Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1943

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1943 were Mary for girls (271 babies) and Robert for boys (276). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 10,327 babies born in South Dakota in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1943

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: 28 babies, 27.5× the national rate
Lavonne: 27 babies, 23.9× the national rate
Lila: 17 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Bonita: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Julie: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Deanna: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kay: 39 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dianne: 35 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Darlene: 38 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Karen: 160 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Harlan: 17 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Jerald: 28 babies, 12× the national rate
Darrel: 19 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Lyle: 30 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Loren: 23 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Duane: 45 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Dean: 32 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Darrell: 32 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Rodney: 30 babies, 4× the national rate
Keith: 33 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Mary	271	–	1
2	Sharon	204	–	8
3	Carol	190	↑1	5
4	Karen	160	↓1	15
5	Judy	137	↑1	13
6	Barbara	125	↓1	2
7	Patricia	123	–	3
8	Linda	122	↑5	4
9	Donna	120	↑1	17
10	Judith	112	↑4	7
11	Janice	95	–	26
12	Shirley	95	↓4	12
13	Sandra	87	↓4	6
14	Betty	78	↑1	10
15	Janet	73	↓3	20
16	Joan	68	↑5	21
17	Joyce	67	↓1	16
18	Bonnie	66	–	34
19	Diane	64	↑8	24
20	Nancy	60	↑2	9
21	Marilyn	58	↓2	27
22	Dorothy	54	↓2	19
23	Carolyn	53	↑3	11
24	Beverly	52	↓7	32
25	Kathleen	52	↓1	22
26	Virginia	52	↑3	25
27	Margaret	46	↑4	14
28	Jean	44	–	36
29	Ruth	43	↑3	33
30	Connie	39	↑4	59
31	Kay	39	↑6	81
32	Darlene	38	↓9	73
33	Gloria	38	↓3	30
34	Rita	38	new	52
35	Lois	37	↓10	43
36	Dianne	35	↑10	88
37	Joann	35	↑7	60
38	Phyllis	35	new	39
39	Charlotte	31	↑4	47
40	Rose	31	↑2	50
41	Alice	30	new	38
42	Ann	30	new	37
43	Doris	30	↑4	40
44	Elaine	30	↓9	46
45	Norma	30	↑5	58
46	Helen	29	↓10	28
47	Carole	28	↓14	42
48	Elizabeth	28	new	23
49	Joanne	28	↓9	49
50	Marlys	28	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Robert	276	–	2
2	James	256	–	1
3	Richard	213	↑1	5
4	Larry	209	↓1	12
5	David	201	↑2	6
6	Dennis	187	–	20
7	John	172	↓2	3
8	Donald	155	–	11
9	Ronald	154	–	9
10	Gary	152	–	16
11	Roger	131	↑1	24
12	William	117	↓1	4
13	Kenneth	102	↑3	15
14	Charles	99	↑3	7
15	Jerry	95	↓1	17
16	Thomas	90	↓1	8
17	Gerald	84	↑1	23
18	Michael	63	↑1	10
19	Wayne	63	↑2	41
20	Paul	62	–	19
21	Douglas	61	↓8	28
22	Dale	48	↑1	59
23	Daniel	48	↑26	25
24	Terry	47	↑9	49
25	Duane	45	–	>100
26	George	42	↓4	14
27	Harold	41	↑4	27
28	Marvin	41	↓1	66
29	Jim	40	↑8	75
30	Leroy	38	↑9	74
31	Edward	36	↓5	18
32	Joseph	34	↓4	13
33	Keith	33	↑5	>100
34	Darrell	32	↑6	>100
35	Dean	32	↑6	>100
36	Allen	31	–	76
37	Jerome	31	↑8	>100
38	Eugene	30	↓8	47
39	Lyle	30	↓10	>100
40	Rodney	30	↑8	>100
41	Raymond	29	↓17	22
42	Jack	28	↑8	34
43	Jerald	28	↑3	>100
44	Lawrence	28	↓2	32
45	Stanley	28	new	54
46	Norman	27	↓3	56
47	Bill	26	new	65
48	Alvin	25	new	>100
49	Melvin	25	↓17	63
50	Gene	23	↓15	89

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