State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1914 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,865 South Dakota births in 1914 across 335 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.

#65Reubenoutside the national top 200
#83Merleoutside the national top 200
#84Altaoutside the national top 200
#89Bernieceoutside the national top 200
#67Lyle#178 nationally
#90Caroloutside the national top 200
#91Milooutside the national top 200
#95Luellaoutside the national top 200
#77Fern#172 nationally
#50Emil#143 nationally
#63Lorraine#152 nationally
#73Shirley#160 nationally

Girls

#1Dorothy133US #3
#2Mary128US #1
#3Helen121US #2
#4Margaret86US #4
#5Mildred79US #7
#6Ruth76US #5
#7Alice72US #12
#8Esther70US #35
#9Evelyn69US #11
#10Florence68US #13
#11Marie67US #10
#12Gladys60US #20
#13Hazel58US #29
#14Lillian53US #16
#15Agnes49US #44
#16Irene48US #22
#17Frances47US #9
#18Anna45US #6
#19Edna45US #19
#20Viola44US #57
#21Gertrude43US #32
#22Martha43US #27
#23Elsie42US #46
#24Lucille38US #30
#25Mabel38US #58
#26Grace37US #25
#27Clara36US #37
#28Myrtle36US #60
#29Elizabeth35US #8
#30Edith34US #31
#31Leona34US #79
#32Louise34US #17
#33Bernice33US #43
#34Bertha30US #41
#35Emma30US #39
#36Ella29US #72
#37Lois29US #51
#38Doris28US #36
#39Marjorie28US #45
#40Pearl28US #56
#41Ruby28US #24
#42Ethel25US #21
#43Vera25US #68
#44Violet24US #83
#45Eleanor23US #28
#46Maxine22US #114
#47Vivian22US #81
#48Ann21US #40
#49Laura21US #59
#50Olive21US #127
#51Alma20US #69
#52Nellie20US #61
#53Rose20US #15
#54Thelma20US #26
#55Ellen19US #86
#56Olga19US #136
#57Kathryn18US #63
#58Marian18US #90
#59Genevieve17US #76
#60Ida17US #49
#61Marion17US #50
#62Sylvia17US #70
#63Lorraine16US #152
#64Opal16US #89
#65Verna16US #125
#66Eunice15US #109
#67Eva15US #52
#68Josephine15US #23
#69Loretta15US #122
#70Beulah14US #96
#71Hilda14US #103
#72Phyllis14US #113
#73Shirley14US #160
#74Velma14US #92
#75Blanche13US #80
#76Catherine13US #18
#77Fern13US #172
#78Harriet13US #111
#79Lucile13US #129
#80Virginia13US #14
#81Barbara12US #82
#82Jean12US #54
#83Mae12US #85
#84Alta11
#85Amelia11US #156
#86Anne11US #53
#87Audrey11US #138
#88Beatrice11US #38
#89Berniece11
#90Carol11
#91Caroline11US #148
#92Charlotte11US #88
#93Henrietta11US #140
#94Julia11US #42
#95Luella11
#96Lydia11US #168
#97Stella11US #65
#98Adeline10US #166
#99Eileen10US #159
#100Della9US #165

Boys

#1John159US #1
#2William116US #2
#3Robert106US #4
#4Harold96US #14
#5Charles80US #7
#6James76US #3
#7Donald73US #23
#8George70US #6
#9Raymond64US #16
#10Kenneth61US #30
#11Walter55US #10
#12Arthur49US #18
#13Edward49US #8
#14Henry49US #12
#15Albert47US #15
#16Joseph46US #5
#17Clarence45US #22
#18Earl44US #33
#19Frank44US #9
#20Elmer43US #46
#21Lloyd43US #66
#22Francis41US #31
#23Howard40US #26
#24Marvin40US #75
#25Richard40US #17
#26Edwin39US #53
#27Melvin39US #59
#28Harry38US #19
#29Paul38US #13
#30Lawrence37US #35
#31Ralph35US #21
#32Herbert34US #42
#33Leo34US #47
#34Lester33US #57
#35Alvin32US #78
#36Carl31US #24
#37Ernest31US #38
#38Leonard29US #45
#39Thomas29US #11
#40Floyd28US #58
#41Eugene27US #43
#42Roy27US #32
#43Fred26US #28
#44Alfred25US #41
#45Bernard24US #50
#46Russell23US #49
#47Arnold22US #97
#48Clifford22US #62
#49Louis22US #20
#50Emil20US #143
#51Orville20US #133
#52Vernon20US #83
#53Glenn19US #91
#54Norman19US #54
#55David18US #29
#56Oscar18US #77
#57Ray18US #74
#58Virgil18US #107
#59Gordon17US #88
#60Maurice17US #94
#61Vincent17US #61
#62Daniel16US #55
#63Everett16US #90
#64Jack16US #27
#65Reuben15
#66Dale14US #142
#67Lyle14US #178
#68Martin14US #73
#69Willard14US #92
#70Cecil13US #79
#71Herman13US #51
#72Leroy13US #60
#73Theodore13US #64
#74Wesley13US #132
#75Andrew12US #44
#76Max12US #99
#77Milton12US #69
#78Oliver12US #122
#79Otto12US #155
#80Chester11US #56
#81Leslie11US #103
#82Marion11US #115
#83Merle11
#84Stanley11US #39
#85Victor11US #76
#86Wayne11US #111
#87Clayton10US #158
#88Glen10US #123
#89Harvey10US #95
#90Lewis10US #72
#91Milo10
#92Wallace10US #127
#93Ervin9US #180
#94Gerald9US #81
#95Hubert9US #118
#96Joe9US #34
#97Rudolph9US #139
#98Clinton8US #157
#99Edmund8US #130
#100Homer8US #101

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑34Reuben#65
↑32Eunice#66
↑31Ann#48
↑31Alvin#35
↑29Russell#46
↑27Lorraine#63
↑26Herbert#32
↑24David#55

Falling

↓41Gerald#94
↓35Leslie#81
↓33Theodore#73
↓31Charlotte#92
↓30Leroy#72
↓28Edmund#99
↓27Audrey#87
↓25Ida#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.