Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1958

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1958 were Mary for girls (229 babies) and David for boys (322). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 14,790 babies born in South Dakota in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1958

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

Jolene: 19 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Karla: 31 babies, 6× the national rate
Darla: 24 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lynette: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kristi: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kay: 38 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kristine: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Deanna: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tamara: 47 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Roxanne: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Loren: 27 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Darwin: 16 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Lyle: 20 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Terrance: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Bradley: 60 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Todd: 51 babies, 4× the national rate
Wade: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Marty: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kelly: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Duane: 32 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Mary	229	↑1	1
2	Susan	213	↑2	2
3	Julie	212	↑4	23
4	Debra	186	↓3	6
5	Linda	154	↑3	3
6	Lori	131	↑9	30
7	Nancy	131	↑2	12
8	Barbara	125	↑4	9
9	Karen	123	↓3	4
10	Cindy	116	↓5	25
11	Pamela	116	↓1	11
12	Carol	111	↑5	20
13	Cynthia	111	↓10	8
14	Sandra	109	–	15
15	Kathy	108	↑6	14
16	Brenda	96	↓3	16
17	Patricia	95	↓6	5
18	Diane	90	–	18
19	Cheryl	87	↓3	13
20	Peggy	84	↑2	42
21	Debbie	80	↑7	24
22	Janet	70	↑2	28
23	Tammy	70	new	44
24	Donna	68	↓5	10
25	Rhonda	64	↑9	48
26	Deborah	63	↓6	7
27	Dawn	62	↑10	84
28	Kathleen	58	↓5	21
29	Judy	57	↑6	36
30	Kim	57	↓4	40
31	Denise	55	↑2	27
32	Teresa	55	↓1	26
33	Sharon	54	↓8	17
34	Jane	51	↓2	61
35	Jean	51	↓6	73
36	Lisa	50	new	19
37	Connie	48	↓10	50
38	Joan	48	↓8	68
39	Tamara	47	new	>100
40	Vicki	47	↑1	57
41	Kathryn	43	↓3	58
42	Ann	42	–	47
43	Rebecca	40	↓4	41
44	Laura	39	new	29
45	Laurie	39	↓5	70
46	Colleen	38	new	>100
47	Kay	38	new	>100
48	Elizabeth	37	↓12	22
49	Carla	36	new	>100
50	Robin	36	↓4	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	David	322	↑1	2
2	Michael	299	↓1	1
3	James	255	↑1	3
4	Robert	247	↑2	4
5	Mark	243	↓2	7
6	Steven	202	↓1	10
7	Richard	198	–	8
8	John	186	–	5
9	Kevin	186	–	20
10	Thomas	159	↑1	9
11	Timothy	151	↑1	13
12	Daniel	143	↑1	16
13	Douglas	143	↓3	30
14	William	138	↑4	6
15	Randy	132	↑2	32
16	Scott	131	↑3	25
17	Gary	118	↓2	17
18	Jeffrey	117	↑3	21
19	Brian	115	↑6	24
20	Ronald	110	↓4	19
21	Larry	106	↑5	22
22	Dennis	93	↑11	29
23	Paul	93	↓1	15
24	Donald	91	↓10	18
25	Bruce	88	↑3	36
26	Terry	88	↓6	33
27	Dale	85	↑2	46
28	Kenneth	84	↑2	14
29	Craig	80	↑2	53
30	Gregory	76	↓7	23
31	Charles	72	↓4	11
32	Keith	63	↑2	37
33	Rodney	63	↓1	65
34	Alan	61	↑8	49
35	Bradley	60	↑5	>100
36	Joseph	59	↑1	12
37	Mike	59	↑12	40
38	Patrick	57	↓3	42
39	Roger	55	↓15	47
40	Wayne	55	↓4	48
41	Jerry	51	↓3	35
42	Todd	51	new	>100
43	Ricky	42	↓2	34
44	Tim	42	new	74
45	Dean	38	↓1	97
46	Rick	38	–	77
47	Anthony	36	new	27
48	Jim	36	new	87
49	Randall	36	↓10	62
50	Allen	35	–	92

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