Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1942

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1942 were Mary for girls (225 babies) and Robert for boys (262). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,854 babies born in South Dakota in 1942 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1942

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

Lavonne: 17 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Deanna: 32 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Patty: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Myrna: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Darlene: 51 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Karen: 193 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Delores: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Sharon: 202 babies, 3× the national rate
Janice: 99 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kay: 35 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Darwin: 16 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Lyle: 38 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Jerald: 27 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Darrel: 18 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Eldon: 15 babies, 9× the national rate
Myron: 17 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Duane: 40 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Lowell: 21 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Dean: 29 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Loren: 15 babies, 6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1942

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Mary	225	–	1
2	Sharon	202	–	11
3	Karen	193	–	16
4	Carol	167	–	5
5	Barbara	128	↑1	2
6	Judy	125	↓1	15
7	Patricia	112	–	3
8	Shirley	103	↑4	12
9	Sandra	102	↑7	6
10	Donna	100	↓1	20
11	Janice	99	↓1	25
12	Janet	88	↑1	19
13	Linda	75	↑1	4
14	Judith	74	↓6	7
15	Betty	71	–	9
16	Joyce	71	↓5	13
17	Beverly	69	↑1	32
18	Bonnie	68	↑10	34
19	Marilyn	62	↑1	27
20	Dorothy	61	↓3	17
21	Joan	60	–	18
22	Nancy	58	–	8
23	Darlene	51	↑1	78
24	Kathleen	51	↑10	24
25	Lois	51	↑1	44
26	Carolyn	49	↑10	10
27	Diane	49	↑14	28
28	Jean	46	↓5	36
29	Virginia	44	↑2	23
30	Gloria	41	↓11	31
31	Margaret	41	↓2	14
32	Ruth	40	↓7	33
33	Carole	35	↑17	35
34	Connie	35	↓2	70
35	Elaine	35	↓2	45
36	Helen	35	↓6	26
37	Kay	35	↑3	75
38	Susan	35	new	21
39	Delores	34	↑10	86
40	Joanne	33	new	48
41	Deanna	32	↓3	>100
42	Rose	29	new	50
43	Charlotte	27	↑1	51
44	Joann	27	↓2	58
45	Marjorie	26	↓2	74
46	Dianne	24	new	>100
47	Doris	24	↓2	41
48	Kathryn	24	new	82
49	Marlene	24	↓14	84
50	Norma	23	↓13	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Robert	262	↑1	2
2	James	254	↓1	1
3	Larry	213	↑1	12
4	Richard	200	↓1	5
5	John	180	↑1	3
6	Dennis	177	↑4	20
7	David	164	–	6
8	Donald	159	↓3	10
9	Ronald	158	–	9
10	Gary	151	↓2	18
11	William	125	–	4
12	Roger	123	↑1	25
13	Douglas	94	↑16	23
14	Jerry	92	–	16
15	Thomas	90	↑1	8
16	Kenneth	89	↓1	15
17	Charles	84	↓5	7
18	Gerald	76	–	22
19	Michael	60	↑1	13
20	Paul	50	↑2	19
21	Wayne	50	↓2	41
22	George	47	↑10	14
23	Dale	43	↓6	63
24	Raymond	42	↑3	24
25	Duane	40	↓4	>100
26	Edward	40	↓3	17
27	Marvin	39	↑6	66
28	Joseph	38	–	11
29	Lyle	38	↑1	>100
30	Eugene	37	↑1	45
31	Harold	37	↑4	27
32	Melvin	37	↑7	60
33	Terry	35	↑1	52
34	Gordon	34	↑9	92
35	Gene	33	↑1	82
36	Allen	32	↑12	71
37	Jim	32	–	74
38	Keith	32	↑3	>100
39	Leroy	31	↓15	69
40	Darrell	29	↓2	>100
41	Dean	29	↓16	>100
42	Lawrence	29	↓16	30
43	Norman	29	new	53
44	Vernon	29	new	>100
45	Jerome	28	new	>100
46	Jerald	27	new	>100
47	Francis	25	new	58
48	Rodney	24	new	>100
49	Daniel	23	↓2	28
50	Jack	23	↓10	34

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