Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1968

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1968 were Lisa for girls (192 babies) and Michael for boys (231). Social Security records list 8,901 babies born in South Dakota in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1968

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: 37 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Darla: 18 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Kari: 20 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jodi: 41 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Karla: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Peggy: 21 babies, 4× the national rate
Jody: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Shelly: 31 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Connie: 26 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Brenda: 65 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Chad: 71 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Wade: 27 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Darin: 35 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Duane: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kelly: 36 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bradley: 55 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Troy: 87 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rick: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Brett: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Shane: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	192	–	1
2	Michelle	132	–	2
3	Julie	85	↑5	16
4	Mary	85	↓1	6
5	Dawn	83	–	21
6	Amy	74	–	13
7	Kimberly	70	↓3	3
8	Susan	70	↑2	10
9	Lori	66	–	22
10	Brenda	65	↓3	34
11	Jennifer	65	↑4	4
12	Tammy	64	↑14	8
13	Laura	61	↑26	11
14	Angela	55	↑14	7
15	Karen	50	↓4	9
16	Melissa	44	↑19	5
17	Jill	42	↑16	46
18	Jodi	41	↑28	97
19	Teresa	41	↓3	30
20	Patricia	40	↓8	15
21	Rebecca	40	new	33
22	Pamela	39	↓3	20
23	Linda	38	↓3	28
24	Stephanie	38	↑21	23
25	Denise	37	↑5	35
26	Kristi	37	↓5	>100
27	Tracy	37	↑13	25
28	Sandra	36	↓14	26
29	Stacey	35	new	55
30	Michele	34	↓6	29
31	Rhonda	34	↓18	42
32	Shelly	31	↑16	98
33	Elizabeth	30	↑4	17
34	Paula	30	↓11	45
35	Sheila	30	↓3	59
36	Wendy	30	↓7	31
37	Barbara	29	↓10	36
38	Carol	29	new	49
39	Tina	29	↓21	18
40	Christine	28	new	14
41	Kelly	28	↓10	12
42	Nancy	28	↓25	39
43	Renee	28	new	65
44	Tamara	28	↓1	80
45	Valerie	27	new	77
46	Connie	26	new	87
47	Diane	26	↓3	51
48	Jacqueline	26	new	50
49	Janet	26	new	73
50	Robin	25	new	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	231	–	1
2	David	185	–	2
3	James	152	↑1	4
4	John	152	↑3	3
5	Mark	143	↓2	7
6	Scott	134	↓1	14
7	Robert	132	↑2	5
8	Todd	119	↑2	28
9	Brian	118	↓3	10
10	Jeffrey	98	↑1	11
11	Steven	95	↓3	15
12	Richard	90	↑3	8
13	Paul	88	↑6	19
14	Troy	87	↓2	40
15	Thomas	84	↓1	12
16	Kevin	79	↑2	17
17	Timothy	76	↓4	13
18	Chad	71	↓2	>100
19	William	71	↑1	6
20	Daniel	70	↓3	18
21	Douglas	58	–	33
22	Bradley	55	↑4	57
23	Patrick	50	↓1	30
24	Eric	48	↑14	22
25	Christopher	45	↑4	9
26	Gregory	44	↓3	26
27	Jason	44	new	47
28	Joseph	42	↑5	16
29	Ronald	42	↓4	25
30	Matthew	38	new	24
31	Charles	37	↓3	20
32	Kelly	36	↑4	97
33	Terry	36	↓9	48
34	Anthony	35	↑9	21
35	Bryan	35	new	51
36	Darin	35	↓9	>100
37	Dean	35	↑10	78
38	Donald	34	↓4	29
39	Shawn	33	↑10	43
40	Jon	32	↓5	65
41	Dennis	31	↑9	45
42	Kenneth	31	↓1	23
43	Gary	30	↓11	32
44	Brett	29	new	>100
45	Dale	29	↓5	91
46	Randy	29	↓1	54
47	Bruce	28	new	61
48	Craig	28	↓4	41
49	Larry	27	↓12	38
50	Wade	27	new	>100

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