Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1946

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	300
2	Linda	193
3	Sharon	178
4	Carol	177
5	Patricia	169
6	Judy	157
7	Sandra	149
8	Barbara	148
9	Karen	125
10	Donna	104
11	Diane	98
12	Nancy	96
13	Judith	93
14	Shirley	91
15	Bonnie	88
15	Cheryl	88
17	Kathleen	85
17	Susan	85
19	Janice	84
20	Betty	80
21	Janet	78
22	Margaret	74
23	Jean	72
24	Marilyn	66
25	Beverly	62
25	Joyce	62
27	Connie	57
28	Dorothy	55
29	Gloria	53
30	Joan	51
31	Carolyn	50
32	Dianne	45
33	Kay	43
34	Diana	42
35	Pamela	41
35	Phyllis	41
37	Lois	39
38	Charlotte	38
38	Peggy	38
40	Jane	35
40	Marlene	35
42	Elizabeth	34
43	Elaine	33
43	Helen	33
43	Norma	33
43	Virginia	33
47	Joann	32
48	Cynthia	30
48	Rita	30
48	Ruth	30

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	326
2	James	323
3	Richard	287
4	David	242
5	John	222
6	Dennis	216
7	Gary	204
8	Ronald	200
9	Larry	197
10	Michael	149
11	Donald	141
12	Kenneth	131
13	Thomas	130
14	William	124
15	Roger	117
16	Charles	88
17	Jerry	87
18	Douglas	84
19	Paul	82
20	Terry	73
21	Gerald	66
22	Dale	60
22	Daniel	60
24	Wayne	58
25	Allen	47
26	George	45
26	Patrick	45
28	Duane	41
29	Marvin	40
30	Alan	39
31	Raymond	38
31	Rodney	38
33	Steven	36
34	Keith	35
34	Leroy	35
36	Gene	33
37	Danny	32
37	Edward	32
37	Joseph	32
40	Dean	31
40	Eugene	31
40	Lyle	31
43	Jim	30
43	Timothy	30
45	Darrell	29
45	Jack	29
45	Ralph	29
48	Bruce	28
49	Curtis	26
49	Gregory	26