South Dakota ★ 1928

Top names in South Dakota, 1928

Betty led for girls with 236 babies ; Robert for boys with 346. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Betty	236
2	Mary	224
3	Dorothy	185
4	Phyllis	125
5	Lois	119
6	Doris	112
7	Donna	111
8	Shirley	106
9	Helen	101
10	Beverly	97
11	Ruth	90
12	Margaret	83
13	Joyce	82
14	Patricia	76
15	Darlene	72
15	Norma	72
17	Alice	70
17	Virginia	70
19	Mildred	69
20	Delores	67
21	Jean	66
21	Marjorie	66
23	Lorraine	63
24	Gladys	61
24	Irene	61
26	Evelyn	57
27	Dolores	55
28	Lucille	53
29	Bernice	49
30	Ramona	47
31	Carol	46
31	Elizabeth	46
31	Esther	46
31	Violet	46
35	Frances	45
36	Viola	44
37	Maxine	43
38	Arlene	40
38	Barbara	40
40	Elaine	39
41	Gloria	37
41	Marilyn	37
41	Mavis	37
44	Edna	36
44	Leona	36
46	Hazel	35
46	Rose	35
48	Lavonne	34
48	Marian	34
50	Bonnie	33
50	Florence	33
50	Joan	33
53	June	32
53	Vivian	32
55	Agnes	30
55	Geraldine	30
57	Audrey	29
57	Martha	29
59	Fern	28
59	Grace	28
61	Eunice	26
62	Anna	24
62	Wilma	24
64	Marie	23
65	Edith	22
65	Lillian	22
67	Eleanor	21
67	Ella	21
67	Luella	21
67	Ruby	21
67	Sylvia	21
72	Marcella	19
72	Velma	19
74	Adeline	17
74	Alma	17
74	Clara	17
74	Jeanne	17
74	Kathleen	17
74	Lila	17
74	Marion	17
74	Verna	17
82	Deloris	16
82	Ellen	16
82	Eva	16
82	Joy	16
82	Louise	16
82	Muriel	16
82	Thelma	16
89	Bertha	15
89	Catherine	15
89	Elsie	15
89	Kathryn	15
89	Loretta	15
89	Marlys	15
89	Pauline	15
89	Rita	15
89	Vera	15
98	Bette	14
98	Gertrude	14
98	Harriet	14

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	346
2	Donald	320
3	John	191
4	James	185
5	Richard	169
6	William	154
7	Charles	108
8	Kenneth	102
9	Harold	98
10	George	95
11	Raymond	87
12	Eugene	82
13	Dale	80
14	Marvin	72
15	Gerald	66
16	Walter	63
17	Wayne	59
18	Lloyd	58
19	Lawrence	56
20	Lyle	54
20	Norman	54
20	Paul	54
23	Edward	53
23	Herbert	53
25	Francis	50
25	Howard	50
25	Leroy	50
28	Duane	49
29	Leonard	48
29	Thomas	48
31	Arthur	47
31	Gene	47
33	Leo	46
34	Alvin	45
35	Clarence	44
35	Earl	44
37	Ronald	43
38	Arnold	42
39	Elmer	41
40	Albert	40
40	David	40
40	Henry	40
40	Joseph	40
40	Melvin	40
40	Ralph	40
40	Roy	40
47	Clifford	38
48	Stanley	36
49	Jack	34
50	Louis	33
50	Merle	33
52	Dean	32
52	Frank	32
52	Harry	32
55	Bernard	31
55	Don	31
55	Keith	31
55	Vernon	31
59	Floyd	30
60	Gordon	29
60	Roger	29
62	Fred	27
63	Alfred	26
63	Bob	26
63	Darrell	26
63	Delbert	26
63	Glenn	26
68	Lester	25
69	Curtis	24
69	Edwin	24
69	Joe	24
69	Milton	24
73	Ernest	23
73	Jerome	23
73	Wallace	23
73	Wesley	23
77	Douglas	22
77	Glen	22
77	Harvey	22
77	Russell	22
77	Virgil	22
77	Wilbur	22
77	Willard	22
84	Bill	21
84	Carl	21
84	Laverne	21
87	Roland	20
88	Lowell	19
89	Calvin	18
89	Ervin	18
91	Maynard	16
91	Ray	16
91	Victor	16
91	Vincent	16
95	Allen	15
95	Bruce	15
95	Dennis	15
95	Leland	15
95	Leslie	15
95	Orville	15