Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1949

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1949 were Linda for girls (484 babies) and David for boys (343). David ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 14,797 babies born in South Dakota in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1949

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, 5.8× the national rate
Colleen: 32 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Sheryl: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bonita: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Julie: 34 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dianne: 48 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dianna: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kay: 28 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Constance: 41 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Peggy: 81 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Darwin: 16 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Lyle: 42 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Jerald: 21 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Lowell: 19 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Loren: 19 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Darrel: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Duane: 43 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Daryl: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dean: 35 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Darrell: 39 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	484	–	1
2	Mary	357	–	2
3	Barbara	209	–	4
4	Susan	202	↑5	5
5	Patricia	188	↓1	3
6	Sandra	175	↓1	6
7	Kathleen	162	↑4	9
8	Carol	157	↓2	8
9	Nancy	146	↑1	7
10	Karen	126	↓2	11
11	Donna	120	↑2	12
12	Sharon	120	↓5	10
13	Diane	100	↑1	19
14	Cheryl	95	↑3	28
15	Judith	95	↑1	16
16	Judy	90	↓4	20
17	Janet	84	↑1	23
18	Shirley	84	↑1	18
19	Peggy	81	↑12	38
20	Margaret	79	↑3	14
21	Pamela	78	↓1	21
22	Gloria	76	↑15	29
23	Janice	75	↓8	24
24	Marilyn	72	↓2	33
25	Connie	66	↓1	43
26	Bonnie	63	↑2	35
27	Jean	61	↑7	45
28	Betty	58	↓7	22
29	Joan	57	↑6	36
30	Cynthia	51	↓5	27
31	Deborah	51	↑5	15
32	Joyce	51	↓6	26
33	Jane	49	↓6	41
34	Dianne	48	↑5	85
35	Vicki	47	new	70
36	Beverly	46	↓6	31
37	Carolyn	46	↓8	17
38	Kathryn	44	↓6	52
39	Sheila	42	↑11	76
40	Constance	41	↓2	83
41	Kathy	41	new	42
42	Marcia	40	new	78
43	Dorothy	39	↓3	32
44	Catherine	37	new	37
45	Darlene	37	↑2	75
46	Brenda	35	new	13
47	Elizabeth	34	↓6	25
48	Julie	34	–	>100
49	Lois	34	↓16	73
50	Elaine	33	↓5	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	David	343	↑2	6
2	James	337	–	1
3	Robert	324	↓2	2
4	Michael	268	↑3	5
5	Richard	267	–	7
6	John	252	↓2	3
7	Thomas	211	↑5	8
8	Larry	204	↓2	10
9	Gary	202	↑1	12
10	Ronald	202	↓1	11
11	Dennis	193	↓3	16
12	William	177	↓1	4
13	Donald	172	–	13
14	Charles	165	↑4	9
15	Daniel	137	↑4	22
16	Kenneth	135	–	15
17	Steven	132	↓2	20
18	Roger	128	↓4	25
19	Douglas	127	↓2	29
20	Terry	126	–	28
21	Jerry	94	–	23
22	Mark	91	↑8	24
23	Dale	87	–	54
24	Gregory	79	↑4	31
25	Gerald	77	↓1	33
26	Paul	77	↓4	17
27	Stephen	71	↓1	19
28	Wayne	68	↓3	35
29	Bruce	60	↓2	26
30	Patrick	58	↑1	39
31	Randall	56	↑17	79
32	Timothy	54	↑9	34
33	Craig	50	↑6	77
34	Rodney	49	–	87
35	Alan	47	↑5	45
36	George	47	↓3	18
37	Edward	46	↑1	21
38	Joseph	45	↓3	14
39	Duane	43	↓7	>100
40	Jeffrey	42	new	48
41	Lyle	42	new	>100
42	Danny	41	new	40
43	Allen	40	↓6	71
44	Darrell	39	↑1	>100
45	Eugene	39	↓9	58
46	Keith	37	↓17	85
47	Dean	35	↑3	>100
48	Jack	35	↑1	47
49	Randy	35	new	92
50	Raymond	33	↓7	30

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