Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1952

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1952 were Linda for girls (303 babies) and David for boys (393). David ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 15,787 babies born in South Dakota in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1952

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: 16 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Darla: 17 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Lynette: 19 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Dixie: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Karla: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Julie: 69 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lana: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Roxanne: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Vicky: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marlene: 34 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Loren: 27 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Lyle: 25 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Duane: 51 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Randal: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lynn: 29 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kim: 42 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Terrance: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Daryl: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rodney: 69 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Wesley: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Linda	303	–	1
2	Mary	299	–	2
3	Patricia	195	–	3
4	Nancy	192	↑2	7
5	Debra	185	↑9	9
6	Barbara	183	↓2	6
7	Susan	174	↓2	5
8	Deborah	166	↑3	4
9	Sandra	154	–	10
10	Karen	137	↓2	8
11	Pamela	137	↑1	17
12	Carol	134	↓2	12
13	Kathleen	129	↓6	11
14	Donna	107	↑1	13
15	Diane	105	↑1	16
16	Janet	90	↑4	19
17	Cynthia	89	↑2	18
18	Sharon	89	↓5	14
19	Cheryl	87	↓1	31
20	Connie	83	↑4	44
21	Margaret	81	↑5	21
22	Janice	77	–	23
23	Peggy	75	↓2	43
24	Judy	72	↓7	26
25	Bonnie	70	↓2	41
26	Julie	69	↑19	85
27	Jean	66	↓2	50
28	Judith	63	↓1	25
29	Kathryn	63	↑5	48
30	Jane	62	↓1	42
31	Shirley	60	↑2	28
32	Vicki	58	↑18	61
33	Marilyn	57	↓5	38
34	Joan	56	new	37
35	Joyce	56	↓5	27
36	Brenda	54	↑3	15
37	Rebecca	53	↓5	30
38	Kathy	52	↑5	29
39	Beverly	51	↓4	35
40	Gloria	49	↑2	36
41	Marcia	47	↑6	80
42	Katherine	46	↑7	59
43	Gail	43	↓2	39
44	Catherine	42	new	34
45	Rita	42	↓7	66
46	Dianne	40	new	96
47	Elaine	38	new	73
48	Elizabeth	38	↓12	22
49	Ruth	38	↓1	57
50	Ann	36	new	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	David	393	–	5
2	James	358	↑1	1
3	Michael	343	↓1	4
4	Robert	330	–	2
5	John	283	↑2	3
6	Richard	272	↓1	7
7	Steven	254	↑1	11
8	Gary	212	↑1	10
9	Thomas	202	↓3	8
10	William	182	↑4	6
11	Douglas	169	↓1	28
12	Mark	165	↑10	17
13	Donald	160	↑3	13
14	Daniel	157	↑4	20
15	Ronald	151	↓3	15
16	Dennis	150	↓5	18
17	Charles	143	↓2	9
18	Larry	139	↓5	14
19	Terry	130	↑1	29
20	Roger	123	↓3	30
21	Kenneth	119	↓2	16
22	Paul	97	↑6	19
23	Randy	96	↑6	41
24	Gregory	92	–	24
25	Timothy	91	↓4	27
26	Bruce	90	↓1	25
27	Jeffrey	74	↑15	31
28	Wayne	74	↑4	38
29	Dale	73	↓6	46
30	Jerry	72	↓4	26
31	Rodney	69	↑5	84
32	Gerald	66	↓5	39
33	Stephen	65	↑2	21
34	Keith	64	↑11	49
35	Randall	61	↓5	63
36	Craig	60	↓2	59
37	Patrick	56	↓4	37
38	Alan	55	↑1	42
39	Joseph	54	↓8	12
40	Duane	51	↑3	>100
41	Raymond	50	↓3	33
42	Allen	43	↓2	78
43	Eugene	42	↑6	71
44	Kevin	42	↑3	43
45	Kim	42	new	>100
46	Dean	41	↑4	>100
47	Curtis	39	↓6	86
48	Scott	39	new	54
49	Edward	35	↓12	23
50	Jack	35	new	52

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