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Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1935 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,386 South Dakota births in 1935 across 414 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.

#37Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#42Marlysoutside the national top 200
#52Lilaoutside the national top 200
#54Ramona#197 nationally
#66Marcellaoutside the national top 200
#23Lyle#156 nationally
#68Mavisoutside the national top 200
#73Lorenoutside the national top 200
#74Darreloutside the national top 200
#80Deloris#200 nationally
#90Harlanoutside the national top 200
#69Caroline#178 nationally

Girls

#1Shirley317US #2
#2Mary248US #1
#3Donna143US #23
#4Betty127US #4
#5Carol105US #11
#6Marilyn105US #14
#7Barbara104US #3
#8Patricia104US #5
#9Dorothy103US #6
#10Darlene92US #91
#11Joan91US #7
#12Beverly90US #20
#13Joyce90US #12
#14Marlene74US #39
#15Lois72US #21
#16Janice71US #47
#17Delores70US #57
#18Doris69US #13
#19Phyllis60US #27
#20Margaret59US #8
#21Norma54US #29
#22Arlene50US #59
#23Ruth50US #15
#24Helen49US #10
#25Bonnie48US #62
#26Alice47US #25
#27Virginia47US #16
#28Joann45US #53
#29Marjorie43US #46
#30Elaine42US #51
#31Janet38US #22
#32Joanne38US #44
#33Nancy38US #9
#34Audrey37US #64
#35Jean36US #18
#36Elizabeth35US #17
#37Lavonne35
#38Lorraine33US #68
#39Rose33US #37
#40Gloria32US #32
#41Irene30US #52
#42Marlys30
#43Kay28US #134
#44Sharon27US #96
#45Connie26US #140
#46Marie26US #33
#47Eleanor25US #48
#48June25US #55
#49Charlotte24US #65
#50Evelyn24US #31
#51Geraldine24US #40
#52Lila24
#53Lucille24US #85
#54Ramona24US #197
#55Yvonne24US #98
#56Carolyn23US #28
#57Dolores22US #26
#58Frances22US #19
#59Ann21US #30
#60Bernice21US #90
#61Gladys21US #78
#62Maxine21US #120
#63Anna20US #34
#64Karen20US #172
#65Kathleen20US #71
#66Marcella20
#67Loretta19US #69
#68Mavis19
#69Caroline18US #178
#70Esther18US #94
#71Judith18US #54
#72Mildred18US #35
#73Sylvia18US #60
#74Edna17US #67
#75Florence17US #74
#76Jane17US #43
#77Jeanette17US #104
#78Marian17US #105
#79Roberta17US #77
#80Deloris16US #200
#81Myrna16US #176
#82Constance15US #125
#83Ellen15US #95
#84Grace15US #83
#85Leona15US #155
#86Peggy15US #36
#87Clara14US #81
#88Edith14US #87
#89Gail14US #127
#90Lillian14US #66
#91Martha14US #24
#92Ruby14US #41
#93Violet14US #159
#94Wilma14US #70
#95Carole13US #93
#96Elsie13US #113
#97Faye13US #161
#98Georgia13US #123
#99Kathryn13US #111
#100Sally13US #58

Boys

#1Robert282US #1
#2Donald254US #7
#3James224US #2
#4Richard206US #5
#5John180US #3
#6William139US #4
#7Charles115US #6
#8Ronald115US #12
#9Kenneth102US #15
#10Roger83US #36
#11Gerald82US #21
#12David79US #11
#13Larry74US #33
#14Dale72US #61
#15Leroy69US #50
#16Paul65US #14
#17Duane64US #105
#18Jerry63US #22
#19Marvin63US #45
#20Dennis61US #72
#21Eugene59US #26
#22Wayne58US #49
#23Lyle54US #156
#24Harold53US #20
#25Gary51US #44
#26Thomas51US #9
#27Raymond48US #17
#28George44US #8
#29Jack44US #18
#30Norman44US #38
#31Darrell42US #136
#32Dean41US #120
#33Edward41US #13
#34Ralph40US #32
#35Lawrence39US #35
#36Gene37US #66
#37Keith37US #125
#38Allen36US #83
#39Melvin36US #57
#40Lloyd33US #84
#41Walter33US #23
#42Frank32US #16
#43Gordon32US #70
#44Vernon32US #94
#45Howard31US #39
#46Leonard30US #54
#47Alvin29US #91
#48Arthur28US #29
#49Earl28US #46
#50Stanley28US #56
#51Don27US #51
#52Francis27US #53
#53Jerome27US #96
#54Leo27US #92
#55Joseph26US #10
#56Wesley26US #148
#57Albert25US #31
#58Bernard25US #67
#59Bill25US #60
#60Clarence25US #48
#61Douglas25US #75
#62Bob24US #81
#63Clifford24US #88
#64Arnold23US #103
#65Jim23US #90
#66Carl22US #28
#67Edwin22US #89
#68Floyd22US #76
#69Rodney21US #149
#70Roy21US #40
#71Glen20US #124
#72Harvey20US #99
#73Loren20
#74Darrel19
#75Leon18US #86
#76Daniel17US #43
#77Elmer17US #115
#78Jimmy17US #47
#79Lester17US #114
#80Virgil17US #141
#81Curtis16US #108
#82Ernest16US #55
#83Fred16US #34
#84Henry16US #27
#85Philip16US #65
#86Ray16US #64
#87Roland16US #119
#88Clinton15US #185
#89Glenn15US #78
#90Harlan15
#91Joe15US #25
#92Russell15US #68
#93Billy14US #19
#94Clayton14US #187
#95Delmar14
#96Jerald14
#97Merlin14
#98Myron14
#99Leland13
#100Lowell13US #152

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑51Sharon#44
↑37Eleanor#47
↑36Bob#62
↑35Lila#52
↑32Darrell#31
↑25Keith#37
↑24Ralph#34
↑22Ramona#54

Falling

↓52Sally#100
↓40Violet#93
↓35Wilma#94
↓34Peggy#86
↓33Mildred#72
↓32Kathryn#99
↓32Lowell#100
↓28Frances#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.