Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1954

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1954 were Mary for girls (338 babies) and Michael for boys (374). Social Security records list 15,514 babies born in South Dakota in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1954

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: 19 babies, 33.5× the national rate
Jolene: 16 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Darla: 21 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Karla: 21 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Lynette: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Marla: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bonita: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kay: 31 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Julie: 68 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Colleen: 37 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 38 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Loren: 18 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Duane: 44 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lynn: 24 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Rodney: 97 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kelly: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dean: 46 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Terrance: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Joel: 36 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tom: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Mary	338	–	1
2	Debra	262	↑1	6
3	Linda	229	↓1	2
4	Susan	211	–	5
5	Karen	173	↑5	8
6	Pamela	157	↑5	12
7	Barbara	154	↓1	7
8	Patricia	154	↓3	4
9	Cynthia	151	↑3	10
10	Nancy	149	↓1	9
11	Sandra	128	↑2	13
12	Carol	124	↓4	15
13	Deborah	120	↓6	3
14	Kathleen	120	–	14
15	Donna	109	↑5	11
16	Sharon	96	↑1	16
17	Cheryl	91	↓2	22
18	Janet	86	–	19
19	Diane	77	↓3	17
20	Connie	75	↑15	39
21	Judy	73	↑10	29
22	Marilyn	72	↑1	35
23	Peggy	71	↓4	48
24	Kathryn	69	↑8	51
25	Julie	68	↓4	70
26	Rebecca	68	↓1	26
27	Joan	64	↑3	40
28	Kathy	61	↓1	23
29	Bonnie	59	↑4	52
30	Janice	57	↓6	25
31	Jane	54	↓5	49
32	Jean	49	↓10	56
33	Brenda	48	new	18
34	Joyce	48	↑3	28
35	Beverly	47	↓6	31
36	Margaret	47	–	21
37	Shirley	47	↑10	33
38	Vickie	47	new	69
39	Judith	46	↑10	30
40	Rhonda	44	new	71
41	Elizabeth	43	↑4	20
42	Gail	41	↓4	37
43	Paula	41	↓3	38
44	Cindy	39	new	91
45	Colleen	37	↓4	>100
46	Vicki	37	↓18	50
47	Wanda	37	new	58
48	Marcia	36	↓2	90
49	Gloria	34	↓7	42
50	Laurie	34	new	98

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Michael	374	↑1	1
2	David	335	↓1	5
3	James	317	–	3
4	Steven	292	↑2	11
5	Robert	248	↓1	2
6	Mark	233	↑6	12
7	John	226	–	4
8	Gary	219	↑1	9
9	Richard	206	↓4	7
10	Thomas	201	↓2	8
11	Douglas	175	↓1	29
12	William	163	↓1	6
13	Daniel	145	–	18
14	Ronald	144	–	15
15	Larry	140	↑4	19
16	Donald	127	↓1	14
17	Randy	126	↑7	33
18	Dennis	122	↓2	21
19	Kenneth	109	↑6	17
20	Paul	109	↑7	16
21	Roger	109	↓3	34
22	Terry	101	↑1	27
23	Jeffrey	97	↑6	23
24	Rodney	97	↑2	66
25	Gregory	96	↓5	25
26	Bruce	94	↑2	30
27	Timothy	94	↓6	26
28	Dale	92	↓6	50
29	Charles	91	↓12	10
30	Kevin	87	↑7	28
31	Patrick	76	↑3	38
32	Wayne	74	↑4	41
33	Joseph	70	↓3	13
34	Scott	70	↑11	40
35	Craig	69	↓4	51
36	Jerry	62	↓3	31
37	Randall	62	↑5	55
38	Keith	58	↑5	45
39	Alan	48	–	43
40	Edward	48	↓2	22
41	Danny	47	new	42
42	Dean	46	↑2	>100
43	Gerald	46	↓3	44
44	Duane	44	↓9	>100
45	Curtis	42	↑1	84
46	Brian	41	new	48
47	Stephen	41	↓15	20
48	Lyle	38	new	>100
49	Allen	36	↓8	82
50	Joel	36	new	>100

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