State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1924 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,475 South Dakota births in 1924 across 460 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.

#49Darleneoutside the national top 200
#30Delores#174 nationally
#63Fern#197 nationally
#68Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#71Luellaoutside the national top 200
#81Harlanoutside the national top 200
#83Mavisoutside the national top 200
#59Duane#176 nationally
#68Merle#184 nationally
#85Maynardoutside the national top 200
#88Laverneoutside the national top 200
#89Delorisoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary250US #1
#2Dorothy246US #2
#3Betty195US #4
#4Helen176US #3
#5Ruth157US #6
#6Margaret122US #5
#7Doris114US #9
#8Lois110US #22
#9Evelyn100US #12
#10Phyllis100US #44
#11Lorraine99US #52
#12Marjorie92US #17
#13Alice90US #15
#14Virginia88US #7
#15Mildred87US #8
#16Irene85US #18
#17Esther83US #51
#18Shirley75US #19
#19Frances71US #10
#20Maxine69US #77
#21Lucille67US #37
#22Gladys66US #30
#23Marie59US #14
#24Arlene57US #122
#25Elizabeth56US #11
#26Patricia54US #35
#27Lillian50US #23
#28Norma50US #40
#29Anna49US #13
#30Delores49US #174
#31Elaine49US #73
#32Edna48US #31
#33Florence48US #20
#34Hazel47US #42
#35Vivian47US #71
#36Jean46US #16
#37Joyce45US #83
#38Wilma45US #67
#39Bernice44US #47
#40Leona44US #103
#41Marian44US #64
#42Violet43US #88
#43Dolores42US #75
#44Eleanor42US #29
#45Rose41US #25
#46Vera40US #85
#47Beverly39US #121
#48Viola39US #82
#49Darlene38
#50Audrey37US #84
#51June37US #45
#52Verna36US #153
#53Carol35US #132
#54Clara35US #56
#55Geraldine35US #58
#56Pearl35US #78
#57Agnes34US #63
#58Donna34US #131
#59Elsie34US #61
#60Barbara31US #28
#61Eileen31US #93
#62Ethel30US #39
#63Fern29US #197
#64Grace28US #43
#65Bette27US #151
#66Bonnie27US #117
#67Ella27US #94
#68Lavonne27
#69Sylvia27US #104
#70Loretta26US #124
#71Luella26
#72Ruby26US #26
#73Gertrude25US #60
#74Wanda25US #74
#75Eva24US #66
#76Mabel24US #108
#77Marcella23US #164
#78Thelma23US #33
#79Catherine22US #27
#80Edith22US #36
#81Laura22US #72
#82Marion22US #46
#83Mavis22
#84Myrtle22US #89
#85Genevieve21US #107
#86Harriet21US #128
#87Kathryn21US #81
#88Rita21US #49
#89Deloris20
#90Ellen20US #99
#91Kathleen20US #76
#92Martha20US #21
#93Charlotte19US #80
#94Eunice19US #130
#95Josephine19US #34
#96Opal19US #120
#97Adeline18US #191
#98Ida18US #70
#99Jeanne18US #90
#100Margie18US #102

Boys

#1Robert397US #1
#2Donald250US #10
#3John246US #2
#4William186US #3
#5James174US #4
#6Richard142US #8
#7Harold120US #13
#8Charles118US #5
#9George113US #6
#10Kenneth113US #19
#11Raymond93US #15
#12Clarence77US #29
#13Eugene76US #25
#14Dale75US #84
#15Edward74US #9
#16Joseph66US #7
#17Howard63US #26
#18Arthur60US #20
#19Marvin60US #50
#20Melvin60US #48
#21Francis58US #34
#22Paul57US #14
#23Albert55US #21
#24Earl55US #33
#25Leonard54US #38
#26Ralph54US #23
#27Leo53US #51
#28Walter53US #16
#29Jack52US #17
#30Calvin51US #44
#31Lloyd51US #61
#32Vernon51US #68
#33Elmer50US #57
#34Alvin47US #73
#35Thomas46US #11
#36Wayne46US #74
#37Harry43US #22
#38Arnold42US #95
#39Gordon41US #75
#40Lawrence40US #36
#41Roy40US #31
#42Henry39US #18
#43Bernard38US #46
#44Warren38US #58
#45David37US #24
#46Dean37US #144
#47Stanley37US #40
#48Ernest36US #37
#49Frank36US #12
#50Virgil36US #111
#51Carl35US #27
#52Herbert35US #41
#53Lester35US #72
#54Lyle35US #159
#55Norman35US #42
#56Alfred34US #43
#57Floyd34US #66
#58Edwin33US #55
#59Duane32US #176
#60Gerald32US #49
#61Glenn32US #79
#62Clifford31US #64
#63Leroy31US #53
#64Orville31US #155
#65Ray31US #60
#66Russell31US #52
#67Fred29US #32
#68Merle28US #184
#69Wallace28US #87
#70Willard27US #97
#71Victor26US #90
#72Maurice24US #102
#73Glen23US #118
#74Ronald23US #130
#75Keith22US #150
#76Louis22US #28
#77Theodore22US #65
#78Milton21US #81
#79Philip21US #71
#80Roland21US #98
#81Harlan20
#82Roger20US #93
#83Andrew19US #56
#84Bob19US #142
#85Maynard19
#86Curtis18US #117
#87Harvey18US #88
#88Laverne18
#89Max18US #126
#90Peter18US #59
#91Wesley18US #131
#92Ervin17US #192
#93Everett17US #104
#94Gilbert17US #100
#95Leslie17US #107
#96Jerome16US #114
#97Leland16US #185
#98Lowell16US #175
#99Patrick16US #147
#100Allen15US #94

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑49Calvin#30
↑48Beverly#47
↑40Audrey#50
↑27Verna#52
↑26Leona#40
↑26Barbara#60
↑25Glen#73
↑24Sylvia#69

Falling

↓39Charlotte#93
↓37Thelma#78
↓37Martha#92
↓32Ruby#72
↓31Gerald#60
↓27Floyd#57
↓26Jeanne#99
↓26Duane#59

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.