Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1951

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1951 were Linda for girls (356 babies) and David for boys (374). David ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 15,700 babies born in South Dakota in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1951

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

Lavonne: 20 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Karla: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Deanna: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Roxanne: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Colleen: 47 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Marlene: 42 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Vicky: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lana: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Penny: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Bonita: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 32 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Loren: 26 babies, 9× the national rate
Jerald: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Duane: 47 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lynn: 34 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Daryl: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dale: 102 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Terrence: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Curtis: 49 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bradley: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Linda	356	–	1
2	Mary	306	–	2
3	Patricia	241	↑1	3
4	Barbara	214	↓1	5
5	Susan	214	↑2	6
6	Nancy	181	–	7
7	Kathleen	172	↑2	10
8	Karen	171	↑5	8
9	Sandra	160	↓4	9
10	Carol	153	↓2	11
11	Deborah	152	↑7	4
12	Pamela	127	↑5	16
13	Sharon	126	↓3	13
14	Debra	121	↑29	18
15	Donna	117	↓3	12
16	Diane	107	↓5	15
17	Judy	103	↓1	26
18	Cheryl	93	↓3	30
19	Cynthia	91	↑1	20
20	Janet	91	↓6	19
21	Peggy	88	↑1	40
22	Janice	80	↑1	21
23	Bonnie	79	↑1	37
24	Connie	78	↑8	44
25	Jean	73	–	49
26	Margaret	73	↑1	17
27	Judith	72	↓8	25
28	Marilyn	71	↓7	41
29	Jane	66	↑6	43
30	Joyce	64	↓2	28
31	Betty	61	–	29
32	Rebecca	60	↑12	32
33	Shirley	58	↓4	27
34	Kathryn	56	↓8	45
35	Beverly	54	↓5	33
36	Elizabeth	52	↑2	23
37	Colleen	47	new	>100
38	Rita	44	↑10	61
39	Brenda	43	new	14
40	Marlene	42	new	>100
41	Gail	41	new	36
42	Gloria	41	↓9	31
43	Kathy	40	new	35
44	Carolyn	39	↓2	22
45	Julie	39	new	99
46	Lois	38	↓7	85
47	Marcia	38	↓6	74
48	Ruth	38	↓11	53
49	Katherine	36	↓3	55
50	Vicki	36	↓16	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	David	374	–	5
2	Michael	326	↑2	4
3	James	319	–	1
4	Robert	308	↓2	2
5	Richard	268	↑2	7
6	Thomas	246	↑2	8
7	John	244	↓2	3
8	Steven	241	↑4	13
9	Gary	225	↓3	10
10	Douglas	172	↑5	27
11	Dennis	169	↓2	17
12	Ronald	163	↓2	12
13	Larry	160	–	11
14	William	158	↓3	6
15	Charles	137	↑3	9
16	Donald	135	↓2	15
17	Roger	129	↑2	29
18	Daniel	123	↓2	21
19	Kenneth	119	↓2	16
20	Terry	113	↑2	30
21	Timothy	108	↑15	28
22	Mark	103	↑4	20
23	Dale	102	↑2	49
24	Gregory	99	↓4	25
25	Bruce	93	↑3	26
26	Jerry	92	↓3	24
27	Gerald	87	↓3	36
28	Paul	79	↓7	18
29	Randy	79	↑11	56
30	Randall	71	↑3	66
31	Joseph	70	–	14
32	Wayne	69	↓5	37
33	Patrick	58	↑5	39
34	Craig	56	↑7	63
35	Stephen	56	↓5	19
36	Rodney	54	↓2	84
37	Edward	52	↑9	23
38	Raymond	52	↑5	32
39	Alan	50	↓7	40
40	Allen	50	new	72
41	Curtis	49	new	91
42	Jeffrey	49	↓5	35
43	Duane	47	↓14	>100
44	George	47	↓9	22
45	Keith	45	↓6	59
46	Lawrence	41	↓2	33
47	Kevin	39	new	53
48	Marvin	37	new	96
49	Eugene	36	↓7	65
50	Dean	35	↓5	>100

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