State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1927 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,910 South Dakota births in 1927 across 403 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.

#25Darlene#185 nationally
#54Fernoutside the national top 200
#57Mavisoutside the national top 200
#64Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#25Lyle#151 nationally
#75Laverneoutside the national top 200
#76Luellaoutside the national top 200
#55Merle#179 nationally
#77Delorisoutside the national top 200
#28Duane#147 nationally
#65Marcella#182 nationally
#76Lowell#193 nationally

Girls

#1Mary238US #1
#2Betty204US #3
#3Dorothy157US #2
#4Doris110US #7
#5Ruth106US #6
#6Helen104US #4
#7Phyllis104US #29
#8Shirley104US #9
#9Lois100US #19
#10Joyce87US #35
#11Margaret86US #5
#12Delores81US #128
#13Donna78US #70
#14Patricia74US #18
#15Beverly72US #57
#16Virginia72US #8
#17Marjorie71US #25
#18Irene68US #21
#19Alice65US #17
#20Gladys63US #37
#21Evelyn60US #15
#22Lorraine59US #44
#23Norma59US #26
#24Violet59US #103
#25Darlene56US #185
#26Jean56US #14
#27Maxine56US #87
#28Arlene55US #108
#29Lucille52US #45
#30Frances51US #12
#31Esther48US #65
#32Edna47US #40
#33Dolores44US #34
#34Elaine44US #69
#35Mildred44US #11
#36Barbara41US #10
#37Florence41US #28
#38Viola41US #101
#39Carol40US #106
#40Marilyn40US #46
#41Lillian38US #32
#42Eleanor37US #33
#43Rose37US #23
#44Vera37US #89
#45Vivian36US #77
#46Elizabeth33US #13
#47Anna31US #16
#48Marian30US #74
#49Marie30US #20
#50Grace29US #50
#51Audrey28US #62
#52Eileen28US #91
#53Louise28US #27
#54Fern27
#55Geraldine27US #58
#56Hazel27US #53
#57Mavis27
#58Agnes26US #81
#59Bonnie26US #100
#60Edith26US #48
#61Elsie26US #72
#62Eunice25US #134
#63Joan25US #41
#64Lavonne25
#65Marcella25US #182
#66Ruby25US #30
#67Bernice24US #49
#68Charlotte24US #75
#69Gloria24US #22
#70Martha24US #24
#71Thelma24US #38
#72Ellen23US #93
#73June23US #43
#74Leona23US #121
#75Verna23US #153
#76Luella22
#77Deloris21
#78Alma20US #97
#79Gertrude20US #78
#80Jeanette20US #131
#81Loretta19US #127
#82Marion19US #51
#83Pearl19US #102
#84Kathleen18US #83
#85Josephine17US #39
#86Laura17US #82
#87Sylvia17US #116
#88Ethel16US #47
#89Genevieve16US #126
#90Harriet16US #132
#91Mabel16US #133
#92Myrtle16US #110
#93Pauline16US #42
#94Wanda16US #66
#95Wilma16US #68
#96Ella15US #98
#97Eva15US #79
#98Jeanne15US #85
#99Lila15US #193
#100Theresa15US #52

Boys

#1Robert343US #1
#2Donald294US #8
#3John210US #2
#4William161US #4
#5Richard156US #6
#6James147US #3
#7Kenneth118US #18
#8George114US #7
#9Charles109US #5
#10Harold105US #14
#11Raymond84US #15
#12Marvin74US #47
#13Eugene71US #20
#14Dale68US #81
#15Edward67US #10
#16Wayne63US #67
#17Paul62US #13
#18Melvin59US #48
#19Norman58US #39
#20Arthur54US #22
#21Alvin52US #66
#22Leo51US #55
#23Thomas51US #11
#24Howard50US #28
#25Lyle50US #151
#26Jack49US #16
#27Lloyd49US #58
#28Duane48US #147
#29Albert47US #23
#30Francis47US #36
#31Gene46US #72
#32Joseph46US #9
#33Clarence45US #32
#34Earl45US #33
#35Gerald45US #38
#36Gordon45US #74
#37Ralph44US #24
#38Lawrence41US #37
#39Walter41US #17
#40Calvin40US #73
#41Carl40US #26
#42Clifford40US #65
#43Vernon40US #71
#44Frank38US #12
#45Glen38US #115
#46Leonard38US #40
#47Leroy38US #51
#48Herbert37US #42
#49Harry34US #25
#50Elmer33US #61
#51Don32US #90
#52Henry32US #19
#53Arnold31US #97
#54Glenn30US #76
#55Merle30US #179
#56Milton30US #88
#57Wesley30US #134
#58Floyd29US #53
#59Roy29US #34
#60Alfred27US #45
#61Dean27US #133
#62Roland27US #109
#63Stanley27US #44
#64Harvey26US #94
#65Keith26US #141
#66Bernard25US #50
#67David25US #21
#68Russell25US #54
#69Virgil25US #121
#70Ernest24US #41
#71Vincent24US #77
#72Edwin23US #57
#73Orville23US #172
#74Ronald23US #63
#75Laverne21
#76Lowell21US #193
#77Ray21US #60
#78Fred20US #35
#79Roger20US #84
#80Wallace20US #96
#81Theodore19US #62
#82Bob18US #100
#83Delbert18US #159
#84Ervin18US #189
#85Everett18US #120
#86Leslie18US #126
#87Martin18US #87
#88Warren18US #79
#89Willard18US #106
#90Clayton17US #163
#91Darrell16
#92Herman16US #70
#93Jerry16US #93
#94Joe16US #30
#95Leon16US #78
#96Philip16US #75
#97Allen15US #95
#98Bill15US #69
#99Billy15US #31
#100Lavern15

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑44Vera#44
↑38Gene#31
↑32Edna#32
↑29Alfred#60
↑26Barbara#36
↑26Carol#39
↑26Fern#54
↑26Herbert#48

Falling

↓33Leona#74
↓31Pearl#83
↓31Darrell#91
↓29Bernice#67
↓29Wilma#95
↓27Ruby#66
↓27Leonard#46
↓27Edwin#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.