Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1964

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1964 were Lisa for girls (193 babies) and Michael for boys (287). Social Security records list 13,005 babies born in South Dakota in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1964

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: 15 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Jolene: 16 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Kristi: 39 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Karla: 41 babies, 6× the national rate
Kari: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Darla: 27 babies, 4× the national rate
Jody: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Lynette: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Marcia: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kay: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Loren: 20 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Chad: 17 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Bradley: 87 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Marty: 25 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Wade: 21 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Todd: 220 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Troy: 89 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Brad: 30 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Leslie: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kelly: 30 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1964

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Lisa	193	–	1
2	Mary	177	↑1	2
3	Julie	155	↑2	17
4	Lori	144	↓2	15
5	Brenda	119	↓1	18
6	Susan	114	–	3
7	Dawn	96	↑1	33
8	Karen	93	↓1	4
9	Michelle	92	↑11	23
10	Debra	89	↑3	24
11	Nancy	87	–	26
12	Kimberly	83	↓3	6
13	Linda	81	↓3	8
14	Sandra	75	↑1	13
15	Tammy	74	↑1	10
16	Pamela	73	↓4	11
17	Barbara	72	–	19
18	Donna	67	↑8	7
19	Patricia	65	↓5	5
20	Carol	62	↑8	36
21	Cheryl	62	↑9	29
22	Jill	60	↑9	61
23	Teresa	60	↓2	21
24	Laura	56	↑12	14
25	Paula	54	↑19	45
26	Rhonda	54	↓2	43
27	Connie	53	↓4	64
28	Denise	53	↓6	25
29	Robin	53	↓4	27
30	Laurie	52	↓11	59
31	Cynthia	51	↓4	9
32	Diane	51	↑1	32
33	Cindy	50	↓15	47
34	Angela	48	new	22
35	Kim	45	↓1	42
36	Sharon	44	new	20
37	Sheila	44	↑5	51
38	Janet	43	↑7	48
39	Peggy	43	new	>100
40	Kelly	42	↓5	35
41	Karla	41	new	>100
42	Rebecca	41	new	46
43	Carla	40	–	78
44	Jacqueline	40	new	37
45	Deborah	39	↓7	12
46	Kristi	39	new	>100
47	Jean	38	new	100
48	Kathy	38	↓7	39
49	Elizabeth	37	↓10	16
50	Jane	37	–	93

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Michael	287	–	1
2	David	250	–	3
3	James	226	↑2	4
4	Todd	220	–	28
5	Scott	217	↑1	14
6	John	202	↑2	2
7	Mark	199	↓4	6
8	Robert	197	↑1	5
9	Steven	166	↑2	12
10	Kevin	141	↓3	13
11	Jeffrey	140	↓1	10
12	Brian	130	↑1	20
13	Thomas	123	↑2	9
14	Richard	122	↓2	8
15	Timothy	112	↓1	15
16	Paul	108	↑3	16
17	William	96	↑1	7
18	Douglas	95	↓1	31
19	Troy	89	↑15	57
20	Daniel	88	↓4	19
21	Bradley	87	↑17	77
22	Ronald	68	↑7	24
23	Terry	68	↓3	35
24	Donald	67	↓2	25
25	Joseph	66	↑10	11
26	Randy	59	↓5	38
27	Gary	58	–	26
28	Patrick	58	↑9	30
29	Charles	56	↑3	17
30	Mike	55	↑3	47
31	Gregory	53	↓8	22
32	Kenneth	49	↓7	18
33	Dennis	48	↓3	42
34	Jeff	47	↓3	52
35	Dale	46	↓7	72
36	Larry	45	↓12	36
37	Anthony	42	new	21
38	Bruce	42	↑1	46
39	Dean	42	↑1	85
40	Jay	42	↑2	84
41	Jon	41	↑8	79
42	Curtis	37	↑2	75
43	Jerry	36	–	40
44	Steve	36	new	51
45	Jeffery	35	new	45
46	Keith	35	↓10	34
47	Rodney	35	–	59
48	Roger	35	new	49
49	Tim	35	↓8	82
50	Alan	34	new	53

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