Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1948

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	508
2	Mary	317
3	Barbara	228
4	Patricia	178
5	Sandra	175
6	Carol	169
7	Sharon	167
8	Karen	153
8	Susan	153
10	Nancy	130
11	Kathleen	123
12	Judy	122
13	Donna	120
14	Diane	116
15	Janice	106
16	Judith	96
17	Cheryl	94
18	Janet	86
19	Shirley	81
20	Pamela	79
21	Betty	67
21	Marilyn	67
23	Margaret	66
24	Connie	65
25	Cynthia	60
26	Joyce	59
27	Jane	55
28	Bonnie	54
29	Carolyn	51
30	Beverly	50
31	Peggy	48
32	Kathryn	45
32	Lois	45
34	Jean	43
35	Joan	42
36	Deborah	41
37	Gloria	40
38	Constance	39
39	Dianne	37
39	Dorothy	37
41	Elizabeth	36
42	Helen	34
42	Rose	34
44	Alice	33
44	Elaine	33
44	Jacqueline	33
47	Darlene	32
47	Julie	32
47	Ruth	32
47	Sheila	32

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	378
2	James	367
3	David	312
4	John	279
5	Richard	257
6	Larry	250
7	Michael	233
8	Dennis	220
9	Ronald	204
10	Gary	202
11	William	189
12	Thomas	185
13	Donald	140
14	Roger	127
14	Steven	127
16	Kenneth	112
17	Douglas	99
18	Charles	97
19	Daniel	91
20	Terry	90
21	Jerry	78
22	Paul	75
23	Dale	72
24	Gerald	65
25	Wayne	60
26	Stephen	59
27	Bruce	57
27	Gregory	57
29	Keith	53
29	Mark	53
31	Patrick	51
32	Duane	50
33	George	46
34	Rodney	45
35	Joseph	44
36	Eugene	41
37	Allen	40
37	Edward	40
39	Craig	39
40	Alan	38
40	Timothy	38
42	Leroy	37
43	Raymond	36
44	Marvin	35
45	Darrell	33
46	Stanley	32
47	Gene	31
47	Randall	31
49	Jack	30
50	Dean	29