Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1957

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Debra	243
2	Mary	239
3	Cynthia	188
4	Susan	162
5	Cindy	157
6	Karen	149
7	Julie	146
8	Linda	135
9	Nancy	134
10	Pamela	133
11	Patricia	122
12	Barbara	115
13	Brenda	110
14	Sandra	108
15	Lori	103
16	Cheryl	101
17	Carol	100
18	Diane	96
19	Donna	95
20	Deborah	94
21	Kathy	81
21	Peggy	81
23	Kathleen	77
24	Janet	71
25	Sharon	70
26	Kim	69
27	Connie	63
28	Debbie	55
28	Jean	55
28	Joan	55
31	Teresa	54
32	Jane	53
33	Denise	51
34	Rhonda	48
35	Judy	47
36	Elizabeth	46
37	Dawn	45
38	Kathryn	44
38	Rebecca	44
40	Laurie	43
40	Vicki	43
42	Ann	40
43	Bonnie	39
43	Margaret	39
45	Betty	38
46	Robin	37
47	Karla	36
48	Paula	35
49	Catherine	34
49	Shirley	34

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	340
2	David	317
3	Mark	269
4	James	254
5	Steven	230
6	Robert	208
7	Richard	206
8	John	199
9	Kevin	193
10	Douglas	157
11	Thomas	154
12	Timothy	151
13	Daniel	139
14	Donald	132
15	Gary	129
15	Ronald	129
17	Randy	124
18	William	112
19	Scott	106
19	Terry	106
21	Jeffrey	104
22	Paul	103
23	Gregory	102
24	Roger	100
25	Brian	99
26	Larry	98
27	Charles	96
28	Bruce	89
29	Dale	87
29	Kenneth	87
31	Craig	81
32	Rodney	78
33	Dennis	74
34	Keith	68
35	Patrick	67
36	Wayne	63
37	Joseph	61
38	Jerry	58
39	Randall	57
40	Bradley	52
41	Ricky	49
42	Alan	48
43	Duane	47
44	Dean	46
45	Russell	44
46	Rick	40
47	Curtis	39
48	Jay	36
48	Mike	36
50	Allen	35