South Dakota ★ 1917

Top names in South Dakota, 1917

Helen led for girls with 237 babies ; John for boys with 222. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Helen	237
2	Mary	228
3	Dorothy	194
4	Margaret	171
5	Ruth	152
6	Evelyn	143
7	Mildred	114
8	Irene	108
9	Florence	97
10	Gladys	89
11	Doris	84
11	Hazel	84
13	Frances	80
14	Alice	78
15	Esther	77
16	Lillian	73
16	Lois	73
16	Viola	73
19	Edna	71
19	Marie	71
21	Lucille	64
22	Grace	62
23	Gertrude	58
24	Marjorie	57
25	Elizabeth	56
25	Virginia	56
27	Leona	55
28	Agnes	52
28	Anna	52
30	Clara	49
30	Maxine	49
30	Ruby	49
33	Bernice	48
34	Martha	47
35	Elsie	46
35	Violet	46
37	Ethel	45
38	Thelma	44
39	Rose	43
40	Vera	42
40	Vivian	42
42	Eleanor	40
42	Emma	40
44	Pearl	39
45	Josephine	37
45	Marian	37
45	Phyllis	37
48	Kathryn	36
49	Bertha	35
49	Ida	35
49	Myrtle	35
52	Ann	33
52	Catherine	33
52	Lorraine	33
52	Wilma	33
56	Edith	32
57	June	31
58	Verna	30
59	Alma	29
59	Jean	29
59	Mabel	29
62	Betty	28
62	Eva	28
64	Geraldine	27
65	Eileen	26
65	Hilda	26
65	Lydia	26
68	Genevieve	25
69	Beatrice	24
69	Charlotte	24
69	Katherine	24
69	Louise	24
69	Norma	24
74	Ellen	23
75	Carol	22
75	Elaine	22
75	Fern	22
75	Harriet	22
75	Joyce	22
75	Shirley	22
75	Velma	22
82	Barbara	21
82	Inez	21
82	Irma	21
82	Marguerite	21
82	Marion	21
82	Opal	21
82	Sylvia	21
89	Loretta	20
90	Adeline	19
90	Laura	19
90	Luella	19
90	Mae	19
94	Blanche	18
95	Anne	17
95	Arlene	17
95	Ella	17
95	Erma	17
95	Nellie	17
100	Kathleen	16

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	John	222
2	Robert	203
3	William	153
4	James	145
5	Donald	141
6	George	136
7	Harold	122
8	Charles	121
9	Kenneth	89
10	Arthur	86
11	Edward	85
12	Raymond	82
13	Richard	80
14	Clarence	78
15	Walter	76
16	Paul	74
17	Joseph	71
17	Lloyd	71
19	Albert	67
20	Ralph	66
21	Lawrence	61
22	Elmer	57
22	Henry	57
24	Francis	55
25	Clifford	53
25	Leo	53
25	Melvin	53
28	Alvin	52
28	Earl	52
28	Leonard	52
31	Harry	51
32	Lester	49
33	Edwin	46
33	Herbert	46
35	Carl	45
35	Marvin	45
35	Roy	45
38	Arnold	42
38	Ernest	42
40	Howard	41
40	Virgil	41
42	Frank	40
43	Dale	39
44	Fred	38
44	Leroy	38
44	Lyle	38
44	Thomas	38
48	Gordon	37
49	Jack	36
49	Vernon	36
51	Eugene	34
52	Gerald	33
53	Orville	32
54	Milton	30
54	Ray	30
56	Alfred	29
56	Norman	29
56	Russell	29
59	Bernard	28
60	Everett	27
60	Floyd	27
62	Merle	26
63	Glenn	25
63	Martin	25
65	Wayne	22
66	Glen	21
66	Leslie	21
66	Louis	21
66	Willard	21
70	David	20
71	Herman	19
72	Oscar	18
72	Otto	18
72	Peter	18
72	Stanley	18
76	Andrew	17
76	Clayton	17
76	Emil	17
76	Harvey	17
80	Chester	16
80	Wilbur	16
82	Clyde	15
82	Joe	15
82	Lowell	15
82	Ronald	15
82	Sylvester	15
82	Victor	15
82	Vincent	15
89	Erwin	14
89	Ivan	14
89	Milo	14
89	Wesley	14
93	Delbert	13
93	Frederick	13
93	Maurice	13
93	Myron	13
93	Sidney	13
93	Warren	13
99	Allen	12
99	Eldon	12