Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1953

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	314
2	Linda	275
3	Debra	251
4	Susan	213
5	Patricia	196
6	Barbara	170
7	Deborah	166
8	Carol	159
8	Nancy	159
10	Karen	144
11	Pamela	141
12	Cynthia	133
13	Sandra	120
14	Kathleen	114
15	Cheryl	111
16	Diane	101
17	Sharon	99
18	Janet	98
19	Peggy	83
20	Donna	81
20	Julie	81
22	Jean	69
23	Marilyn	67
24	Janice	65
25	Rebecca	64
26	Jane	62
26	Kathy	62
28	Vicki	61
29	Beverly	59
29	Joan	59
29	Judy	59
32	Kathryn	58
33	Bonnie	56
34	Betty	55
35	Connie	54
36	Margaret	53
37	Joyce	49
38	Gail	47
38	Sheila	47
40	Paula	44
41	Colleen	43
41	Gloria	43
41	Rita	43
44	Catherine	42
45	Elizabeth	40
45	Marcia	40
47	Shirley	39
48	Katherine	38
49	Judith	37
50	Roberta	36

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	344
2	Michael	336
3	James	316
4	Robert	308
5	Richard	273
6	Steven	252
7	John	224
8	Thomas	206
9	Gary	197
10	Douglas	181
11	William	175
12	Mark	169
13	Daniel	145
14	Ronald	144
15	Donald	143
16	Dennis	135
17	Charles	134
18	Roger	133
19	Larry	125
20	Gregory	114
21	Timothy	109
22	Dale	101
23	Terry	99
24	Randy	98
25	Kenneth	86
25	Rodney	86
27	Paul	81
28	Bruce	79
29	Jeffrey	73
30	Joseph	72
31	Craig	66
32	Stephen	64
33	Jerry	63
34	Patrick	62
35	Duane	58
35	Wayne	58
37	Kevin	57
38	Edward	52
39	Alan	51
39	Gerald	51
41	Allen	49
42	Randall	47
43	Keith	46
44	Dean	45
45	Scott	44
46	Curtis	42
47	Eugene	38
48	Micheal	35
49	George	34
49	Russell	34