Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1942

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	225
2	Sharon	202
3	Karen	193
4	Carol	167
5	Barbara	128
6	Judy	125
7	Patricia	112
8	Shirley	103
9	Sandra	102
10	Donna	100
11	Janice	99
12	Janet	88
13	Linda	75
14	Judith	74
15	Betty	71
15	Joyce	71
17	Beverly	69
18	Bonnie	68
19	Marilyn	62
20	Dorothy	61
21	Joan	60
22	Nancy	58
23	Darlene	51
23	Kathleen	51
23	Lois	51
26	Carolyn	49
26	Diane	49
28	Jean	46
29	Virginia	44
30	Gloria	41
30	Margaret	41
32	Ruth	40
33	Carole	35
33	Connie	35
33	Elaine	35
33	Helen	35
33	Kay	35
33	Susan	35
39	Delores	34
40	Joanne	33
41	Deanna	32
42	Rose	29
43	Charlotte	27
43	Joann	27
45	Marjorie	26
46	Dianne	24
46	Doris	24
46	Kathryn	24
46	Marlene	24
50	Norma	23

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	262
2	James	254
3	Larry	213
4	Richard	200
5	John	180
6	Dennis	177
7	David	164
8	Donald	159
9	Ronald	158
10	Gary	151
11	William	125
12	Roger	123
13	Douglas	94
14	Jerry	92
15	Thomas	90
16	Kenneth	89
17	Charles	84
18	Gerald	76
19	Michael	60
20	Paul	50
20	Wayne	50
22	George	47
23	Dale	43
24	Raymond	42
25	Duane	40
25	Edward	40
27	Marvin	39
28	Joseph	38
28	Lyle	38
30	Eugene	37
30	Harold	37
30	Melvin	37
33	Terry	35
34	Gordon	34
35	Gene	33
36	Allen	32
36	Jim	32
36	Keith	32
39	Leroy	31
40	Darrell	29
40	Dean	29
40	Lawrence	29
40	Norman	29
40	Vernon	29
45	Jerome	28
46	Jerald	27
47	Francis	25
48	Rodney	24
49	Daniel	23
49	Jack	23