Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1941

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1941 were Mary for girls (216 babies) and James for boys (264). Social Security records list 9,757 babies born in South Dakota in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1941

Names given at least 15 times in South Dakota that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Marlys: 27 babies, 25.1× the national rate
Lavonne: 23 babies, 17× the national rate
Mavis: 17 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Lila: 16 babies, 8× the national rate
Myrna: 25 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Deanna: 31 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Darlene: 47 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Patty: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Karen: 142 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Sharon: 182 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 37 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Darrel: 17 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Duane: 50 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Loren: 18 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Dean: 41 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Myron: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Delbert: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Darrell: 30 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dale: 64 babies, 4× the national rate
Dick: 15 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Mary	216	–	1
2	Sharon	182	–	15
3	Karen	142	↑4	19
4	Carol	138	↓1	4
5	Judy	136	–	16
6	Barbara	135	↑2	2
7	Patricia	123	↓1	3
8	Judith	116	↑4	6
9	Donna	109	↓5	20
10	Janice	106	↓1	22
11	Joyce	85	↓1	13
12	Shirley	83	↓1	10
13	Janet	73	↑2	18
14	Linda	69	↑7	5
15	Betty	66	↓2	7
16	Sandra	65	↑2	9
17	Dorothy	64	↑2	14
18	Beverly	62	↓2	29
19	Gloria	62	↑18	26
20	Marilyn	62	↓6	30
21	Joan	61	↓1	17
22	Nancy	55	↑3	8
23	Jean	51	↑8	32
24	Darlene	47	↓7	76
25	Ruth	46	↑7	28
26	Lois	44	↑1	43
27	Phyllis	44	↓5	35
28	Bonnie	43	↓4	33
29	Margaret	43	↓6	12
30	Helen	41	↑3	24
31	Virginia	41	↓2	23
32	Connie	40	↑8	79
33	Elaine	37	↓3	44
34	Kathleen	37	–	36
35	Marlene	37	↓9	83
36	Carolyn	34	↑11	11
37	Norma	34	↑2	47
38	Deanna	31	↓2	>100
39	Frances	30	↑9	31
40	Kay	30	↓12	70
41	Diane	29	↑1	40
42	Joann	29	↓4	58
43	Marjorie	29	–	71
44	Charlotte	28	new	55
45	Doris	28	new	38
46	Alice	27	new	34
47	Arlene	27	↓12	77
48	Marlys	27	new	>100
49	Delores	26	↓8	80
50	Carole	25	↓4	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	James	264	↑1	1
2	Robert	251	↓1	2
3	Richard	217	–	5
4	Larry	209	–	11
5	Donald	178	↑2	10
6	John	168	↓1	3
7	David	167	↑3	7
8	Gary	157	↓2	19
9	Ronald	151	–	9
10	Dennis	150	↓2	23
11	William	130	–	4
12	Charles	99	↑2	6
13	Roger	99	↓1	25
14	Jerry	98	↑1	14
15	Kenneth	95	↓2	15
16	Thomas	80	↑1	8
17	Dale	64	↑1	59
18	Gerald	63	↓2	20
19	Wayne	57	↑7	37
20	Michael	53	↑9	16
21	Duane	50	↑2	>100
22	Paul	46	↓2	18
23	Edward	43	↑1	17
24	Leroy	42	↑1	67
25	Dean	41	new	>100
26	Lawrence	41	↑14	34
27	Raymond	41	↓6	22
28	Joseph	40	↑3	12
29	Douglas	37	↑1	53
30	Lyle	37	↑4	>100
31	Eugene	36	↓9	42
32	George	36	↓13	13
33	Marvin	36	↓6	63
34	Terry	35	↑3	64
35	Harold	33	↓3	24
36	Gene	31	↑10	72
37	Jim	31	↓9	80
38	Darrell	30	↓5	>100
39	Melvin	30	↑9	56
40	Jack	27	↓4	32
41	Keith	26	new	>100
42	Stanley	26	↓7	57
43	Gordon	25	↑6	92
44	Patrick	25	↑6	70
45	Leonard	24	new	54
46	Albert	22	new	40
47	Daniel	22	↓3	31
48	Allen	21	↓10	73
49	Alvin	21	new	>100
50	Harvey	21	new	>100

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