Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1944

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	273
2	Sharon	181
3	Carol	161
4	Karen	143
5	Barbara	135
5	Patricia	135
7	Judy	128
8	Linda	124
9	Donna	115
10	Sandra	113
11	Judith	106
12	Betty	92
13	Shirley	84
14	Janice	81
15	Nancy	78
16	Janet	73
17	Diane	70
18	Cheryl	66
18	Marilyn	66
20	Margaret	64
21	Bonnie	59
22	Kathleen	56
23	Gloria	55
24	Jean	52
24	Joyce	52
26	Connie	49
26	Joan	49
28	Beverly	47
29	Joann	45
30	Dorothy	44
31	Carolyn	43
32	Darlene	40
32	Dianne	40
34	Rita	38
34	Ruth	38
36	Susan	36
37	Lois	34
38	Carole	32
39	Elaine	31
40	Kay	30
41	Jane	29
42	Helen	28
42	Phyllis	28
42	Virginia	28
45	Marlene	27
46	Charlotte	26
46	Frances	26
46	Pamela	26
49	Norma	25
50	Alice	24

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	281
2	Robert	256
3	Richard	224
4	Larry	200
5	John	190
6	Gary	187
7	David	173
7	Dennis	173
9	William	166
10	Donald	143
11	Ronald	135
12	Roger	129
13	Thomas	113
14	Kenneth	98
15	Charles	94
16	Michael	88
17	Jerry	86
18	Dale	70
19	Gerald	63
20	George	55
21	Wayne	53
22	Duane	52
23	Douglas	50
24	Paul	47
25	Terry	42
26	Leroy	41
27	Raymond	39
28	Edward	38
28	Joseph	38
30	Daniel	35
30	Jim	35
32	Keith	33
33	Dean	32
33	Lyle	32
35	Gene	30
35	Harold	30
37	Frank	29
38	Marvin	28
39	Allen	27
40	Darrell	26
40	Jerome	26
40	Lawrence	26
40	Melvin	26
40	Patrick	26
40	Rodney	26
46	Jack	25
46	Ralph	25
46	Tom	25
49	Gordon	24
49	Norman	24