Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1969

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1969 were Lisa for girls (153 babies) and Michael for boys (239). Social Security records list 9,001 babies born in South Dakota in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1969

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

Darla: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kristi: 35 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Lynette: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kari: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jodi: 42 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Tami: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Tricia: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jody: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Shelly: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Becky: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Loren: 19 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Chad: 109 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Cory: 30 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Darin: 29 babies, 6× the national rate
Duane: 24 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Troy: 98 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Stacy: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Ryan: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Travis: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kelly: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Lisa	153	–	1
2	Michelle	130	–	2
3	Julie	98	–	12
4	Amy	97	↑2	6
5	Lori	86	↑4	20
6	Jennifer	78	↑5	3
7	Dawn	72	↓2	21
8	Kimberly	70	↓1	4
9	Angela	66	↑5	7
10	Mary	66	↓6	8
11	Melissa	66	↑5	5
12	Brenda	62	↓2	38
13	Susan	59	↓5	11
14	Teresa	49	↑5	32
15	Laura	46	↓2	10
16	Stephanie	46	↑8	19
17	Michele	43	↑13	30
18	Pamela	43	↑4	24
19	Tracy	43	↑8	17
20	Jodi	42	↓2	95
21	Karen	42	↓6	13
22	Tammy	39	↓10	9
23	Kristi	35	↑3	>100
24	Rebecca	35	↓3	28
25	Sandra	35	↑3	25
26	Shannon	34	new	31
27	Tamara	34	↑17	78
28	Sheila	33	↑7	68
29	Jill	31	↓12	51
30	Debra	30	new	43
31	Nancy	30	↑11	45
32	Paula	30	↑2	50
33	Shelly	30	↓1	>100
34	Barbara	29	↑3	39
35	Kelly	29	↑6	15
36	Patricia	29	↓16	18
37	Stacy	29	new	53
38	Cheryl	28	new	41
39	Christine	28	↑1	14
40	Denise	28	↓15	35
41	Linda	28	↓18	33
42	Rhonda	28	↓11	44
43	Cynthia	27	new	23
44	Stacey	27	↓15	52
45	Tricia	27	new	>100
46	Carol	26	↓8	56
47	Heather	26	new	34
48	Heidi	25	new	80
49	Laurie	25	new	79
50	Cindy	24	new	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michael	239	–	1
2	David	166	–	2
3	James	151	–	3
4	Scott	143	↑2	12
5	Robert	139	↑2	5
6	Brian	137	↑3	9
7	John	127	↓3	4
8	Mark	114	↓3	8
9	Chad	109	↑9	69
10	Todd	108	↓2	28
11	Jason	104	↑16	25
12	Jeffrey	101	↓2	11
13	Steven	100	↓2	14
14	Troy	98	–	42
15	Timothy	87	↑2	17
16	Kevin	81	–	16
17	Daniel	80	↑3	18
18	Paul	77	↓5	22
19	Thomas	75	↓4	13
20	William	74	↓1	6
21	Richard	70	↓9	10
22	Christopher	55	↑3	7
23	Bradley	53	↓1	53
24	Charles	53	↑7	19
25	Douglas	51	↓4	34
26	Craig	50	↑22	39
27	Patrick	49	↓4	31
28	Gregory	46	↓2	26
29	Joseph	46	↓1	15
30	Eric	40	↓6	21
31	Ronald	40	↓2	29
32	Shawn	39	↑7	41
33	Kenneth	37	↑9	23
34	Keith	34	new	36
35	Matthew	34	↓5	24
36	Joel	33	new	80
37	Corey	31	new	58
38	Shane	31	new	87
39	Cory	30	new	>100
40	Darin	29	↓4	>100
41	Jon	29	↓1	68
42	Travis	29	new	>100
43	Kelly	28	↓11	>100
44	Anthony	27	↓10	20
45	Lance	27	new	>100
46	Brett	25	↓2	94
47	Donald	25	↓9	30
48	Russell	25	new	57
49	Bryan	24	↓14	51
50	Duane	24	new	>100

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