Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1955

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Debra	314
1	Mary	314
3	Susan	216
4	Linda	215
5	Karen	175
6	Patricia	174
7	Nancy	167
8	Barbara	163
9	Deborah	152
10	Pamela	145
11	Carol	133
12	Cynthia	131
13	Sandra	127
14	Cheryl	104
14	Donna	104
16	Kathleen	97
17	Diane	96
18	Sharon	91
19	Julie	80
20	Janet	75
21	Kathy	70
22	Connie	68
23	Peggy	65
24	Jane	60
25	Lori	59
25	Vicki	59
27	Jean	57
27	Kathryn	57
29	Margaret	55
29	Teresa	55
31	Judy	54
32	Janice	52
33	Brenda	51
33	Dawn	51
35	Joan	49
35	Joyce	49
37	Bonnie	48
37	Rebecca	48
39	Elizabeth	47
39	Marilyn	47
39	Rhonda	47
42	Cindy	46
43	Gail	45
43	Sheila	45
45	Laurie	44
45	Vickie	44
47	Rita	43
48	Paula	42
49	Laura	41
50	Denise	40

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	401
2	Michael	375
3	James	298
4	Steven	292
5	Robert	262
6	Mark	256
7	Richard	230
8	John	225
9	Daniel	177
10	William	176
11	Thomas	166
12	Douglas	163
13	Gary	145
14	Timothy	142
15	Randy	133
16	Terry	129
17	Ronald	125
18	Donald	120
19	Jeffrey	119
19	Kevin	119
21	Larry	115
22	Gregory	110
23	Dale	106
23	Dennis	106
25	Kenneth	105
26	Paul	99
27	Charles	96
28	Roger	91
29	Scott	82
30	Rodney	76
31	Craig	72
31	Wayne	72
33	Bruce	70
34	Jerry	68
35	Joseph	59
36	Alan	57
37	Keith	56
38	Patrick	53
39	Bradley	50
40	Curtis	48
41	Dean	47
42	Randall	43
43	Duane	41
43	Edward	41
45	Rick	38
46	Brian	37
46	Stephen	37
48	Gerald	35
48	Ricky	35
50	Russell	34