Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1945

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1945 were Mary for girls (225 babies) and James for boys (283). Social Security records list 9,820 babies born in South Dakota in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1945

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: 15 babies, 18.2× the national rate
Lavonne: 16 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Patty: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Darlene: 40 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Cheryl: 83 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Delores: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dianne: 36 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kay: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jeanette: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lois: 47 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 33 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Duane: 44 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Loren: 17 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Dean: 26 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dale: 56 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lynn: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Darrell: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dennis: 170 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Keith: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jerome: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Mary	225	–	1
2	Carol	193	↑1	5
3	Sharon	179	↓1	8
4	Linda	142	↑4	2
5	Barbara	139	–	3
6	Karen	118	↓2	16
7	Judy	117	–	13
8	Sandra	113	↑2	6
9	Patricia	110	↓3	4
10	Judith	100	↑1	9
11	Nancy	95	↑4	7
12	Donna	90	↓3	17
13	Cheryl	83	↑5	32
14	Betty	82	↓2	11
15	Shirley	80	↓2	14
16	Janice	79	↓2	24
17	Diane	67	–	22
18	Janet	61	↓2	20
19	Kathleen	58	↑3	19
20	Susan	58	↑16	10
21	Joyce	56	↑4	18
22	Marilyn	52	↓3	27
23	Beverly	48	↑5	37
24	Gloria	48	↓1	23
25	Joan	48	↑2	25
26	Lois	47	↑11	48
27	Margaret	47	↓7	15
28	Connie	46	↓2	47
29	Jean	45	↓5	38
30	Ruth	44	↑5	33
31	Bonnie	41	↓10	35
32	Darlene	40	–	71
33	Elaine	40	↑6	44
34	Dorothy	37	↓4	21
35	Carolyn	36	↓4	12
36	Dianne	36	↓3	72
37	Diana	34	new	43
38	Jane	34	↑3	36
39	Joanne	34	new	53
40	Virginia	33	↑4	28
41	Rita	32	↓7	59
42	Kay	30	↓2	91
43	Charlotte	29	↑3	55
44	Helen	27	↓2	31
45	Joann	27	↓16	80
46	Phyllis	26	↓3	40
47	Delores	25	new	>100
48	Rose	25	new	54
49	Marjorie	24	new	94
50	Peggy	24	new	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	James	283	–	1
2	Robert	268	–	2
3	Richard	239	–	5
4	David	182	↑3	6
5	John	179	–	3
6	Gary	171	–	13
7	Dennis	170	↑1	19
8	Larry	170	↓4	11
9	Donald	158	↑1	12
10	Ronald	151	↑1	10
11	Thomas	132	↑2	8
12	William	124	↓3	4
13	Roger	114	↓1	22
14	Michael	102	↑2	9
15	Kenneth	95	↓1	16
16	Charles	78	↓1	7
17	Jerry	72	–	20
18	Terry	67	↑7	33
19	Douglas	63	↑4	29
20	Gerald	62	↓1	25
21	Dale	56	↓3	61
22	Paul	54	↑2	17
23	Wayne	51	↓2	35
24	Daniel	49	↑6	24
25	Duane	44	↓3	>100
26	Joseph	41	↑3	14
27	Raymond	40	–	23
28	Edward	39	–	18
29	George	39	↓9	15
30	Leroy	33	↓4	83
31	Lyle	33	↑3	>100
32	Marvin	33	↑6	80
33	Stanley	30	new	59
34	Alan	29	new	52
35	Eugene	28	new	50
36	Jack	27	↑10	32
37	Jim	27	↓6	68
38	Steven	27	new	43
39	Allen	26	–	74
40	Dean	26	↓7	>100
41	Lawrence	25	↑1	30
42	Keith	24	↓10	>100
43	Rodney	24	↑2	>100
44	Bernard	23	new	98
45	Gordon	23	↑4	>100
46	Melvin	23	↓3	78
47	Frank	22	↓10	21
48	Mike	22	new	69
49	Bruce	21	new	48
50	Curtis	21	new	97

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