Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1970

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1970 were Lisa for girls (158 babies) and Michael for boys (235). Lisa ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 9,355 babies born in South Dakota in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1970

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

Darcy: 17 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Lynette: 20 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Kari: 28 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Kristi: 46 babies, 6× the national rate
Karla: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Peggy: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tami: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Shawn: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jodi: 37 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tamara: 38 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Chad: 128 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Wade: 27 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Darin: 24 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Cory: 24 babies, 5× the national rate
Rick: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Travis: 55 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Troy: 104 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kelly: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jay: 31 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jon: 38 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Lisa	158	–	2
2	Michelle	143	–	4
3	Amy	132	↑1	5
4	Jennifer	86	↑2	1
5	Kimberly	81	↑3	3
6	Dawn	80	↑1	16
7	Lori	78	↓2	23
8	Julie	75	↓5	11
9	Angela	73	–	6
10	Tammy	69	↑12	8
11	Melissa	65	–	7
12	Mary	55	↓2	9
13	Susan	55	–	15
14	Stephanie	53	↑2	17
15	Brenda	50	↓3	40
16	Laura	49	↓1	13
17	Kristi	46	↑6	>100
18	Heather	44	↑29	19
19	Tina	44	new	21
20	Wendy	42	new	28
21	Teresa	41	↓7	34
22	Rhonda	39	↑20	46
23	Stacy	39	↑14	42
24	Tracy	39	↓5	10
25	Christine	38	↑14	14
26	Nicole	38	new	30
27	Tamara	38	–	79
28	Jodi	37	↓8	95
29	Sandra	35	↓4	27
30	Shannon	35	↓4	22
31	Karen	32	↓10	12
32	Pamela	32	↓14	26
33	Rebecca	31	↓9	29
34	Sheila	31	↓6	75
35	Denise	30	↑5	36
36	Barbara	29	↓2	41
37	Jill	29	↓8	52
38	Kristin	29	new	63
39	Nancy	29	↓8	50
40	Tonya	29	new	49
41	Carrie	28	new	73
42	Kari	28	new	>100
43	Michele	28	↓26	31
44	Patricia	28	↓8	24
45	Holly	27	new	74
46	Paula	26	↓14	57
47	Sarah	26	new	65
48	Elizabeth	25	new	18
49	Heidi	25	↓1	81
50	Debra	24	↓20	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	235	–	1
2	Jason	167	↑9	13
3	Scott	162	↑1	12
4	David	161	↓2	3
5	James	144	↓2	2
6	Robert	143	↓1	5
7	Chad	128	↑2	51
8	John	122	↓1	4
9	Mark	119	↓1	9
10	Jeffrey	108	↑2	11
11	Brian	104	↓5	8
12	Todd	104	↓2	28
13	Troy	104	↑1	41
14	Steven	89	↓1	15
15	Daniel	87	↑2	19
16	Christopher	85	↑6	6
17	Thomas	82	↑2	17
18	Richard	80	↑3	10
19	Paul	68	↓1	23
20	Matthew	67	↑15	24
21	William	66	↓1	7
22	Timothy	63	↓7	20
23	Kevin	60	↓7	14
24	Eric	59	↑6	18
25	Bradley	58	↓2	47
26	Charles	56	↓2	21
27	Travis	55	↑15	69
28	Joseph	51	↑1	16
29	Douglas	49	↓4	36
30	Gregory	45	↓2	26
31	Shawn	43	↑1	34
32	Patrick	40	↓5	33
33	Anthony	38	↑11	22
34	Jon	38	↑7	68
35	Craig	35	↓9	39
36	Donald	34	↑11	30
37	Shane	34	↑1	64
38	Terry	34	new	54
39	Kenneth	33	↓6	25
40	Lance	33	↑5	76
41	Brent	31	new	74
42	Corey	31	↓5	84
43	Jay	31	new	97
44	Brett	27	↑2	99
45	Wade	27	new	>100
46	Bryan	26	↑3	53
47	Kelly	26	↓4	>100
48	Joel	25	↓12	82
49	Andrew	24	new	32
50	Cory	24	↓11	>100

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