Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1955

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1955 were Debra for girls (314 babies) and David for boys (401). Debra ranked #4 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 16,078 babies born in South Dakota in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1955

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

Kristi: 25 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Leann: 15 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Dixie: 24 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Darla: 19 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Karla: 24 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lana: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Crystal: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Deanna: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Joni: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dawn: 51 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Loren: 32 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Lyle: 24 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Kelly: 25 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Duane: 41 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Tim: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lynn: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Bradley: 50 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dean: 47 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dale: 106 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Randal: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Debra	314	↑1	4
2	Mary	314	↓1	1
3	Susan	216	↑1	5
4	Linda	215	↓1	3
5	Karen	175	–	8
6	Patricia	174	↑2	6
7	Nancy	167	↑3	9
8	Barbara	163	↓1	7
9	Deborah	152	↑4	2
10	Pamela	145	↓4	12
11	Carol	133	↑1	15
12	Cynthia	131	↓3	11
13	Sandra	127	↓2	13
14	Cheryl	104	↑3	19
15	Donna	104	–	10
16	Kathleen	97	↓2	17
17	Diane	96	↑2	14
18	Sharon	91	↓2	16
19	Julie	80	↑6	67
20	Janet	75	↓2	20
21	Kathy	70	↑7	22
22	Connie	68	↓2	35
23	Peggy	65	–	51
24	Jane	60	↑7	50
25	Lori	59	new	89
26	Vicki	59	↑20	52
27	Jean	57	↑5	60
28	Kathryn	57	↓4	59
29	Margaret	55	↑7	24
30	Teresa	55	new	26
31	Judy	54	↓10	32
32	Janice	52	↓2	25
33	Brenda	51	–	18
34	Dawn	51	new	>100
35	Joan	49	↓8	46
36	Joyce	49	↓2	29
37	Bonnie	48	↓8	45
38	Rebecca	48	↓12	27
39	Elizabeth	47	↑2	21
40	Marilyn	47	↓18	49
41	Rhonda	47	↓1	71
42	Cindy	46	↑2	79
43	Gail	45	↓1	42
44	Sheila	45	new	57
45	Laurie	44	↑5	91
46	Vickie	44	↓8	68
47	Rita	43	new	72
48	Paula	42	↓5	39
49	Laura	41	new	41
50	Denise	40	new	23

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	David	401	↑1	2
2	Michael	375	↓1	1
3	James	298	–	3
4	Steven	292	–	10
5	Robert	262	–	4
6	Mark	256	–	9
7	Richard	230	↑2	7
8	John	225	↓1	5
9	Daniel	177	↑4	17
10	William	176	↑2	6
11	Thomas	166	↓1	8
12	Douglas	163	↓1	29
13	Gary	145	↓5	12
14	Timothy	142	↑13	22
15	Randy	133	↑2	30
16	Terry	129	↑6	28
17	Ronald	125	↓3	18
18	Donald	120	↓2	14
19	Jeffrey	119	↑4	20
20	Kevin	119	↑10	27
21	Larry	115	↓6	19
22	Gregory	110	↑3	24
23	Dale	106	↑5	52
24	Dennis	106	↓6	23
25	Kenneth	105	↓6	15
26	Paul	99	↓6	16
27	Charles	96	↑2	11
28	Roger	91	↓7	37
29	Scott	82	↑5	38
30	Rodney	76	↓6	65
31	Craig	72	↑4	50
32	Wayne	72	–	44
33	Bruce	70	↓7	32
34	Jerry	68	↑2	33
35	Joseph	59	↓2	13
36	Alan	57	↑3	43
37	Keith	56	↑1	39
38	Patrick	53	↓7	41
39	Bradley	50	new	>100
40	Curtis	48	↑5	79
41	Dean	47	↑1	>100
42	Randall	43	↓5	53
43	Duane	41	↑1	>100
44	Edward	41	↓4	25
45	Rick	38	new	>100
46	Brian	37	–	40
47	Stephen	37	–	21
48	Gerald	35	↓5	48
49	Ricky	35	new	46
50	Russell	34	new	57

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