Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1947

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1947 were Linda for girls (495 babies) and Robert for boys (356). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,657 babies born in South Dakota in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1947

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: 20 babies, 24.1× the national rate
Darla: 16 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Deanna: 23 babies, 5× the national rate
Patty: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Colleen: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Sheryl: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lana: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Marlene: 35 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dianne: 50 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dianna: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 33 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Jerald: 21 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Loren: 21 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Darrel: 16 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Duane: 46 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Virgil: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Dean: 34 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Rodney: 54 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lynn: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Vernon: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	495	↑1	1
2	Mary	310	↓1	2
3	Carol	213	↑1	6
4	Barbara	193	↑4	4
5	Sharon	179	↓2	9
6	Judy	173	–	14
7	Sandra	172	–	5
8	Patricia	154	↓3	3
9	Donna	133	↑1	10
10	Karen	130	↓1	13
11	Cheryl	124	↑5	24
12	Nancy	110	–	7
13	Janice	106	↑6	22
14	Susan	104	↑4	8
15	Judith	99	↓2	12
16	Diane	92	↓5	18
17	Shirley	84	↓3	19
18	Janet	82	↑3	23
19	Connie	77	↑8	43
20	Kathleen	77	↓3	11
21	Betty	69	↓1	17
22	Marilyn	69	↑2	29
23	Jean	64	–	40
24	Bonnie	62	↓9	35
25	Beverly	58	–	31
26	Gloria	57	↑3	27
27	Carolyn	56	↑4	15
28	Joyce	56	↓2	20
29	Pamela	56	↑6	28
30	Margaret	53	↓8	16
31	Dianne	50	↑1	83
32	Virginia	49	↑14	34
33	Jane	46	↑7	36
34	Cynthia	44	↑14	33
35	Dorothy	41	↓7	26
36	Joan	41	↓6	30
37	Ruth	41	↑13	44
38	Darlene	40	new	71
39	Diana	38	↓5	48
40	Peggy	38	↓1	42
41	Elaine	37	↑2	50
42	Kathryn	37	new	55
43	Lois	36	↓6	63
44	Helen	35	–	38
45	Marlene	35	↓4	>100
46	Kathy	34	new	64
47	Jeanne	32	new	86
48	Rita	32	↑1	60
49	Kay	31	↓16	>100
50	Marjorie	29	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Robert	356	–	2
2	James	334	–	1
3	David	307	↑1	6
4	Richard	265	↓1	5
5	Dennis	257	↑1	17
6	John	250	↓1	3
7	Larry	243	↑2	10
8	Gary	216	↓1	12
9	Michael	215	↑1	7
10	Ronald	200	↓2	11
11	Thomas	171	↑2	8
12	William	164	↑2	4
13	Donald	151	↓2	13
14	Kenneth	127	↓2	15
15	Charles	121	↑1	9
16	Roger	120	↓1	25
17	Douglas	118	↑1	31
18	Terry	91	↑2	26
19	Jerry	88	↓2	20
20	Steven	82	↑13	24
21	Paul	78	↓2	18
22	Wayne	78	↑2	30
23	Daniel	75	–	22
24	Dale	67	↓2	63
25	Gerald	62	↓4	28
26	Bruce	60	↑22	29
27	Rodney	54	↑5	94
28	Gregory	50	↑22	33
29	Patrick	50	↓2	53
30	Raymond	50	↑1	27
31	Duane	46	↓3	>100
32	George	46	↓6	16
33	Mark	46	new	47
34	Edward	45	↑4	19
35	Joseph	41	↑4	14
36	Eugene	39	↑5	59
37	Lawrence	37	new	32
38	Allen	36	↓13	73
39	Russell	36	new	69
40	Stephen	35	new	21
41	Dean	34	↓1	>100
42	Lyle	33	–	>100
43	Curtis	32	↑6	99
44	Stanley	32	new	67
45	Danny	31	↓8	39
46	Steve	31	new	58
47	Leonard	30	new	71
48	Alan	29	↓18	45
49	Gene	29	↓13	>100
50	Keith	29	↓16	91

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