Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1967

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1967 were Lisa for girls (191 babies) and Michael for boys (237). Social Security records list 9,037 babies born in South Dakota in 1967 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1967

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, 8.4× the national rate
Karla: 30 babies, 7× the national rate
Darla: 23 babies, 7× the national rate
Kari: 23 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Lynette: 19 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Jody: 21 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jodi: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Becky: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Shelly: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tamara: 32 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Chad: 75 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Darin: 42 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Kent: 22 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Shane: 27 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Wade: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Troy: 95 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jay: 41 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Brad: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kelly: 34 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bradley: 42 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1967

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	Lisa	191	–	1
2	Michelle	114	↑2	3
3	Mary	99	↓1	4
4	Kimberly	92	↑5	2
5	Dawn	82	↑3	27
6	Amy	81	↑12	12
7	Brenda	79	–	31
8	Julie	77	↓3	16
9	Lori	75	↓6	24
10	Susan	74	↓4	5
11	Karen	66	↓1	6
12	Patricia	54	↓1	11
13	Rhonda	52	↑13	41
14	Sandra	50	↓1	20
15	Jennifer	49	↑13	10
16	Teresa	49	↑8	28
17	Nancy	48	↑2	37
18	Tina	47	new	21
19	Pamela	46	↑11	17
20	Linda	45	↓5	26
21	Kristi	44	↑2	>100
22	Cynthia	43	↑5	18
23	Paula	43	↑18	46
24	Michele	42	↑21	36
25	Debra	41	↓4	38
26	Tammy	41	↓6	8
27	Barbara	40	↓11	33
28	Angela	39	↑3	7
29	Wendy	39	new	32
30	Denise	37	↓16	34
31	Kelly	37	↑7	23
32	Sheila	37	↓3	56
33	Jill	36	↓21	50
34	Kim	35	↑1	49
35	Melissa	35	↑1	9
36	Deborah	34	↓11	22
37	Elizabeth	34	new	13
38	Kathy	33	new	64
39	Laura	33	↓22	15
40	Tracy	33	new	29
41	Cheryl	32	↓9	35
42	Donna	32	↑7	19
43	Tamara	32	new	86
44	Diane	31	new	44
45	Stephanie	31	↓6	25
46	Jodi	30	↓6	>100
47	Karla	30	↑3	>100
48	Shelly	30	↓6	94
49	Theresa	29	new	43
50	Kathleen	28	new	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	Michael	237	–	1
2	David	193	–	2
3	Mark	148	↑5	7
4	James	137	–	3
5	Scott	132	–	16
6	Brian	128	↑1	10
7	John	126	↓1	4
8	Steven	125	↑4	14
9	Robert	120	↑2	5
10	Todd	110	↓7	29
11	Jeffrey	95	↓1	13
12	Troy	95	↑5	40
13	Timothy	90	–	11
14	Thomas	89	↑4	12
15	Richard	80	↓1	8
16	Chad	75	↑7	>100
17	Daniel	72	↓2	19
18	Kevin	72	↓9	17
19	Paul	71	↓3	18
20	William	68	↓1	6
21	Douglas	56	–	33
22	Patrick	56	↑2	30
23	Gregory	52	↓1	25
24	Terry	47	↑1	42
25	Ronald	43	↑9	24
26	Bradley	42	↓6	66
27	Darin	42	↑10	>100
28	Charles	41	↓1	20
29	Christopher	41	↓3	9
30	Jay	41	↑13	87
31	Keith	39	↓2	34
32	Gary	37	–	32
33	Joseph	37	↓5	15
34	Donald	35	↓3	27
35	Jon	35	new	71
36	Kelly	34	–	>100
37	Larry	34	↑2	38
38	Eric	32	–	23
39	Alan	30	new	61
40	Dale	29	↓10	89
41	Kenneth	29	↓8	22
42	Russell	29	new	58
43	Anthony	28	new	21
44	Craig	28	↓9	46
45	Randy	28	–	49
46	Shane	27	new	>100
47	Dean	26	new	78
48	Lee	26	new	>100
49	Shawn	26	↓3	51
50	Dennis	25	↓8	43

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