Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1941

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	216
2	Sharon	182
3	Karen	142
4	Carol	138
5	Judy	136
6	Barbara	135
7	Patricia	123
8	Judith	116
9	Donna	109
10	Janice	106
11	Joyce	85
12	Shirley	83
13	Janet	73
14	Linda	69
15	Betty	66
16	Sandra	65
17	Dorothy	64
18	Beverly	62
18	Gloria	62
18	Marilyn	62
21	Joan	61
22	Nancy	55
23	Jean	51
24	Darlene	47
25	Ruth	46
26	Lois	44
26	Phyllis	44
28	Bonnie	43
28	Margaret	43
30	Helen	41
30	Virginia	41
32	Connie	40
33	Elaine	37
33	Kathleen	37
33	Marlene	37
36	Carolyn	34
36	Norma	34
38	Deanna	31
39	Frances	30
39	Kay	30
41	Diane	29
41	Joann	29
41	Marjorie	29
44	Charlotte	28
44	Doris	28
46	Alice	27
46	Arlene	27
46	Marlys	27
49	Delores	26
50	Carole	25

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	264
2	Robert	251
3	Richard	217
4	Larry	209
5	Donald	178
6	John	168
7	David	167
8	Gary	157
9	Ronald	151
10	Dennis	150
11	William	130
12	Charles	99
12	Roger	99
14	Jerry	98
15	Kenneth	95
16	Thomas	80
17	Dale	64
18	Gerald	63
19	Wayne	57
20	Michael	53
21	Duane	50
22	Paul	46
23	Edward	43
24	Leroy	42
25	Dean	41
25	Lawrence	41
25	Raymond	41
28	Joseph	40
29	Douglas	37
29	Lyle	37
31	Eugene	36
31	George	36
31	Marvin	36
34	Terry	35
35	Harold	33
36	Gene	31
36	Jim	31
38	Darrell	30
38	Melvin	30
40	Jack	27
41	Keith	26
41	Stanley	26
43	Gordon	25
43	Patrick	25
45	Leonard	24
46	Albert	22
46	Daniel	22
48	Allen	21
48	Alvin	21
48	Harvey	21