Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1952

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	303
2	Mary	299
3	Patricia	195
4	Nancy	192
5	Debra	185
6	Barbara	183
7	Susan	174
8	Deborah	166
9	Sandra	154
10	Karen	137
10	Pamela	137
12	Carol	134
13	Kathleen	129
14	Donna	107
15	Diane	105
16	Janet	90
17	Cynthia	89
17	Sharon	89
19	Cheryl	87
20	Connie	83
21	Margaret	81
22	Janice	77
23	Peggy	75
24	Judy	72
25	Bonnie	70
26	Julie	69
27	Jean	66
28	Judith	63
28	Kathryn	63
30	Jane	62
31	Shirley	60
32	Vicki	58
33	Marilyn	57
34	Joan	56
34	Joyce	56
36	Brenda	54
37	Rebecca	53
38	Kathy	52
39	Beverly	51
40	Gloria	49
41	Marcia	47
42	Katherine	46
43	Gail	43
44	Catherine	42
44	Rita	42
46	Dianne	40
47	Elaine	38
47	Elizabeth	38
47	Ruth	38
50	Ann	36

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	393
2	James	358
3	Michael	343
4	Robert	330
5	John	283
6	Richard	272
7	Steven	254
8	Gary	212
9	Thomas	202
10	William	182
11	Douglas	169
12	Mark	165
13	Donald	160
14	Daniel	157
15	Ronald	151
16	Dennis	150
17	Charles	143
18	Larry	139
19	Terry	130
20	Roger	123
21	Kenneth	119
22	Paul	97
23	Randy	96
24	Gregory	92
25	Timothy	91
26	Bruce	90
27	Jeffrey	74
27	Wayne	74
29	Dale	73
30	Jerry	72
31	Rodney	69
32	Gerald	66
33	Stephen	65
34	Keith	64
35	Randall	61
36	Craig	60
37	Patrick	56
38	Alan	55
39	Joseph	54
40	Duane	51
41	Raymond	50
42	Allen	43
43	Eugene	42
43	Kevin	42
43	Kim	42
46	Dean	41
47	Curtis	39
47	Scott	39
49	Edward	35
49	Jack	35