Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1966

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1966 were Lisa for girls (220 babies) and Michael for boys (255). Social Security records list 10,063 babies born in South Dakota in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1966

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

Kristi: 44 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Kari: 18 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Karla: 29 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Darla: 20 babies, 5× the national rate
Jodi: 33 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jody: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jean: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Shelly: 33 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Joan: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jill: 59 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Chad: 56 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Wade: 29 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Shane: 28 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Darin: 36 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Bradley: 61 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kelly: 37 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kent: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Troy: 85 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Todd: 164 babies, 4× the national rate
Dale: 45 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	220	–	1
2	Mary	115	↑2	3
3	Lori	104	–	21
4	Michelle	103	↑6	4
5	Julie	98	↓3	13
6	Susan	96	↑1	6
7	Brenda	93	↓2	25
8	Dawn	86	↓2	24
9	Kimberly	81	–	2
10	Karen	74	↓2	5
11	Patricia	71	↑3	7
12	Jill	59	–	49
13	Sandra	57	↑4	17
14	Denise	53	↑30	32
15	Linda	53	↓4	18
16	Barbara	52	–	27
17	Laura	52	↑7	19
18	Amy	51	↑10	30
19	Nancy	51	↓6	33
20	Tammy	48	↓2	8
21	Debra	47	↑2	35
22	Carol	46	↑9	48
23	Kristi	44	↑19	>100
24	Teresa	43	↓2	29
25	Deborah	42	↑4	14
26	Rhonda	42	↓7	39
27	Cynthia	41	–	11
28	Jennifer	40	↑21	10
29	Sheila	40	↑3	51
30	Pamela	39	↓15	15
31	Angela	36	new	9
32	Cheryl	36	↓12	34
33	Ann	35	↑2	61
34	Cindy	35	↑4	56
35	Kim	35	new	43
36	Melissa	35	↑7	22
37	Christine	34	↑13	20
38	Kelly	34	↓2	26
39	Stephanie	34	↓6	38
40	Jodi	33	↓1	>100
41	Paula	33	↑5	50
42	Shelly	33	new	89
43	Rebecca	32	new	40
44	Janet	31	new	57
45	Michele	30	↓4	36
46	Beth	29	↑1	65
47	Carla	29	new	77
48	Connie	29	↓11	70
49	Donna	29	↓28	12
50	Karla	29	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Michael	255	–	1
2	David	207	–	2
3	Todd	164	↑2	29
4	James	161	↓1	3
5	Scott	152	↑2	16
6	John	145	↓2	4
7	Brian	133	↑4	14
8	Mark	131	↓2	7
9	Kevin	124	↑1	17
10	Jeffrey	123	↑2	9
11	Robert	114	↓3	5
12	Steven	100	↓3	13
13	Timothy	100	–	11
14	Richard	97	↑2	8
15	Daniel	95	–	19
16	Paul	93	↑1	18
17	Troy	85	↑3	48
18	Thomas	79	–	10
19	William	67	–	6
20	Bradley	61	↑3	68
21	Douglas	59	↓7	33
22	Gregory	57	↑4	23
23	Chad	56	new	>100
24	Patrick	56	↓2	31
25	Terry	53	–	40
26	Christopher	51	new	12
27	Charles	49	↑11	20
28	Joseph	48	↓7	15
29	Keith	46	↑5	32
30	Dale	45	↑3	85
31	Donald	44	–	27
32	Gary	43	↓8	28
33	Kenneth	43	↓1	21
34	Ronald	39	↓4	24
35	Craig	37	↓6	46
36	Kelly	37	new	>100
37	Darin	36	↑5	>100
38	Eric	36	↑12	25
39	Larry	35	↑6	38
40	Randall	34	new	70
41	Roger	34	↑8	51
42	Dennis	33	↓14	44
43	Jay	32	↓16	91
44	Mike	32	↑3	69
45	Randy	32	↓10	45
46	Shawn	32	new	54
47	Wayne	31	↓3	59
48	Jason	30	new	89
49	Rodney	29	new	35
50	Wade	29	new	>100

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