Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1960

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1960 were Mary for girls (216 babies) and David for boys (311). Social Security records list 14,912 babies born in South Dakota in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1960

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, 10.3× the national rate
Leann: 20 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Jolene: 16 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Kristi: 28 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Darla: 34 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Karla: 31 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Jody: 29 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kristine: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Shelly: 38 babies, 4× the national rate
Roxanne: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 30 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Darwin: 16 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Monte: 17 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Loren: 17 babies, 7× the national rate
Todd: 101 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Ross: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dana: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kim: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Bret: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Marty: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Mary	216	–	1
2	Lori	172	↑4	20
3	Julie	161	↑1	28
4	Susan	149	↓2	2
5	Linda	141	–	3
6	Brenda	125	↑9	13
7	Debra	124	↓4	8
8	Barbara	119	↑1	12
9	Karen	118	↓2	4
10	Donna	113	↑7	5
11	Nancy	111	↓3	15
12	Lisa	108	↑14	6
13	Laurie	101	↑28	37
14	Pamela	100	↓4	14
15	Carol	95	↑6	23
16	Cindy	94	↓4	30
17	Teresa	94	↑17	19
18	Sandra	90	↑4	11
19	Cheryl	88	↓5	17
20	Patricia	84	↓7	7
21	Janet	80	↑2	32
22	Tammy	79	↑6	31
23	Cynthia	76	↓12	9
24	Kathy	76	↓4	21
25	Kathleen	74	↑14	27
26	Kim	74	↓2	34
27	Kimberly	74	↑10	26
28	Debbie	70	↓9	24
29	Diane	69	↓13	22
30	Sharon	66	↑2	16
31	Dawn	62	↓13	57
32	Robin	62	↑12	33
33	Rhonda	61	↓2	44
34	Connie	58	↓9	47
35	Judy	58	↓6	48
36	Denise	55	↓1	29
37	Peggy	55	↓10	69
38	Deborah	52	↓8	10
39	Paula	49	new	55
40	Tamara	44	↓7	>100
41	Jean	43	↑1	86
42	Laura	43	new	25
43	Theresa	42	↑3	35
44	Jane	41	↓8	67
45	Jill	40	↑2	76
46	Vicki	40	new	73
47	Kelly	39	↓4	52
48	Shelly	38	new	>100
49	Becky	36	new	>100
50	Sherry	35	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	David	311	–	1
2	Michael	269	–	2
3	Mark	248	–	6
4	James	237	↑1	3
5	Robert	213	↓1	5
6	Steven	191	–	10
7	Timothy	188	↑3	11
8	Scott	185	↑3	23
9	Kevin	178	↓2	15
10	John	177	↓2	4
11	Richard	164	↓2	8
12	Jeffrey	149	↑5	14
13	Daniel	136	↑3	17
14	Thomas	135	↑1	9
15	Brian	129	↓2	20
16	Douglas	129	↓2	30
17	Paul	114	↑3	18
18	William	109	↓6	7
19	Randy	105	↓1	32
20	Todd	101	↑7	71
21	Gary	88	↓2	22
22	Craig	87	↑10	41
23	Larry	84	–	28
24	Ronald	79	↓2	21
25	Terry	79	↓1	34
26	Charles	78	↑8	13
27	Donald	77	↓6	19
28	Mike	72	↑5	36
29	Dale	69	↓1	54
30	Tim	69	↑5	60
31	Dennis	66	↓5	31
32	Bruce	65	↑5	39
33	Roger	64	↑7	47
34	Rodney	63	↓5	68
35	Kenneth	62	↓5	16
36	Gregory	61	↓11	24
37	Patrick	61	↑2	45
38	Keith	60	↑4	35
39	Bradley	59	↓8	90
40	Joseph	58	↓4	12
41	Jerry	53	↑6	37
42	Alan	50	↑4	50
43	Jay	50	↑7	78
44	Jeff	49	↓6	49
45	Steve	49	↓4	43
46	Dean	48	↓2	94
47	Ricky	45	new	38
48	Wayne	44	↓5	58
49	Curtis	42	–	79
50	Randall	42	↓5	59

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