Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1961

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1961 were Lori for girls (211 babies) and David for boys (327). Lori ranked #14 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 14,825 babies born in South Dakota in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1961

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: 18 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Jolene: 21 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Kristi: 34 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Karla: 49 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Darla: 30 babies, 5× the national rate
Mona: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kay: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ronda: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lynette: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tamara: 43 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Darwin: 17 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Lyle: 22 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Monte: 17 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Loren: 18 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Myron: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Todd: 194 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Bradley: 78 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kim: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Brad: 34 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Wade: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Lori	211	↑1	14
2	Mary	187	↓1	1
3	Brenda	163	↑3	11
4	Lisa	162	↑8	2
5	Julie	157	↓2	23
6	Susan	144	↓2	3
7	Linda	130	↓2	4
8	Karen	114	↑1	5
9	Debra	113	↓2	13
10	Patricia	108	↑10	6
11	Nancy	104	–	16
12	Pamela	101	↑2	15
13	Kimberly	94	↑14	22
14	Dawn	88	↑17	49
15	Sandra	86	↑3	9
16	Teresa	86	↑1	18
17	Carol	85	↓2	24
18	Barbara	83	↓10	12
19	Donna	81	↓9	7
20	Kathy	76	↑4	25
21	Cindy	72	↓5	33
22	Diane	71	↑7	26
23	Robin	69	↑9	27
24	Connie	68	↑10	50
25	Tammy	68	↓3	28
26	Laurie	67	↓13	43
27	Kathleen	65	↓2	29
28	Debbie	63	–	31
29	Michelle	63	new	34
30	Denise	62	↑6	30
31	Cheryl	61	↓12	20
32	Cynthia	61	↓9	8
33	Janet	60	↓12	32
34	Kim	56	↓8	36
35	Laura	56	↑7	21
36	Sharon	56	↓6	17
37	Kelly	53	↑10	45
38	Elizabeth	52	new	19
39	Jane	51	↑5	72
40	Karla	49	new	>100
41	Theresa	45	↑2	35
42	Peggy	44	↓5	88
43	Rhonda	43	↓10	46
44	Tamara	43	↓4	>100
45	Deborah	42	↓7	10
46	Rebecca	42	new	44
47	Beth	41	new	65
48	Joan	40	new	89
49	Carla	37	new	77
50	Jacqueline	37	new	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	David	327	–	2
2	Mark	284	↑1	6
3	Michael	262	↓1	1
4	James	228	–	4
5	Kevin	206	↑4	14
6	John	198	↑4	3
7	Todd	194	↑13	46
8	Scott	190	–	19
9	Robert	189	↓4	5
10	Steven	167	↓4	10
11	Jeffrey	163	↑1	11
12	Timothy	160	↓5	15
13	Daniel	149	–	17
14	Brian	131	↑1	20
15	Richard	125	↓4	8
16	Thomas	112	↓2	9
17	William	112	↑1	7
18	Douglas	111	↓2	28
19	Gary	109	↑2	21
20	Paul	99	↓3	18
21	Terry	91	↑4	32
22	Donald	87	↑5	22
23	Kenneth	81	↑12	16
24	Bradley	78	↑15	87
25	Randy	77	↓6	33
26	Gregory	76	↑10	23
27	Craig	72	↓5	43
28	Ronald	71	↓4	24
29	Bruce	70	↑3	40
30	Charles	70	↓4	13
31	Dennis	66	–	34
32	Mike	66	↓4	36
33	Keith	64	↑5	35
34	Larry	64	↓11	30
35	Roger	60	↓2	47
36	Dale	55	↓7	58
37	Jay	54	↑6	81
38	Joseph	54	↑2	12
39	Dean	53	↑7	84
40	Alan	52	↑2	51
41	Patrick	52	↓4	39
42	Tim	51	↓12	65
43	Jerry	49	↓2	37
44	Jeffery	48	new	50
45	Randall	48	↑5	63
46	Rodney	47	↓12	72
47	Russell	47	new	55
48	Jeff	46	↓4	49
49	Tom	45	new	88
50	Wayne	45	↓2	61

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