Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1957

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1957 were Debra for girls (243 babies) and Michael for boys (340). Debra ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 15,091 babies born in South Dakota in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1957

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

Janelle: 16 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Jolene: 19 babies, 9× the national rate
Leann: 15 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Karla: 36 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Darla: 24 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Lynette: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Tamara: 26 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Deanna: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lori: 103 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Peggy: 81 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Darwin: 16 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Monte: 24 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Loren: 16 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Lyle: 18 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Duane: 47 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kelly: 31 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lynn: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bradley: 52 babies, 4× the national rate
Kim: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rodney: 78 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Debra	243	–	4
2	Mary	239	–	1
3	Cynthia	188	↑3	7
4	Susan	162	↓1	2
5	Cindy	157	↑16	19
6	Karen	149	↑3	5
7	Julie	146	↑9	28
8	Linda	135	↓4	3
9	Nancy	134	↓4	11
10	Pamela	133	↑1	12
11	Patricia	122	↓4	8
12	Barbara	115	↓4	9
13	Brenda	110	↑15	13
14	Sandra	108	↓4	15
15	Lori	103	↑7	45
16	Cheryl	101	↓1	16
17	Carol	100	↓3	18
18	Diane	96	↑1	17
19	Donna	95	↓7	10
20	Deborah	94	↓7	6
21	Kathy	81	↑6	20
22	Peggy	81	↑1	62
23	Kathleen	77	↓6	21
24	Janet	71	↑1	23
25	Sharon	70	↓7	14
26	Kim	69	↑6	35
27	Connie	63	↓7	47
28	Debbie	55	new	27
29	Jean	55	↑2	67
30	Joan	55	↑10	60
31	Teresa	54	↓7	24
32	Jane	53	↑2	56
33	Denise	51	new	25
34	Rhonda	48	↑13	52
35	Judy	47	↓9	38
36	Elizabeth	46	↓3	22
37	Dawn	45	↓8	93
38	Kathryn	44	↓3	65
39	Rebecca	44	↓2	34
40	Laurie	43	↑9	73
41	Vicki	43	↓3	51
42	Ann	40	↓1	44
43	Bonnie	39	↓4	64
44	Margaret	39	–	29
45	Betty	38	new	50
46	Robin	37	new	30
47	Karla	36	↓4	>100
48	Paula	35	↓6	49
49	Catherine	34	↓1	37
50	Shirley	34	new	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Michael	340	–	1
2	David	317	–	3
3	Mark	269	↑3	7
4	James	254	↑1	2
5	Steven	230	↓2	10
6	Robert	208	↓2	4
7	Richard	206	↑1	8
8	John	199	↓1	5
9	Kevin	193	↑2	20
10	Douglas	157	–	30
11	Thomas	154	↓2	9
12	Timothy	151	↑2	19
13	Daniel	139	↓1	16
14	Donald	132	↑4	15
15	Gary	129	↑1	13
16	Ronald	129	↑3	17
17	Randy	124	↓2	31
18	William	112	↓5	6
19	Scott	106	↑7	32
20	Terry	106	↓3	33
21	Jeffrey	104	–	21
22	Paul	103	–	18
23	Gregory	102	↓3	23
24	Roger	100	↑6	42
25	Brian	99	↑9	26
26	Larry	98	↓3	22
27	Charles	96	–	11
28	Bruce	89	↓3	34
29	Dale	87	↓1	50
30	Kenneth	87	↓6	14
31	Craig	81	↓2	55
32	Rodney	78	↓1	70
33	Dennis	74	–	28
34	Keith	68	↑1	36
35	Patrick	67	↑1	41
36	Wayne	63	↑4	47
37	Joseph	61	↓5	12
38	Jerry	58	↑3	35
39	Randall	57	↓2	59
40	Bradley	52	↓2	>100
41	Ricky	49	new	40
42	Alan	48	↓3	48
43	Duane	47	↑2	>100
44	Dean	46	↑3	93
45	Russell	44	↑1	54
46	Rick	40	new	87
47	Curtis	39	↑1	80
48	Jay	36	new	88
49	Mike	36	new	53
50	Allen	35	new	91

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