State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1923 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,496 South Dakota births in 1923 across 445 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.

#33Duane#190 nationally
#36Delores#184 nationally
#60Mavisoutside the national top 200
#59Fern#187 nationally
#74Luellaoutside the national top 200
#74Eldonoutside the national top 200
#43Lyle#154 nationally
#69Merle#180 nationally
#95Reubenoutside the national top 200
#53Marcella#158 nationally
#97Darrelloutside the national top 200
#98Ioneoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary269US #1
#2Dorothy251US #2
#3Betty170US #5
#4Helen165US #3
#5Doris134US #11
#6Margaret131US #4
#7Ruth125US #6
#8Lois108US #27
#9Mildred107US #8
#10Irene104US #17
#11Evelyn102US #12
#12Phyllis102US #45
#13Alice99US #15
#14Lorraine89US #57
#15Virginia82US #7
#16Marjorie81US #16
#17Shirley81US #26
#18Florence80US #18
#19Gladys76US #29
#20Frances74US #10
#21Jean67US #19
#22Maxine66US #76
#23Esther65US #47
#24Elizabeth61US #9
#25Lucille61US #35
#26Violet58US #86
#27Norma57US #41
#28Edna56US #32
#29Joyce52US #104
#30June52US #42
#31Lillian52US #20
#32Eleanor51US #28
#33Marie50US #14
#34Arlene48US #127
#35Bernice48US #43
#36Delores46US #184
#37Elaine44US #87
#38Viola44US #79
#39Dolores43US #83
#40Ruby43US #25
#41Thelma43US #31
#42Hazel42US #40
#43Grace39US #39
#44Patricia39US #56
#45Agnes38US #63
#46Geraldine38US #58
#47Vera38US #82
#48Vivian38US #69
#49Marian37US #65
#50Anna36US #13
#51Clara35US #49
#52Elsie35US #61
#53Marcella35US #158
#54Charlotte34US #77
#55Martha34US #21
#56Wilma34US #74
#57Edith33US #36
#58Carol32US #139
#59Fern31US #187
#60Mavis31
#61Velma31US #116
#62Ethel30US #38
#63Rose30US #23
#64Gertrude28US #59
#65Kathryn28US #72
#66Leona28US #100
#67Louise28US #22
#68Bertha27US #64
#69Mabel27US #102
#70Eileen26US #95
#71Ellen26US #103
#72Alma25US #89
#73Jeanne25US #90
#74Luella25
#75Pearl25US #78
#76Eva24US #66
#77Katherine24US #60
#78Pauline24US #37
#79Verna24US #146
#80Donna23US #156
#81Genevieve23US #97
#82Gloria23US #48
#83Inez23US #141
#84Josephine23US #30
#85Wanda23US #80
#86Barbara22US #33
#87Harriet22US #122
#88Laura22US #73
#89Rita21US #50
#90Audrey20US #85
#91Beatrice20US #46
#92Loretta20US #124
#93Sylvia20US #98
#94Adeline18US #195
#95Beverly18US #144
#96Catherine18US #24
#97Eunice18US #125
#98Ione18
#99Marilyn18US #118
#100Ann17US #52

Boys

#1Robert374US #2
#2Donald266US #10
#3John260US #1
#4James178US #4
#5William173US #3
#6Kenneth132US #21
#7Harold129US #13
#8Richard117US #9
#9Charles113US #5
#10George99US #6
#11Raymond97US #15
#12Marvin82US #51
#13Clarence77US #29
#14Joseph70US #7
#15Dale65US #90
#16Walter64US #16
#17Edward63US #8
#18Eugene63US #25
#19Francis63US #34
#20Lloyd63US #59
#21Paul63US #14
#22Leonard61US #37
#23Melvin60US #48
#24Howard57US #26
#25Lawrence57US #36
#26Leo55US #49
#27Ralph55US #23
#28Wayne53US #75
#29Gerald52US #54
#30Floyd51US #64
#31Thomas50US #12
#32Vernon50US #67
#33Duane49US #190
#34Frank49US #11
#35Earl48US #31
#36Harry48US #22
#37Albert47US #20
#38Elmer47US #57
#39Henry47US #18
#40Arthur46US #19
#41Bernard45US #46
#42Jack43US #17
#43Lyle43US #154
#44Roy43US #32
#45Ernest41US #38
#46Alvin38US #73
#47Herbert37US #40
#48Wallace37US #69
#49Warren37US #43
#50Glenn36US #84
#51Lester36US #71
#52Norman35US #44
#53Orville35US #152
#54Arnold33US #93
#55Edwin32US #56
#56Stanley32US #41
#57Gordon31US #76
#58Leroy31US #55
#59David29US #24
#60Dean29US #153
#61Russell28US #52
#62Virgil28US #100
#63Carl27US #28
#64Harvey27US #91
#65Keith27US #145
#66Clifford26US #65
#67Milton25US #81
#68Vincent25US #72
#69Merle24US #180
#70Fred23US #33
#71Theodore23US #62
#72Alfred22US #42
#73Herman22US #66
#74Eldon21
#75Louis21US #27
#76Ray21US #61
#77Willard21US #92
#78Allen20US #97
#79Calvin20US #82
#80Delbert20US #156
#81Ervin20US #177
#82Lee20US #85
#83Maurice20US #101
#84Andrew19US #53
#85Lewis19US #74
#86Philip19US #70
#87Roger19US #95
#88Cecil18US #87
#89Wesley18US #125
#90Daniel17US #47
#91Everett17US #99
#92Leland17US #174
#93Martin17US #80
#94Peter17US #58
#95Reuben17
#96Wilbur17US #105
#97Darrell16
#98Glen16US #121
#99Harlan16
#100Joe16US #35

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑34Duane#33
↑34Wallace#48
↑32Joyce#29
↑31Thelma#41
↑29Jean#21
↑28Vincent#68
↑27Edith#57
↑26Mavis#60

Falling

↓40Alma#72
↓40Ann#100
↓34Glen#98
↓33Eunice#97
↓32Barbara#86
↓31Leona#66
↓29Catherine#96
↓29Clifford#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.