Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1950

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	394
2	Mary	338
3	Barbara	236
4	Patricia	197
5	Sandra	196
6	Nancy	173
7	Susan	170
8	Carol	169
9	Kathleen	156
10	Sharon	123
11	Diane	122
12	Donna	121
13	Karen	114
14	Janet	93
15	Cheryl	87
15	Judy	87
15	Pamela	87
18	Deborah	86
19	Judith	82
20	Cynthia	80
21	Marilyn	76
21	Peggy	76
23	Janice	73
24	Bonnie	70
25	Jean	69
25	Kathryn	69
27	Margaret	68
28	Joyce	64
28	Shirley	64
30	Beverly	63
31	Betty	62
32	Connie	60
33	Gloria	57
34	Vicki	55
35	Jane	53
36	Joan	51
37	Ruth	48
38	Elizabeth	43
39	Lois	42
40	Diana	41
40	Marcia	41
42	Carolyn	40
43	Debra	39
43	Rebecca	39
45	Darlene	38
45	Katherine	38
45	Kay	38
45	Rita	38
49	Catherine	37
49	Dianne	37

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	403
2	Robert	353
3	James	337
4	Michael	316
5	John	293
6	Gary	252
7	Richard	244
8	Thomas	213
9	Dennis	200
10	Ronald	187
11	William	186
12	Steven	177
13	Larry	176
14	Donald	154
15	Douglas	151
16	Daniel	136
17	Kenneth	132
18	Charles	126
19	Roger	124
20	Gregory	119
21	Paul	108
22	Terry	105
23	Jerry	96
24	Gerald	83
25	Dale	81
25	Mark	81
27	Wayne	74
28	Bruce	72
29	Duane	60
29	Stephen	60
31	Joseph	58
32	Alan	56
32	Randall	56
32	Rodney	56
35	George	55
35	Timothy	55
37	Jeffrey	54
37	Patrick	54
39	Keith	46
39	Randy	46
41	Craig	44
42	Eugene	41
42	Raymond	41
44	Lawrence	40
45	Dean	39
46	Edward	38
46	Jack	38
48	Lyle	37
49	Danny	36
50	Russell	34