Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1956

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Debra	280
2	Mary	270
3	Susan	223
4	Linda	195
5	Nancy	165
6	Cynthia	144
7	Patricia	143
8	Barbara	141
8	Karen	141
10	Sandra	130
11	Pamela	127
12	Donna	108
13	Deborah	106
14	Carol	105
15	Cheryl	102
16	Julie	96
17	Kathleen	94
18	Sharon	92
19	Diane	88
20	Connie	80
21	Cindy	77
21	Lori	77
21	Peggy	77
24	Teresa	68
25	Janet	65
26	Judy	59
27	Kathy	57
28	Brenda	56
29	Dawn	55
29	Janice	55
29	Jean	55
29	Kim	55
33	Elizabeth	54
34	Jane	53
35	Kathryn	51
35	Vickie	51
37	Rebecca	50
37	Vicki	50
39	Bonnie	46
40	Joan	45
41	Ann	44
41	Paula	44
43	Karla	43
44	Margaret	42
45	Joyce	41
45	Marilyn	41
45	Rhonda	41
48	Catherine	40
48	Laurie	40
50	Colleen	38

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	347
2	David	323
3	Steven	286
4	Robert	282
5	James	280
6	Mark	266
7	John	216
8	Richard	186
9	Thomas	172
10	Douglas	159
11	Kevin	158
12	Daniel	155
13	William	154
14	Timothy	140
15	Randy	131
16	Gary	126
17	Terry	122
18	Donald	118
19	Ronald	115
20	Gregory	114
21	Jeffrey	113
22	Paul	106
23	Larry	104
24	Kenneth	98
25	Bruce	94
26	Scott	91
27	Charles	89
28	Dale	88
29	Craig	86
29	Roger	86
31	Rodney	82
32	Joseph	80
33	Dennis	79
34	Brian	64
35	Keith	63
36	Patrick	61
37	Randall	60
38	Bradley	59
39	Alan	55
39	Wayne	55
41	Jerry	54
42	Kim	53
43	Gerald	47
43	Steve	47
45	Duane	46
46	Russell	44
47	Dean	43
48	Curtis	39
48	Edward	39
50	Stephen	35