Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1959

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	226
2	Susan	200
3	Debra	174
4	Julie	168
5	Linda	157
6	Lori	156
7	Karen	125
8	Nancy	120
9	Barbara	115
10	Pamela	113
11	Cynthia	108
12	Cindy	106
12	Patricia	106
14	Cheryl	101
15	Brenda	99
16	Diane	95
16	Donna	95
18	Dawn	90
19	Debbie	89
19	Kathy	89
21	Carol	78
22	Sandra	76
23	Janet	73
24	Kim	72
25	Connie	70
26	Lisa	66
26	Peggy	66
26	Tammy	66
29	Judy	64
30	Deborah	61
31	Rhonda	59
31	Sharon	59
31	Tamara	59
31	Teresa	59
35	Denise	53
35	Jane	53
37	Kimberly	52
38	Bonnie	51
38	Kathleen	51
40	Elizabeth	50
40	Laurie	50
42	Jean	47
42	Kelly	47
44	Robin	46
45	Joan	44
46	Theresa	43
47	Jill	41
47	Rebecca	41
47	Sheila	41
47	Terri	41

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	358
2	Michael	291
3	Mark	289
4	Robert	242
5	James	225
6	Steven	182
7	Kevin	179
8	John	178
9	Richard	169
10	Timothy	165
11	Scott	151
12	William	145
13	Brian	139
13	Douglas	139
15	Thomas	134
16	Daniel	131
17	Jeffrey	130
18	Randy	117
19	Gary	109
20	Paul	104
21	Donald	103
22	Ronald	100
23	Larry	91
24	Terry	89
25	Gregory	87
26	Dennis	85
27	Todd	84
28	Dale	79
29	Rodney	78
30	Kenneth	76
31	Bradley	75
32	Craig	73
32	Mike	73
34	Charles	69
35	Tim	65
36	Joseph	64
37	Bruce	63
38	Jeff	61
38	Patrick	61
40	Roger	58
40	Steve	58
42	Keith	55
43	Wayne	53
44	Dean	52
45	Randall	50
46	Alan	45
47	Jerry	44
48	Duane	42
49	Curtis	40
49	Jay	40