State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1919 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,925 South Dakota births in 1919 across 441 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.

#60Merle#182 nationally
#60Fern#176 nationally
#85Vernoutside the national top 200
#87Carol#200 nationally
#65Adeline#172 nationally
#96Alvinaoutside the national top 200
#49Lyle#153 nationally
#74Marcella#171 nationally
#66Arlene#156 nationally
#84Joyce#173 nationally
#74Emil#159 nationally
#94Irvin#172 nationally

Girls

#1Helen229US #2
#2Mary208US #1
#3Dorothy203US #3
#4Margaret166US #4
#5Ruth160US #5
#6Mildred137US #6
#7Evelyn130US #11
#8Irene123US #16
#9Esther105US #38
#10Alice99US #13
#11Doris87US #18
#12Gladys84US #21
#13Florence81US #14
#14Viola80US #58
#15Lois79US #40
#16Lucille78US #27
#17Marie75US #12
#18Virginia75US #7
#19Edna74US #22
#20Frances73US #9
#21Hazel68US #32
#22Marjorie66US #33
#23Violet66US #74
#24Lillian64US #17
#25Bernice63US #42
#26Grace58US #34
#27Lorraine58US #62
#28Eleanor55US #30
#29Ethel55US #28
#30Phyllis55US #84
#31Maxine53US #85
#32Agnes51US #50
#33Elizabeth51US #8
#34Anna50US #10
#35Clara50US #43
#36Jean46US #37
#37Vera46US #65
#38Betty45US #15
#39Edith45US #29
#40Gertrude42US #39
#41Leona42US #90
#42Marian42US #82
#43Vivian39US #72
#44Alma38US #76
#45Martha38US #25
#46Elsie36US #47
#47June36US #64
#48Rose36US #19
#49Thelma35US #31
#50Geraldine34US #68
#51Wilma34US #86
#52Ella33US #87
#53Ruby33US #24
#54Bertha32US #52
#55Emma32US #45
#56Mabel32US #78
#57Kathryn31US #66
#58Sylvia30US #77
#59Eva29US #55
#60Fern29US #176
#61Harriet29US #113
#62Norma29US #83
#63Pearl29US #56
#64Ellen28US #92
#65Adeline27US #172
#66Arlene27US #156
#67Charlotte27US #79
#68Elaine26US #136
#69Genevieve26US #88
#70Myrtle26US #67
#71Pauline26US #36
#72Verna26US #131
#73Eileen25US #103
#74Marcella25US #171
#75Louise24US #20
#76Shirley24US #89
#77Velma24US #104
#78Catherine23US #23
#79Marion23US #44
#80Ida22US #57
#81Katherine22US #51
#82Audrey21US #115
#83Josephine21US #26
#84Joyce21US #173
#85Laura21US #71
#86Mae21US #99
#87Carol20US #200
#88Eunice20US #119
#89Minnie20US #80
#90Dolores19US #124
#91Lola19US #142
#92Mable19US #143
#93Nellie19US #69
#94Opal19US #98
#95Patricia19US #114
#96Alvina18
#97Barbara18US #60
#98Erma18US #147
#99Hilda18US #123
#100Julia18US #48

Boys

#1Robert276US #4
#2John251US #1
#3Donald187US #17
#4William154US #2
#5Raymond130US #14
#6Harold128US #13
#7George124US #6
#8James120US #3
#9Kenneth116US #26
#10Charles115US #5
#11Arthur80US #19
#12Richard77US #12
#13Walter77US #11
#14Clarence76US #25
#15Edward75US #8
#16Earl69US #31
#17Joseph66US #7
#18Howard65US #24
#19Francis61US #34
#20Albert58US #18
#21Alvin57US #76
#22Marvin57US #63
#23Paul57US #15
#24Vernon56US #65
#25Edwin55US #52
#26Frank54US #9
#27Leonard54US #39
#28Lloyd54US #58
#29Carl50US #29
#30Henry50US #16
#31Melvin50US #56
#32Norman50US #48
#33Clifford49US #60
#34Ralph49US #22
#35Ernest47US #36
#36Harry47US #20
#37Herbert47US #40
#38Elmer45US #44
#39Eugene45US #33
#40Arnold44US #94
#41Leo44US #49
#42Thomas42US #10
#43Wayne42US #90
#44Leroy41US #55
#45Lester41US #62
#46Gerald40US #70
#47Floyd39US #59
#48Bernard38US #45
#49Lyle38US #153
#50Lawrence37US #38
#51Russell37US #50
#52Dale35US #112
#53Jack35US #21
#54Fred34US #30
#55Roy34US #32
#56Orville33US #133
#57Stanley33US #37
#58Leslie31US #105
#59Virgil31US #103
#60Merle30US #182
#61Alfred29US #42
#62Harvey29US #85
#63Milton27US #73
#64Gordon26US #86
#65Everett25US #93
#66Glenn25US #84
#67Roland25US #119
#68Louis24US #28
#69Maurice24US #108
#70Theodore24US #54
#71David23US #27
#72Clayton22US #149
#73Vincent22US #72
#74Emil21US #159
#75Leon21US #80
#76Martin21US #81
#77Roger21US #124
#78Joe20US #35
#79Glen19US #116
#80Oscar19US #88
#81Daniel18US #51
#82Frederick18US #64
#83Herman18US #61
#84Jacob18US #138
#85Vern18
#86Victor18US #68
#87Allen17US #101
#88Chester17US #53
#89Morris17US #100
#90Peter17US #57
#91Ray17US #69
#92Delbert16US #157
#93Wesley16US #135
#94Irvin15US #172
#95Philip15US #71
#96Ronald15US #171
#97Wallace15US #107
#98Wilbur15US #98
#99Cecil14US #78
#100Curtis14US #120

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑40Sylvia#58
↑36Jean#36
↑31Eleanor#28
↑30June#47
↑28Edwin#25
↑27Roland#67
↑25Vera#37
↑25Norman#32

Falling

↓31Louise#75
↓27Shirley#76
↓27Barbara#97
↓26Elmer#38
↓25Eileen#73
↓24Pearl#63
↓22Lawrence#50
↓21Allen#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.