Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1963

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1963 were Lisa for girls (207 babies) and Michael for boys (294). Social Security records list 13,895 babies born in South Dakota in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1963

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, 12.1× the national rate
Kristi: 32 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Kari: 23 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Darla: 46 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Karla: 32 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Tamara: 55 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dawn: 98 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jody: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kay: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Shelly: 41 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Loren: 20 babies, 8× the national rate
Chad: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Shane: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Todd: 251 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kelly: 41 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kent: 33 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Marty: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dean: 54 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Rick: 37 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Brad: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1963

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	207	↑3	1
2	Lori	204	↓1	8
3	Mary	190	↓1	2
4	Brenda	135	↑2	15
5	Julie	131	↓2	22
6	Susan	116	↓1	3
7	Karen	106	–	4
8	Dawn	98	↑1	52
9	Kimberly	93	↑8	11
10	Linda	93	↑1	5
11	Nancy	92	↑1	23
12	Pamela	91	↑1	14
13	Debra	86	↓3	21
14	Patricia	84	↑6	7
15	Sandra	81	↓7	9
16	Tammy	75	↑10	12
17	Barbara	74	↓3	17
18	Cindy	71	↓2	37
19	Laurie	69	↓4	47
20	Michelle	68	↑3	26
21	Teresa	68	↓3	18
22	Denise	65	↑8	27
23	Connie	64	↑9	55
24	Rhonda	63	↓5	45
25	Robin	61	↓1	25
26	Donna	60	↑3	6
27	Cynthia	59	↑9	10
28	Carol	58	↑3	33
29	Tamara	55	↑11	>100
30	Cheryl	54	↓3	24
31	Jill	53	new	68
32	Debbie	52	↑6	41
33	Diane	50	↓5	31
34	Kim	50	↓12	39
35	Kelly	49	↑4	32
36	Laura	48	↓3	16
37	Theresa	48	↑12	38
38	Deborah	47	↓4	13
39	Elizabeth	47	↑4	20
40	Darla	46	new	>100
41	Kathy	45	↓20	34
42	Sheila	44	–	50
43	Carla	43	↑2	82
44	Paula	43	new	42
45	Janet	41	↓20	40
46	Shelly	41	↓5	>100
47	Christine	40	new	29
48	Sherry	40	new	49
49	Tracy	40	new	48
50	Jane	39	↓4	75

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Michael	294	↑2	1
2	David	289	↓1	3
3	Mark	260	↓1	6
4	Todd	251	↑3	30
5	James	226	↑4	4
6	Scott	224	–	12
7	Kevin	199	↑1	11
8	John	197	↓3	2
9	Robert	176	↓5	5
10	Jeffrey	161	–	10
11	Steven	159	–	14
12	Richard	135	–	8
13	Brian	127	↑2	20
14	Timothy	127	–	15
15	Thomas	123	↓2	9
16	Daniel	114	↑1	19
17	Douglas	112	↓1	28
18	William	100	–	7
19	Paul	97	–	17
20	Terry	88	↑1	32
21	Randy	81	↑4	37
22	Donald	72	↑4	25
23	Gregory	71	↑5	21
24	Larry	69	↑15	36
25	Kenneth	68	↓2	18
26	Craig	63	↑7	51
27	Gary	63	↓7	24
28	Dale	62	↑2	69
29	Ronald	62	↓7	23
30	Dennis	60	↑13	39
31	Jeff	59	↓2	48
32	Charles	58	↓5	16
33	Mike	58	↑3	44
34	Troy	58	↑1	66
35	Joseph	56	↓1	13
36	Keith	56	↓4	33
37	Patrick	55	↑9	35
38	Bradley	54	↓14	82
39	Bruce	54	↓2	43
40	Dean	54	new	86
41	Tim	48	↓3	79
42	Jay	47	↓1	85
43	Jerry	42	new	38
44	Curtis	41	new	72
45	Kelly	41	↑2	>100
46	Bryan	40	↑3	73
47	Rodney	38	↓7	76
48	Wayne	38	↑2	63
49	Jon	37	new	84
50	Rick	37	↓2	>100

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