
#6James57US #3
#7Donald56US #25
#8Walter53US #11
#9Joseph52US #5
#10Charles51US #7
#11Clarence50US #21
#12Albert48US #16
#13Paul48US #14
#14Raymond48US #18
#15Edward46US #8
#16Frank43US #9
#17Henry42US #12
#18Kenneth42US #33
#19Arthur40US #17
#20Elmer36US #45
#21Ernest35US #34
#22Floyd35US #58
#23Harry33US #15
#24Ralph32US #22
#25Howard31US #26
#26Melvin31US #61
#27Fred30US #27
#28Roy29US #32
#29Edwin28US #55
#30Francis28US #30
#31Thomas27US #10
#32Carl26US #23
#33Lawrence25US #35
#34Lloyd25US #67
#35Earl24US #31
#36Richard24US #19
#37Clifford22US #68
#38Leo22US #48
#39Marvin22US #77
#40Theodore20US #60
#41Leonard19US #46
#42Leroy18US #63
#43Lester18US #59
#44Vernon18US #83
#45Eugene17US #43
#46Leslie17US #105
#47Emil16US #143
#48Glenn16US #85
#49Martin16US #75
#50Norman16US #57
#51Woodrow16US #44
#52Alfred15US #42
#53Gerald15US #84
#54Jacob15US #117
#55Orville15US #120
#56Arnold14US #92
#57Everett14US #97
#58Herbert14US #39
#59Daniel13US #54
#60Lyle13US #196
#61Wayne13US #113
#62Bernard12US #52
#63Chester12US #56
#64Maurice12US #95
#65Wilbur12US #91
#66Alvin11US #82
#67Gordon11US #94
#68Oliver11US #124
#69Ray11US #73
#70Andrew10US #47
#71Edmund10US #131
#72Louis10US #20
#73Oscar10US #76
#74Peter10US #51
#75Russell10US #50
#76Virgil10US #107
#77Allen9US #100
#78Anton9
#79David9US #29
#80Glen9US #129
#81Herman9US #53
#82Jack9US #28
#83Rudolph9US #139
#84Stanley9US #41
#85Vincent9US #66
#86Adolph8US #179
#87Cecil8US #74
#88Clyde8US #64
#89Harvey8US #93
#90Laurence8
#91Morris8US #89
#92Wesley8US #133
#93Clayton7US #181
#94Joe7US #37
#95Lee7US #78
#96Lewis7US #72
#97Merle7
#98Myron7
#99Reuben7
#100Ruben7

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑45Jacob#54
↑44Gerald#53
↑39Wilma#56
↑33Betty#65
↑32Daniel#59
↑31Josephine#48
↑29Vera#43
↑27Maxine#67

Falling

↓41Lydia#82
↓41Fern#87
↓35Alvin#66
↓35Louis#72
↓35Joe#94
↓32Oscar#73
↓30Harriet#99
↓29Ann#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.