Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1951

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	356
2	Mary	306
3	Patricia	241
4	Barbara	214
4	Susan	214
6	Nancy	181
7	Kathleen	172
8	Karen	171
9	Sandra	160
10	Carol	153
11	Deborah	152
12	Pamela	127
13	Sharon	126
14	Debra	121
15	Donna	117
16	Diane	107
17	Judy	103
18	Cheryl	93
19	Cynthia	91
19	Janet	91
21	Peggy	88
22	Janice	80
23	Bonnie	79
24	Connie	78
25	Jean	73
25	Margaret	73
27	Judith	72
28	Marilyn	71
29	Jane	66
30	Joyce	64
31	Betty	61
32	Rebecca	60
33	Shirley	58
34	Kathryn	56
35	Beverly	54
36	Elizabeth	52
37	Colleen	47
38	Rita	44
39	Brenda	43
40	Marlene	42
41	Gail	41
41	Gloria	41
43	Kathy	40
44	Carolyn	39
44	Julie	39
46	Lois	38
46	Marcia	38
46	Ruth	38
49	Katherine	36
49	Vicki	36

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	374
2	Michael	326
3	James	319
4	Robert	308
5	Richard	268
6	Thomas	246
7	John	244
8	Steven	241
9	Gary	225
10	Douglas	172
11	Dennis	169
12	Ronald	163
13	Larry	160
14	William	158
15	Charles	137
16	Donald	135
17	Roger	129
18	Daniel	123
19	Kenneth	119
20	Terry	113
21	Timothy	108
22	Mark	103
23	Dale	102
24	Gregory	99
25	Bruce	93
26	Jerry	92
27	Gerald	87
28	Paul	79
28	Randy	79
30	Randall	71
31	Joseph	70
32	Wayne	69
33	Patrick	58
34	Craig	56
34	Stephen	56
36	Rodney	54
37	Edward	52
37	Raymond	52
39	Alan	50
39	Allen	50
41	Curtis	49
41	Jeffrey	49
43	Duane	47
43	George	47
45	Keith	45
46	Lawrence	41
47	Kevin	39
48	Marvin	37
49	Eugene	36
50	Dean	35