Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1945

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	225
2	Carol	193
3	Sharon	179
4	Linda	142
5	Barbara	139
6	Karen	118
7	Judy	117
8	Sandra	113
9	Patricia	110
10	Judith	100
11	Nancy	95
12	Donna	90
13	Cheryl	83
14	Betty	82
15	Shirley	80
16	Janice	79
17	Diane	67
18	Janet	61
19	Kathleen	58
19	Susan	58
21	Joyce	56
22	Marilyn	52
23	Beverly	48
23	Gloria	48
23	Joan	48
26	Lois	47
26	Margaret	47
28	Connie	46
29	Jean	45
30	Ruth	44
31	Bonnie	41
32	Darlene	40
32	Elaine	40
34	Dorothy	37
35	Carolyn	36
35	Dianne	36
37	Diana	34
37	Jane	34
37	Joanne	34
40	Virginia	33
41	Rita	32
42	Kay	30
43	Charlotte	29
44	Helen	27
44	Joann	27
46	Phyllis	26
47	Delores	25
47	Rose	25
49	Marjorie	24
49	Peggy	24

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	283
2	Robert	268
3	Richard	239
4	David	182
5	John	179
6	Gary	171
7	Dennis	170
7	Larry	170
9	Donald	158
10	Ronald	151
11	Thomas	132
12	William	124
13	Roger	114
14	Michael	102
15	Kenneth	95
16	Charles	78
17	Jerry	72
18	Terry	67
19	Douglas	63
20	Gerald	62
21	Dale	56
22	Paul	54
23	Wayne	51
24	Daniel	49
25	Duane	44
26	Joseph	41
27	Raymond	40
28	Edward	39
28	George	39
30	Leroy	33
30	Lyle	33
30	Marvin	33
33	Stanley	30
34	Alan	29
35	Eugene	28
36	Jack	27
36	Jim	27
36	Steven	27
39	Allen	26
39	Dean	26
41	Lawrence	25
42	Keith	24
42	Rodney	24
44	Bernard	23
44	Gordon	23
44	Melvin	23
47	Frank	22
47	Mike	22
49	Bruce	21
49	Curtis	21