Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1948

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1948 were Linda for girls (508 babies) and Robert for boys (378). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 14,009 babies born in South Dakota in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1948

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

Deanna: 23 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Colleen: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sheryl: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Julie: 32 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Constance: 39 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marlene: 31 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kay: 30 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dianne: 37 babies, 2.3× the national rate
June: 22 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jeanette: 21 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 27 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Jerald: 16 babies, 7× the national rate
Terrance: 24 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Loren: 18 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Duane: 50 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Daryl: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lynn: 29 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dean: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Keith: 53 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Darrell: 33 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	508	–	1
2	Mary	317	–	2
3	Barbara	228	↑1	3
4	Patricia	178	↑4	4
5	Sandra	175	↑2	6
6	Carol	169	↓3	8
7	Sharon	167	↓2	9
8	Karen	153	↑2	12
9	Susan	153	↑5	5
10	Nancy	130	↑2	7
11	Kathleen	123	↑9	10
12	Judy	122	↓6	16
13	Donna	120	↓4	11
14	Diane	116	↑2	19
15	Janice	106	↓2	23
16	Judith	96	↓1	15
17	Cheryl	94	↓6	25
18	Janet	86	–	24
19	Shirley	81	↓2	20
20	Pamela	79	↑9	22
21	Betty	67	–	18
22	Marilyn	67	–	33
23	Margaret	66	↑7	13
24	Connie	65	↓5	43
25	Cynthia	60	↑9	27
26	Joyce	59	↑2	21
27	Jane	55	↑6	39
28	Bonnie	54	↓4	34
29	Carolyn	51	↓2	14
30	Beverly	50	↓5	31
31	Peggy	48	↑9	38
32	Kathryn	45	↑10	54
33	Lois	45	↑10	70
34	Jean	43	↓11	47
35	Joan	42	↑1	37
36	Deborah	41	new	30
37	Gloria	40	↓11	28
38	Constance	39	new	93
39	Dianne	37	↓8	86
40	Dorothy	37	↓5	29
41	Elizabeth	36	new	26
42	Helen	34	↑2	40
43	Rose	34	new	62
44	Alice	33	new	49
45	Elaine	33	↓4	53
46	Jacqueline	33	new	58
47	Darlene	32	↓9	77
48	Julie	32	new	>100
49	Ruth	32	↓12	45
50	Sheila	32	new	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Robert	378	–	2
2	James	367	–	1
3	David	312	–	5
4	John	279	↑2	3
5	Richard	257	↓1	7
6	Larry	250	↑1	11
7	Michael	233	↑2	6
8	Dennis	220	↓3	17
9	Ronald	204	↑1	10
10	Gary	202	↓2	12
11	William	189	↑1	4
12	Thomas	185	↓1	8
13	Donald	140	–	14
14	Roger	127	↑2	24
15	Steven	127	↑5	23
16	Kenneth	112	↓2	15
17	Douglas	99	–	33
18	Charles	97	↓3	9
19	Daniel	91	↑4	22
20	Terry	90	↓2	26
21	Jerry	78	↓2	21
22	Paul	75	↓1	18
23	Dale	72	↑1	56
24	Gerald	65	↑1	30
25	Wayne	60	↓3	34
26	Stephen	59	↑14	20
27	Bruce	57	↓1	28
28	Gregory	57	–	32
29	Keith	53	↑21	89
30	Mark	53	↑3	29
31	Patrick	51	↓2	48
32	Duane	50	↓1	>100
33	George	46	↓1	16
34	Rodney	45	↓7	92
35	Joseph	44	–	13
36	Eugene	41	–	61
37	Allen	40	↑1	72
38	Edward	40	↓4	19
39	Craig	39	new	82
40	Alan	38	↑8	46
41	Timothy	38	new	38
42	Leroy	37	new	97
43	Raymond	36	↓13	27
44	Marvin	35	new	90
45	Darrell	33	new	>100
46	Stanley	32	↓2	65
47	Gene	31	↑2	>100
48	Randall	31	new	98
49	Jack	30	new	43
50	Dean	29	↓9	>100

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