State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1925 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,804 South Dakota births in 1925 across 434 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.

#45Darleneoutside the national top 200
#50Mavisoutside the national top 200
#56Fernoutside the national top 200
#23Delores#163 nationally
#27Lyle#154 nationally
#74Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#74Lorenoutside the national top 200
#49Duane#170 nationally
#81Delorisoutside the national top 200
#84Luellaoutside the national top 200
#59Merle#175 nationally
#97Laverneoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary265US #1
#2Dorothy223US #2
#3Betty201US #3
#4Helen170US #4
#5Ruth136US #6
#6Doris132US #8
#7Lois115US #18
#8Phyllis107US #40
#9Margaret104US #5
#10Evelyn92US #12
#11Marjorie85US #21
#12Shirley85US #17
#13Alice81US #15
#14Irene79US #19
#15Esther70US #56
#16Lorraine68US #51
#17Mildred68US #9
#18Virginia66US #7
#19Jean64US #14
#20Arlene63US #120
#21Florence61US #24
#22Joyce60US #59
#23Delores56US #163
#24Marie56US #16
#25Donna55US #110
#26Norma55US #34
#27Lucille54US #41
#28Maxine54US #79
#29Patricia54US #28
#30Gladys50US #33
#31Beverly47US #105
#32Frances47US #11
#33June47US #39
#34Lillian47US #25
#35Eleanor45US #31
#36Edna44US #37
#37Elaine44US #73
#38Vivian43US #76
#39Grace42US #44
#40Elizabeth41US #10
#41Elsie41US #63
#42Hazel41US #45
#43Ruby41US #30
#44Viola41US #84
#45Darlene38
#46Gloria38US #20
#47Bonnie37US #107
#48Violet37US #92
#49Anna34US #13
#50Mavis34
#51Carol33US #119
#52Leona33US #108
#53Marian33US #67
#54Dolores31US #64
#55Eileen31US #96
#56Fern30
#57Marilyn30US #83
#58Clara29US #55
#59Gertrude29US #70
#60Charlotte28US #77
#61Kathleen28US #81
#62Ellen27US #101
#63Rose27US #26
#64Marcella25US #167
#65Marion25US #47
#66Martha25US #23
#67Bernice24US #46
#68Ethel24US #43
#69Geraldine24US #54
#70Mabel24US #118
#71Verna24US #153
#72Wanda24US #72
#73Barbara23US #22
#74Lavonne23
#75Pearl23US #90
#76Wilma23US #62
#77Agnes22US #69
#78Edith22US #42
#79Joan22US #66
#80Vera22US #86
#81Deloris21
#82Ella21US #93
#83Josephine21US #36
#84Luella21
#85Sylvia21US #106
#86Audrey20US #78
#87Eva20US #71
#88Laura20US #75
#89Emma19US #57
#90Genevieve19US #113
#91Ida19US #82
#92Katherine19US #61
#93Thelma19US #35
#94Jeanne18US #89
#95Lila18US #175
#96Pauline18US #38
#97Eunice17US #130
#98Opal17US #129
#99Rita17US #48
#100Alma15US #94

Boys

#1Robert413US #1
#2Donald270US #10
#3John235US #2
#4William182US #3
#5James179US #4
#6Richard136US #8
#7Kenneth118US #19
#8Charles115US #5
#9Harold115US #14
#10George105US #6
#11Raymond84US #15
#12Marvin73US #51
#13Paul70US #13
#14Eugene69US #24
#15Clifford65US #59
#16Howard65US #26
#17Dale64US #86
#18Lloyd60US #62
#19Edward58US #9
#20Thomas58US #11
#21Walter58US #16
#22Melvin56US #50
#23Arthur54US #20
#24Gerald53US #45
#25Clarence51US #30
#26Gordon51US #72
#27Lyle51US #154
#28Earl50US #31
#29Ralph50US #25
#30Alvin49US #70
#31Jack49US #17
#32Leonard49US #38
#33Calvin48US #47
#34Henry46US #18
#35Joseph45US #7
#36Leo45US #54
#37Vernon45US #67
#38Frank44US #12
#39Elmer43US #61
#40Lester43US #81
#41Roy43US #32
#42Wayne43US #74
#43Arnold42US #95
#44Francis42US #35
#45Leroy42US #52
#46Harry40US #23
#47Lawrence40US #36
#48Norman39US #41
#49Duane38US #170
#50Stanley36US #40
#51David35US #22
#52Carl34US #28
#53Herbert33US #42
#54Albert32US #21
#55Floyd31US #58
#56Russell31US #53
#57Dean30US #140
#58Harvey30US #88
#59Merle30US #175
#60Glenn28US #77
#61Ray28US #64
#62Roger28US #90
#63Orville27US #161
#64Virgil27US #120
#65Wallace26US #92
#66Glen25US #117
#67Bernard24US #48
#68Delbert24US #167
#69Keith23US #146
#70Milton23US #80
#71Edwin22US #57
#72Ernest22US #37
#73Warren22US #66
#74Loren21
#75Fred20US #33
#76Martin20US #83
#77Theodore20US #63
#78Wesley20US #135
#79Daniel19US #44
#80Willard19US #97
#81Alfred18US #43
#82Leslie18US #119
#83Allen17US #94
#84Andrew17US #56
#85Don17US #106
#86Gilbert17US #105
#87Louis17US #29
#88Maurice17US #111
#89Ronald17US #104
#90Victor17US #89
#91Curtis16US #118
#92Everett16US #108
#93Wilbur16US #110
#94Bill15US #84
#95Clayton15US #162
#96Joe15US #34
#97Laverne15
#98Lee15US #82
#99Leland15US #173
#100Roland15US #98

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑47Clifford#15
↑36Gerald#24
↑33Donna#25
↑33Mavis#50
↑33Charlotte#60
↑30Kathleen#61
↑29Ruby#43
↑29Harvey#58

Falling

↓38Wilma#76
↓36Audrey#86
↓34Vera#80
↓31Albert#54
↓29Warren#73
↓28Bernice#67
↓25Alfred#81
↓24Bernard#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.