Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1943

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	271
2	Sharon	204
3	Carol	190
4	Karen	160
5	Judy	137
6	Barbara	125
7	Patricia	123
8	Linda	122
9	Donna	120
10	Judith	112
11	Janice	95
11	Shirley	95
13	Sandra	87
14	Betty	78
15	Janet	73
16	Joan	68
17	Joyce	67
18	Bonnie	66
19	Diane	64
20	Nancy	60
21	Marilyn	58
22	Dorothy	54
23	Carolyn	53
24	Beverly	52
24	Kathleen	52
24	Virginia	52
27	Margaret	46
28	Jean	44
29	Ruth	43
30	Connie	39
30	Kay	39
32	Darlene	38
32	Gloria	38
32	Rita	38
35	Lois	37
36	Dianne	35
36	Joann	35
36	Phyllis	35
39	Charlotte	31
39	Rose	31
41	Alice	30
41	Ann	30
41	Doris	30
41	Elaine	30
41	Norma	30
46	Helen	29
47	Carole	28
47	Elizabeth	28
47	Joanne	28
47	Marlys	28

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	276
2	James	256
3	Richard	213
4	Larry	209
5	David	201
6	Dennis	187
7	John	172
8	Donald	155
9	Ronald	154
10	Gary	152
11	Roger	131
12	William	117
13	Kenneth	102
14	Charles	99
15	Jerry	95
16	Thomas	90
17	Gerald	84
18	Michael	63
18	Wayne	63
20	Paul	62
21	Douglas	61
22	Dale	48
22	Daniel	48
24	Terry	47
25	Duane	45
26	George	42
27	Harold	41
27	Marvin	41
29	Jim	40
30	Leroy	38
31	Edward	36
32	Joseph	34
33	Keith	33
34	Darrell	32
34	Dean	32
36	Allen	31
36	Jerome	31
38	Eugene	30
38	Lyle	30
38	Rodney	30
41	Raymond	29
42	Jack	28
42	Jerald	28
42	Lawrence	28
42	Stanley	28
46	Norman	27
47	Bill	26
48	Alvin	25
48	Melvin	25
50	Gene	23