Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1953

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1953 were Mary for girls (314 babies) and David for boys (344). David ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 15,445 babies born in South Dakota in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1953

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: 21 babies, 30.1× the national rate
Lavonne: 16 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Darla: 18 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Dixie: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lana: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Marla: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Julie: 81 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Colleen: 43 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Monica: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Bonita: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Darwin: 15 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Lyle: 27 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Jerald: 16 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Monte: 15 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Loren: 19 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Duane: 58 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Kelly: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Terrance: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dean: 45 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dale: 101 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Mary	314	↑1	1
2	Linda	275	↓1	2
3	Debra	251	↑2	7
4	Susan	213	↑3	5
5	Patricia	196	↓2	4
6	Barbara	170	–	6
7	Deborah	166	↑1	3
8	Carol	159	↑4	16
9	Nancy	159	↓5	8
10	Karen	144	–	9
11	Pamela	141	–	10
12	Cynthia	133	↑5	12
13	Sandra	120	↓4	11
14	Kathleen	114	↓1	14
15	Cheryl	111	↑4	28
16	Diane	101	↓1	17
17	Sharon	99	↑1	15
18	Janet	98	↓2	19
19	Peggy	83	↑4	44
20	Donna	81	↓6	13
21	Julie	81	↑5	74
22	Jean	69	↑5	52
23	Marilyn	67	↑10	36
24	Janice	65	↓2	22
25	Rebecca	64	↑12	24
26	Jane	62	↑4	43
27	Kathy	62	↑11	23
28	Vicki	61	↑4	61
29	Beverly	59	↑10	34
30	Joan	59	↑4	37
31	Judy	59	↓7	27
32	Kathryn	58	↓3	48
33	Bonnie	56	↓8	45
34	Betty	55	new	33
35	Connie	54	↓15	47
36	Margaret	53	↓15	20
37	Joyce	49	↓2	26
38	Gail	47	↑5	39
39	Sheila	47	new	60
40	Paula	44	new	40
41	Colleen	43	new	>100
42	Gloria	43	↓2	38
43	Rita	43	↑2	64
44	Catherine	42	–	35
45	Elizabeth	40	↑3	21
46	Marcia	40	↓5	84
47	Shirley	39	↓16	29
48	Katherine	38	↓6	63
49	Judith	37	↓21	30
50	Roberta	36	new	90

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	David	344	–	5
2	Michael	336	↑1	3
3	James	316	↓1	2
4	Robert	308	–	1
5	Richard	273	↑1	7
6	Steven	252	↑1	11
7	John	224	↓2	4
8	Thomas	206	↑1	8
9	Gary	197	↓1	10
10	Douglas	181	↑1	27
11	William	175	↓1	6
12	Mark	169	–	12
13	Daniel	145	↑1	20
14	Ronald	144	↑1	15
15	Donald	143	↓2	14
16	Dennis	135	–	19
17	Charles	134	–	9
18	Roger	133	↑2	31
19	Larry	125	↓1	18
20	Gregory	114	↑4	24
21	Timothy	109	↑4	26
22	Dale	101	↑7	48
23	Terry	99	↓4	30
24	Randy	98	↓1	35
25	Kenneth	86	↓4	17
26	Rodney	86	↑5	58
27	Paul	81	↓5	16
28	Bruce	79	↓2	28
29	Jeffrey	73	↓2	25
30	Joseph	72	↑9	13
31	Craig	66	↑5	60
32	Stephen	64	↑1	21
33	Jerry	63	↓3	29
34	Patrick	62	↑3	39
35	Duane	58	↑5	>100
36	Wayne	58	↓8	40
37	Kevin	57	↑7	36
38	Edward	52	↑11	23
39	Alan	51	↓1	43
40	Gerald	51	↓8	42
41	Allen	49	↑1	81
42	Randall	47	↓7	64
43	Keith	46	↓9	47
44	Dean	45	↑2	>100
45	Scott	44	↑3	46
46	Curtis	42	↑1	86
47	Eugene	38	↓4	75
48	Micheal	35	new	88
49	George	34	new	22
50	Russell	34	new	71

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