Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1959

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1959 were Mary for girls (226 babies) and David for boys (358). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 15,400 babies born in South Dakota in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1959

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: 33 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Jolene: 17 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Darla: 33 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Karla: 26 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lynette: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Tamara: 59 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jodi: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Shelly: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dawn: 90 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kay: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Loren: 22 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Lyle: 19 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Todd: 84 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Bradley: 75 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Lynn: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Doug: 30 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Marty: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Duane: 42 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rodney: 78 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dean: 52 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Mary	226	–	1
2	Susan	200	–	2
3	Debra	174	↑1	7
4	Julie	168	↓1	26
5	Linda	157	–	3
6	Lori	156	–	27
7	Karen	125	↑2	4
8	Nancy	120	↓1	14
9	Barbara	115	↓1	11
10	Pamela	113	↑1	12
11	Cynthia	108	↑2	8
12	Cindy	106	↓2	25
13	Patricia	106	↑4	6
14	Cheryl	101	↑5	18
15	Brenda	99	↑1	16
16	Diane	95	↑2	19
17	Donna	95	↑7	5
18	Dawn	90	↑9	54
19	Debbie	89	↑2	20
20	Kathy	89	↓5	15
21	Carol	78	↓9	22
22	Sandra	76	↓8	13
23	Janet	73	↓1	28
24	Kim	72	↑6	35
25	Connie	70	↑12	48
26	Lisa	66	↑10	10
27	Peggy	66	↓7	57
28	Tammy	66	↓5	31
29	Judy	64	–	41
30	Deborah	61	↓4	9
31	Rhonda	59	↓6	45
32	Sharon	59	↑1	17
33	Tamara	59	↑6	>100
34	Teresa	59	↓2	24
35	Denise	53	↓4	29
36	Jane	53	↓2	67
37	Kimberly	52	new	33
38	Bonnie	51	new	71
39	Kathleen	51	↓11	23
40	Elizabeth	50	↑8	21
41	Laurie	50	↑4	56
42	Jean	47	↓7	77
43	Kelly	47	new	74
44	Robin	46	↑6	32
45	Joan	44	↓7	76
46	Theresa	43	new	34
47	Jill	41	new	86
48	Rebecca	41	↓5	38
49	Sheila	41	new	52
50	Terri	41	new	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	David	358	–	2
2	Michael	291	–	1
3	Mark	289	↑2	6
4	Robert	242	–	5
5	James	225	↓2	3
6	Steven	182	–	10
7	Kevin	179	↑2	14
8	John	178	–	4
9	Richard	169	↓2	8
10	Timothy	165	↑1	12
11	Scott	151	↑5	24
12	William	145	↑2	7
13	Brian	139	↑6	22
14	Douglas	139	↓1	30
15	Thomas	134	↓5	9
16	Daniel	131	↓4	18
17	Jeffrey	130	↑1	16
18	Randy	117	↓3	31
19	Gary	109	↓2	20
20	Paul	104	↑3	17
21	Donald	103	↑3	19
22	Ronald	100	↓2	21
23	Larry	91	↓2	25
24	Terry	89	↑2	33
25	Gregory	87	↑5	23
26	Dennis	85	↓4	29
27	Todd	84	↑15	99
28	Dale	79	↓1	49
29	Rodney	78	↑4	67
30	Kenneth	76	↓2	15
31	Bradley	75	↑4	>100
32	Craig	73	↓3	44
33	Mike	73	↑4	37
34	Charles	69	↓3	11
35	Tim	65	↑9	60
36	Joseph	64	–	13
37	Bruce	63	↓12	38
38	Jeff	61	new	52
39	Patrick	61	↓1	43
40	Roger	58	↓1	47
41	Steve	58	new	41
42	Keith	55	↓10	39
43	Wayne	53	↓3	51
44	Dean	52	↑1	95
45	Randall	50	↑4	59
46	Alan	45	↓12	50
47	Jerry	44	↓6	36
48	Duane	42	new	>100
49	Curtis	40	new	75
50	Jay	40	new	88

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