Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1962

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1962 were Lori for girls (184 babies) and David for boys (295). Lori ranked #11 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 14,398 babies born in South Dakota in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1962

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

Renae: 18 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Kristi: 40 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Jolene: 17 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Karla: 33 babies, 5× the national rate
Kari: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Lynette: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Darla: 29 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ronda: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Kay: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Shelly: 43 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Darwin: 16 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Lyle: 17 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Lynn: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Bradley: 80 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kelly: 48 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Todd: 209 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Duane: 39 babies, 4× the national rate
Kent: 34 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Doug: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Rick: 43 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Lori	184	–	11
2	Mary	171	–	2
3	Julie	168	↑2	22
4	Lisa	162	–	1
5	Susan	145	↑1	3
6	Brenda	123	↓3	12
7	Karen	108	↑1	4
8	Sandra	108	↑7	10
9	Dawn	102	↑5	50
10	Debra	101	↓1	15
11	Linda	97	↓4	5
12	Nancy	95	↓1	19
13	Pamela	93	↓1	13
14	Barbara	91	↑4	14
15	Laurie	87	↑11	42
16	Cindy	81	↑5	34
17	Kimberly	81	↓4	16
18	Teresa	79	↓2	18
19	Rhonda	75	↑24	45
20	Patricia	74	↓10	6
21	Kathy	73	↓1	27
22	Kim	70	↑12	37
23	Michelle	63	↑6	31
24	Robin	63	↓1	25
25	Janet	62	↑8	35
26	Tammy	61	↓1	23
27	Cheryl	60	↑4	24
28	Diane	59	↓6	26
29	Donna	59	↓10	7
30	Denise	57	–	30
31	Carol	56	↓14	28
32	Connie	54	↓8	51
33	Laura	53	↑2	21
34	Deborah	52	↑11	9
35	Sharon	52	↑1	17
36	Cynthia	51	↓4	8
37	Peggy	48	↑5	93
38	Debbie	47	↓10	32
39	Kelly	46	↓2	38
40	Tamara	46	↑4	>100
41	Shelly	43	new	>100
42	Sheila	41	new	52
43	Elizabeth	40	↓5	20
44	Kristi	40	new	>100
45	Carla	38	↑4	78
46	Jane	38	↓7	73
47	Michele	38	new	59
48	Tina	37	new	33
49	Theresa	36	↓8	40
50	Vicki	35	new	85

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	David	295	–	2
2	Mark	260	–	6
3	Michael	259	–	1
4	Robert	230	↑5	5
5	John	220	↑1	3
6	Scott	213	↑2	11
7	Todd	209	–	30
8	Kevin	195	↓3	14
9	James	182	↓5	4
10	Jeffrey	176	↑1	10
11	Steven	168	↓1	12
12	Richard	146	↑3	8
13	Thomas	137	↑3	9
14	Timothy	136	↓2	16
15	Brian	131	↓1	20
16	Douglas	130	↑2	27
17	Daniel	126	↓4	17
18	William	115	↓1	7
19	Paul	101	↑1	19
20	Gary	90	↓1	22
21	Terry	89	–	34
22	Ronald	85	↑6	25
23	Kenneth	81	–	18
24	Bradley	80	–	87
25	Randy	74	–	35
26	Donald	73	↓4	23
27	Charles	71	↑3	15
28	Gregory	71	↓2	21
29	Jeff	70	↑19	44
30	Dale	67	↑6	62
31	Roger	64	↑4	47
32	Keith	62	↑1	36
33	Craig	61	↓6	51
34	Joseph	61	↑4	13
35	Troy	58	new	67
36	Mike	56	↓4	39
37	Bruce	54	↓8	41
38	Tim	54	↑4	72
39	Larry	53	↓5	31
40	Rodney	53	↑6	76
41	Jay	52	↓4	80
42	Steve	52	new	46
43	Dennis	51	↓12	37
44	Alan	50	↓4	53
45	Greg	50	new	77
46	Patrick	50	↓5	40
47	Kelly	48	new	>100
48	Rick	43	new	>100
49	Bryan	42	new	82
50	Wayne	41	–	63

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