Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1950

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1950 were Linda for girls (394 babies) and David for boys (403). David ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 15,292 babies born in South Dakota in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1950

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: 16 babies, 21× the national rate
Darla: 21 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Karla: 17 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Deanna: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Kay: 38 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Monica: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Candace: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Vicky: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lana: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Julie: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 37 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Jerald: 20 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Loren: 23 babies, 8× the national rate
Leland: 18 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Duane: 60 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Dean: 39 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Daryl: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lynn: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rodney: 56 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gene: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Linda	394	–	1
2	Mary	338	–	2
3	Barbara	236	–	4
4	Patricia	197	↑1	3
5	Sandra	196	↑1	8
6	Nancy	173	↑3	6
7	Susan	170	↓3	5
8	Carol	169	–	9
9	Kathleen	156	↓2	10
10	Sharon	123	↑2	11
11	Diane	122	↑2	16
12	Donna	121	↓1	13
13	Karen	114	↓3	12
14	Janet	93	↑3	18
15	Cheryl	87	↓1	29
16	Judy	87	–	25
17	Pamela	87	↑4	17
18	Deborah	86	↑13	7
19	Judith	82	↓4	21
20	Cynthia	80	↑10	23
21	Marilyn	76	↑3	37
22	Peggy	76	↓3	41
23	Janice	73	–	22
24	Bonnie	70	↑2	33
25	Jean	69	↑2	48
26	Kathryn	69	↑12	46
27	Margaret	68	↓7	15
28	Joyce	64	↑4	27
29	Shirley	64	↓11	19
30	Beverly	63	↑6	31
31	Betty	62	↓3	26
32	Connie	60	↓7	44
33	Gloria	57	↓11	30
34	Vicki	55	↑1	61
35	Jane	53	↓2	39
36	Joan	51	↓7	40
37	Ruth	48	new	49
38	Elizabeth	43	↑9	24
39	Lois	42	↑10	83
40	Diana	41	new	47
41	Marcia	41	↑1	77
42	Carolyn	40	↓5	20
43	Debra	39	new	59
44	Rebecca	39	new	36
45	Darlene	38	–	79
46	Katherine	38	new	58
47	Kay	38	new	>100
48	Rita	38	new	56
49	Catherine	37	↓5	34
50	Dianne	37	↓16	90

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	David	403	–	5
2	Robert	353	↑1	2
3	James	337	↓1	1
4	Michael	316	–	4
5	John	293	↑1	3
6	Gary	252	↑3	10
7	Richard	244	↓2	7
8	Thomas	213	↓1	8
9	Dennis	200	↑2	17
10	Ronald	187	–	12
11	William	186	↑1	6
12	Steven	177	↑5	16
13	Larry	176	↓5	11
14	Donald	154	↓1	14
15	Douglas	151	↑4	28
16	Daniel	136	↓1	21
17	Kenneth	132	↓1	15
18	Charles	126	↓4	9
19	Roger	124	↓1	27
20	Gregory	119	↑4	25
21	Paul	108	↑5	18
22	Terry	105	↓2	30
23	Jerry	96	↓2	24
24	Gerald	83	↑1	34
25	Dale	81	↓2	49
26	Mark	81	↓4	23
27	Wayne	74	↑1	35
28	Bruce	72	↑1	26
29	Duane	60	↑10	>100
30	Stephen	60	↓3	19
31	Joseph	58	↑7	13
32	Alan	56	↑3	41
33	Randall	56	↓2	70
34	Rodney	56	–	88
35	George	55	↑1	20
36	Timothy	55	↓4	32
37	Jeffrey	54	↑3	43
38	Patrick	54	↓8	38
39	Keith	46	↑7	78
40	Randy	46	↑9	80
41	Craig	44	↓8	69
42	Eugene	41	↑3	58
43	Raymond	41	↑7	31
44	Lawrence	40	new	33
45	Dean	39	↑2	>100
46	Edward	38	↓9	22
47	Jack	38	↑1	48
48	Lyle	37	↓7	>100
49	Danny	36	↓7	39
50	Russell	34	new	67

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