Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1954

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	338
2	Debra	262
3	Linda	229
4	Susan	211
5	Karen	173
6	Pamela	157
7	Barbara	154
7	Patricia	154
9	Cynthia	151
10	Nancy	149
11	Sandra	128
12	Carol	124
13	Deborah	120
13	Kathleen	120
15	Donna	109
16	Sharon	96
17	Cheryl	91
18	Janet	86
19	Diane	77
20	Connie	75
21	Judy	73
22	Marilyn	72
23	Peggy	71
24	Kathryn	69
25	Julie	68
25	Rebecca	68
27	Joan	64
28	Kathy	61
29	Bonnie	59
30	Janice	57
31	Jane	54
32	Jean	49
33	Brenda	48
33	Joyce	48
35	Beverly	47
35	Margaret	47
35	Shirley	47
35	Vickie	47
39	Judith	46
40	Rhonda	44
41	Elizabeth	43
42	Gail	41
42	Paula	41
44	Cindy	39
45	Colleen	37
45	Vicki	37
45	Wanda	37
48	Marcia	36
49	Gloria	34
49	Laurie	34

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	374
2	David	335
3	James	317
4	Steven	292
5	Robert	248
6	Mark	233
7	John	226
8	Gary	219
9	Richard	206
10	Thomas	201
11	Douglas	175
12	William	163
13	Daniel	145
14	Ronald	144
15	Larry	140
16	Donald	127
17	Randy	126
18	Dennis	122
19	Kenneth	109
19	Paul	109
19	Roger	109
22	Terry	101
23	Jeffrey	97
23	Rodney	97
25	Gregory	96
26	Bruce	94
26	Timothy	94
28	Dale	92
29	Charles	91
30	Kevin	87
31	Patrick	76
32	Wayne	74
33	Joseph	70
33	Scott	70
35	Craig	69
36	Jerry	62
36	Randall	62
38	Keith	58
39	Alan	48
39	Edward	48
41	Danny	47
42	Dean	46
42	Gerald	46
44	Duane	44
45	Curtis	42
46	Brian	41
46	Stephen	41
48	Lyle	38
49	Allen	36
49	Joel	36