State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1922 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,723 South Dakota births in 1922 across 465 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.

#33Deloresoutside the national top 200
#67Duaneoutside the national top 200
#86Mavisoutside the national top 200
#68Fern#182 nationally
#88Erwinoutside the national top 200
#90Darleneoutside the national top 200
#36Lyle#146 nationally
#66Merle#172 nationally
#92Lowell#197 nationally
#48Orville#151 nationally
#80Leland#183 nationally
#98Lorenoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Dorothy250US #2
#2Mary249US #1
#3Helen190US #3
#4Ruth142US #5
#5Doris140US #11
#6Margaret140US #4
#7Betty128US #6
#8Evelyn122US #13
#9Virginia102US #7
#10Irene96US #17
#11Phyllis95US #53
#12Alice89US #15
#13Gladys88US #25
#14Marjorie88US #16
#15Lois86US #35
#16Mildred86US #8
#17Lorraine81US #56
#18Frances78US #10
#19Shirley77US #39
#20Esther70US #44
#21Marie69US #14
#22Florence66US #18
#23Lucille63US #33
#24Elizabeth62US #9
#25Lillian62US #19
#26Viola59US #72
#27Norma56US #46
#28Hazel55US #37
#29Violet53US #86
#30Bernice52US #41
#31Anna50US #12
#32Alma47US #84
#33Delores47
#34Eleanor47US #28
#35Leona47US #101
#36June46US #45
#37Rose46US #23
#38Ruby46US #26
#39Edna43US #29
#40Marian43US #67
#41Ella42US #90
#42Elsie42US #59
#43Maxine42US #82
#44Patricia42US #69
#45Vivian42US #74
#46Grace40US #38
#47Eileen39US #96
#48Myrtle39US #75
#49Arlene37US #133
#50Jean37US #20
#51Martha37US #21
#52Vera36US #79
#53Agnes35US #62
#54Barbara35US #40
#55Geraldine35US #58
#56Elaine34US #102
#57Ethel34US #32
#58Louise33US #22
#59Clara32US #47
#60Ann31US #49
#61Joyce31US #126
#62Charlotte30US #76
#63Dolores30US #104
#64Eunice30US #119
#65Harriet30US #117
#66Kathryn30US #73
#67Catherine29US #24
#68Fern29US #182
#69Carol28US #158
#70Gertrude28US #48
#71Marcella28US #155
#72Thelma28US #31
#73Bertha27US #63
#74Velma27US #113
#75Beverly26US #163
#76Genevieve26US #98
#77Inez26US #130
#78Pearl26US #71
#79Wilma26US #77
#80Josephine25US #27
#81Marion25US #42
#82Verna25US #146
#83Audrey24US #89
#84Edith24US #34
#85Mabel24US #99
#86Mavis24
#87Jeanne23US #97
#88Loretta23US #125
#89Opal23US #108
#90Darlene22
#91Emma22US #50
#92Katherine22US #54
#93Laura22US #68
#94Ellen21US #95
#95Hilda21US #131
#96Adeline20US #193
#97Blanche20US #115
#98Bonnie20US #137
#99Eva20US #64
#100Kathleen20US #80

Boys

#1Robert368US #2
#2John230US #1
#3Donald228US #12
#4William201US #3
#5James185US #4
#6Charles138US #5
#7Kenneth131US #21
#8Harold126US #13
#9George117US #6
#10Raymond108US #16
#11Richard106US #9
#12Walter82US #15
#13Paul75US #14
#14Clarence73US #29
#15Eugene72US #25
#16Leonard71US #38
#17Arthur70US #19
#18Joseph70US #7
#19Howard65US #26
#20Marvin62US #56
#21Thomas61US #11
#22Edward60US #8
#23Henry59US #17
#24Francis57US #34
#25Ralph57US #23
#26Dale56US #89
#27Wayne55US #78
#28Melvin54US #50
#29Lloyd53US #59
#30Albert52US #20
#31Frank52US #10
#32Lawrence51US #36
#33Alvin48US #73
#34Roy48US #32
#35Vernon48US #68
#36Lyle47US #146
#37Clifford43US #63
#38Carl41US #30
#39Leo41US #51
#40Gerald40US #58
#41Leroy40US #55
#42Glenn39US #79
#43Jack39US #18
#44Norman39US #44
#45Gordon38US #76
#46Floyd37US #61
#47Warren36US #45
#48Orville35US #151
#49Stanley35US #41
#50Bernard34US #46
#51Ernest34US #37
#52Arnold33US #94
#53Earl33US #31
#54Lester33US #69
#55Elmer32US #54
#56Harvey32US #88
#57Herbert32US #40
#58David31US #24
#59Louis31US #27
#60Edwin30US #52
#61Harry30US #22
#62Milton29US #74
#63Russell29US #49
#64Glen28US #123
#65Keith28US #157
#66Merle28US #172
#67Duane27
#68Ray27US #65
#69Victor27US #86
#70Willis27US #133
#71Fred26US #33
#72Theodore26US #62
#73Alfred24US #42
#74Willard24US #91
#75Virgil23US #99
#76Leslie22US #114
#77Peter22US #57
#78Emil21US #173
#79Herman21US #66
#80Leland21US #183
#81Maurice21US #103
#82Wallace21US #87
#83Dean20US #158
#84Everett20US #98
#85Ivan20US #186
#86Roger20US #96
#87Douglas19US #106
#88Erwin19
#89Cecil18US #85
#90Chester18US #64
#91Gene18US #144
#92Lowell18US #197
#93Roland18US #115
#94Joe17US #35
#95Martin17US #80
#96Vincent17US #71
#97Andrew16US #53
#98Loren16
#99Vern16
#100Clayton15US #160

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑47Paul#13
↑32Kathryn#66
↑31Eunice#64
↑30Thomas#21
↑28Patricia#44
↑26Delores#33
↑25Louis#59
↑24Harriet#65

Falling

↓33Elmer#55
↓29Edith#84
↓29Warren#47
↓27Pearl#78
↓25Emma#91
↓25Herbert#57
↓22Wilma#79
↓22Virgil#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.