Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1947

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	495
2	Mary	310
3	Carol	213
4	Barbara	193
5	Sharon	179
6	Judy	173
7	Sandra	172
8	Patricia	154
9	Donna	133
10	Karen	130
11	Cheryl	124
12	Nancy	110
13	Janice	106
14	Susan	104
15	Judith	99
16	Diane	92
17	Shirley	84
18	Janet	82
19	Connie	77
19	Kathleen	77
21	Betty	69
21	Marilyn	69
23	Jean	64
24	Bonnie	62
25	Beverly	58
26	Gloria	57
27	Carolyn	56
27	Joyce	56
27	Pamela	56
30	Margaret	53
31	Dianne	50
32	Virginia	49
33	Jane	46
34	Cynthia	44
35	Dorothy	41
35	Joan	41
35	Ruth	41
38	Darlene	40
39	Diana	38
39	Peggy	38
41	Elaine	37
41	Kathryn	37
43	Lois	36
44	Helen	35
44	Marlene	35
46	Kathy	34
47	Jeanne	32
47	Rita	32
49	Kay	31
50	Marjorie	29

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	356
2	James	334
3	David	307
4	Richard	265
5	Dennis	257
6	John	250
7	Larry	243
8	Gary	216
9	Michael	215
10	Ronald	200
11	Thomas	171
12	William	164
13	Donald	151
14	Kenneth	127
15	Charles	121
16	Roger	120
17	Douglas	118
18	Terry	91
19	Jerry	88
20	Steven	82
21	Paul	78
21	Wayne	78
23	Daniel	75
24	Dale	67
25	Gerald	62
26	Bruce	60
27	Rodney	54
28	Gregory	50
28	Patrick	50
28	Raymond	50
31	Duane	46
31	George	46
31	Mark	46
34	Edward	45
35	Joseph	41
36	Eugene	39
37	Lawrence	37
38	Allen	36
38	Russell	36
40	Stephen	35
41	Dean	34
42	Lyle	33
43	Curtis	32
43	Stanley	32
45	Danny	31
45	Steve	31
47	Leonard	30
48	Alan	29
48	Gene	29
48	Keith	29