Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1940

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	209
2	Sharon	170
3	Carol	151
4	Donna	126
5	Judy	123
6	Patricia	119
7	Karen	118
8	Barbara	115
9	Janice	114
10	Joyce	104
10	Shirley	104
12	Judith	98
13	Betty	92
14	Marilyn	80
15	Janet	70
16	Beverly	68
17	Darlene	67
17	Sandra	67
19	Dorothy	65
20	Joan	63
20	Linda	63
22	Phyllis	57
23	Margaret	56
24	Bonnie	45
24	Nancy	45
26	Marlene	44
27	Lois	42
28	Kay	41
29	Virginia	40
30	Elaine	37
30	Jean	37
32	Ruth	36
33	Helen	35
33	Kathleen	35
35	Arlene	34
35	Deanna	34
35	Gloria	34
35	Joann	34
35	Norma	34
40	Connie	33
40	Delores	33
40	Diane	33
43	Marjorie	30
44	Roberta	28
45	Rita	26
46	Carole	25
46	Carolyn	25
46	Frances	25
46	Myrna	25
46	Rose	25

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	256
2	James	234
3	Richard	202
4	Larry	194
5	John	175
6	Gary	154
7	Donald	147
8	Dennis	143
9	Ronald	135
10	David	128
11	William	118
12	Roger	103
13	Kenneth	97
14	Charles	93
15	Jerry	90
16	Gerald	88
17	Thomas	72
18	Dale	67
19	George	58
20	Paul	53
20	Raymond	53
22	Eugene	46
23	Duane	45
23	Edward	45
25	Leroy	43
26	Wayne	42
27	Marvin	38
28	Jim	37
28	Michael	37
30	Douglas	33
30	Joseph	33
32	Harold	32
33	Darrell	31
33	Lyle	31
35	Stanley	30
36	Jack	29
36	Terry	29
38	Allen	28
38	Jerome	28
38	Lawrence	28
38	Norman	28
42	Jerald	26
43	Curtis	25
44	Daniel	24
44	Francis	24
44	Gene	24
44	Glenn	24
44	Melvin	24
49	Gordon	23
49	Patrick	23