Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1949

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	484
2	Mary	357
3	Barbara	209
4	Susan	202
5	Patricia	188
6	Sandra	175
7	Kathleen	162
8	Carol	157
9	Nancy	146
10	Karen	126
11	Donna	120
11	Sharon	120
13	Diane	100
14	Cheryl	95
14	Judith	95
16	Judy	90
17	Janet	84
17	Shirley	84
19	Peggy	81
20	Margaret	79
21	Pamela	78
22	Gloria	76
23	Janice	75
24	Marilyn	72
25	Connie	66
26	Bonnie	63
27	Jean	61
28	Betty	58
29	Joan	57
30	Cynthia	51
30	Deborah	51
30	Joyce	51
33	Jane	49
34	Dianne	48
35	Vicki	47
36	Beverly	46
36	Carolyn	46
38	Kathryn	44
39	Sheila	42
40	Constance	41
40	Kathy	41
42	Marcia	40
43	Dorothy	39
44	Catherine	37
44	Darlene	37
46	Brenda	35
47	Elizabeth	34
47	Julie	34
47	Lois	34
50	Elaine	33

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	343
2	James	337
3	Robert	324
4	Michael	268
5	Richard	267
6	John	252
7	Thomas	211
8	Larry	204
9	Gary	202
9	Ronald	202
11	Dennis	193
12	William	177
13	Donald	172
14	Charles	165
15	Daniel	137
16	Kenneth	135
17	Steven	132
18	Roger	128
19	Douglas	127
20	Terry	126
21	Jerry	94
22	Mark	91
23	Dale	87
24	Gregory	79
25	Gerald	77
25	Paul	77
27	Stephen	71
28	Wayne	68
29	Bruce	60
30	Patrick	58
31	Randall	56
32	Timothy	54
33	Craig	50
34	Rodney	49
35	Alan	47
35	George	47
37	Edward	46
38	Joseph	45
39	Duane	43
40	Jeffrey	42
40	Lyle	42
42	Danny	41
43	Allen	40
44	Darrell	39
44	Eugene	39
46	Keith	37
47	Dean	35
47	Jack	35
47	Randy	35
50	Raymond	33