Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1965

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1965 were Lisa for girls (272 babies) and Michael for boys (249). Social Security records list 11,213 babies born in South Dakota in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1965

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, 11.6× the national rate
Kristi: 33 babies, 7× the national rate
Kari: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Jody: 21 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Lynette: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Karla: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Patti: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tamara: 39 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jodi: 34 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Darla: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Darwin: 22 babies, 17.6× the national rate
Monte: 15 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Loren: 20 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Chad: 24 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Shane: 20 babies, 6× the national rate
Wade: 24 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Marty: 20 babies, 5× the national rate
Duane: 32 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Darin: 36 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Troy: 76 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	272	–	1
2	Julie	139	↑1	14
3	Lori	118	↑1	19
4	Mary	115	↓2	2
5	Brenda	102	–	23
6	Dawn	100	↑1	26
7	Susan	98	↓1	5
8	Karen	85	–	3
9	Kimberly	75	↑3	4
10	Michelle	74	↓1	18
11	Linda	66	↑2	8
12	Jill	64	↑10	51
13	Nancy	64	↓2	32
14	Patricia	64	↑5	6
15	Pamela	63	↑1	12
16	Barbara	60	↑1	25
17	Sandra	59	↓3	15
18	Tammy	57	↓3	11
19	Rhonda	55	↑7	37
20	Cheryl	54	↑1	31
21	Donna	54	↓3	7
22	Teresa	53	↑1	24
23	Debra	52	↓13	27
24	Laura	51	–	17
25	Laurie	51	↑5	60
26	Robin	50	↑3	33
27	Cynthia	46	↑4	9
28	Amy	45	new	35
29	Deborah	45	↑16	13
30	Theresa	42	new	45
31	Carol	41	↓11	42
32	Sheila	39	↑5	50
33	Stephanie	39	new	44
34	Tamara	39	new	>100
35	Ann	37	new	59
36	Kelly	37	↑4	30
37	Connie	35	↓10	61
38	Cindy	34	↓5	53
39	Jodi	34	new	>100
40	Kathy	34	↑8	54
41	Michele	34	new	48
42	Kristi	33	↑4	>100
43	Melissa	33	new	38
44	Denise	32	↓16	28
45	Diane	32	↓13	40
46	Paula	31	↓21	49
47	Beth	30	new	66
48	Jane	30	↑2	95
49	Jennifer	30	new	20
50	Christine	29	new	21

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Michael	249	–	1
2	David	231	–	3
3	James	211	–	4
4	John	181	↑2	2
5	Todd	177	↓1	30
6	Mark	175	↑1	7
7	Scott	175	↓2	15
8	Robert	161	–	5
9	Steven	154	–	14
10	Kevin	150	–	13
11	Brian	126	↑1	19
12	Jeffrey	116	↓1	10
13	Timothy	112	↑2	12
14	Douglas	107	↑4	32
15	Daniel	103	↑5	17
16	Richard	98	↓2	8
17	Paul	93	↓1	16
18	Thomas	91	↓5	9
19	William	89	↓2	6
20	Troy	76	↓1	53
21	Joseph	70	↑4	11
22	Patrick	59	↑6	31
23	Bradley	57	↓2	72
24	Gary	54	↑3	27
25	Terry	54	↓2	40
26	Gregory	49	↑5	23
27	Jay	49	↑13	90
28	Dennis	48	↑5	44
29	Craig	47	new	46
30	Ronald	46	↓8	24
31	Donald	45	↓7	26
32	Kenneth	45	–	21
33	Dale	44	↑2	83
34	Keith	43	↑12	35
35	Randy	42	↓9	42
36	Bryan	40	new	63
37	Alan	39	↑13	59
38	Charles	39	↓9	20
39	Jon	39	↑2	78
40	Dean	37	↓1	88
41	Anthony	36	↓4	22
42	Darin	36	new	>100
43	Jeff	35	↓9	62
44	Wayne	35	new	65
45	Larry	34	↓9	38
46	Darren	33	new	52
47	Mike	33	↓17	51
48	Duane	32	new	>100
49	Roger	32	↓1	49
50	Eric	31	new	25

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