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Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1943 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,327 South Dakota births in 1943 across 373 distinct names.

Distinctively South Dakota

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say South Dakota more than they say America.

#43Jeraldoutside the national top 200
#50Marlysoutside the national top 200
#51Lorenoutside the national top 200
#52Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#39Lyle#185 nationally
#62Darreloutside the national top 200
#69Harlanoutside the national top 200
#74Lilaoutside the national top 200
#79Bonitaoutside the national top 200
#86Lowell#200 nationally
#25Duane#138 nationally
#88Myronoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary271US #1
#2Sharon204US #8
#3Carol190US #5
#4Karen160US #15
#5Judy137US #13
#6Barbara125US #2
#7Patricia123US #3
#8Linda122US #4
#9Donna120US #17
#10Judith112US #7
#11Janice95US #26
#12Shirley95US #12
#13Sandra87US #6
#14Betty78US #10
#15Janet73US #20
#16Joan68US #21
#17Joyce67US #16
#18Bonnie66US #34
#19Diane64US #24
#20Nancy60US #9
#21Marilyn58US #27
#22Dorothy54US #19
#23Carolyn53US #11
#24Beverly52US #32
#25Kathleen52US #22
#26Virginia52US #25
#27Margaret46US #14
#28Jean44US #36
#29Ruth43US #33
#30Connie39US #59
#31Kay39US #81
#32Darlene38US #73
#33Gloria38US #30
#34Rita38US #52
#35Lois37US #43
#36Dianne35US #88
#37Joann35US #60
#38Phyllis35US #39
#39Charlotte31US #47
#40Rose31US #50
#41Alice30US #38
#42Ann30US #37
#43Doris30US #40
#44Elaine30US #46
#45Norma30US #58
#46Helen29US #28
#47Carole28US #42
#48Elizabeth28US #23
#49Joanne28US #49
#50Marlys28
#51Jane27US #44
#52Lavonne27
#53Susan26US #18
#54Cheryl25US #102
#55Delores25US #99
#56Anita23US #98
#57Loretta23US #89
#58Marlene23US #104
#59Marjorie22US #79
#60Jeanette21US #110
#61Peggy21US #41
#62Arlene20US #90
#63Julie20US #156
#64Deanna19US #160
#65Sally19US #57
#66Constance18US #109
#67Diana18US #62
#68Evelyn18US #53
#69Roberta18US #66
#70Eileen17US #68
#71Frances17US #31
#72Jo17US #63
#73Kathryn17US #75
#74Lila17
#75Gail16US #55
#76Katherine16US #78
#77Lynda16US #115
#78Sylvia16US #77
#79Bonita15
#80Charlene15US #121
#81Geraldine15US #51
#82Marcia15US #96
#83Marie15US #45
#84Pamela15US #54
#85Sherry15US #123
#86Irene14US #85
#87Jacqueline14US #65
#88Anna13US #64
#89Colleen13
#90Florence13US #124
#91Rosemary13US #97
#92Wanda13US #56
#93Audrey12US #140
#94Catherine12US #48
#95Jeanne12US #113
#96June12US #111
#97Leona12US #199
#98Margie12US #128
#99Martha12US #29
#100Bernice11US #143

Boys

#1Robert276US #2
#2James256US #1
#3Richard213US #5
#4Larry209US #12
#5David201US #6
#6Dennis187US #20
#7John172US #3
#8Donald155US #11
#9Ronald154US #9
#10Gary152US #16
#11Roger131US #24
#12William117US #4
#13Kenneth102US #15
#14Charles99US #7
#15Jerry95US #17
#16Thomas90US #8
#17Gerald84US #23
#18Michael63US #10
#19Wayne63US #41
#20Paul62US #19
#21Douglas61US #28
#22Dale48US #59
#23Daniel48US #25
#24Terry47US #49
#25Duane45US #138
#26George42US #14
#27Harold41US #27
#28Marvin41US #66
#29Jim40US #75
#30Leroy38US #74
#31Edward36US #18
#32Joseph34US #13
#33Keith33US #108
#34Darrell32US #140
#35Dean32US #142
#36Allen31US #76
#37Jerome31US #109
#38Eugene30US #47
#39Lyle30US #185
#40Rodney30US #118
#41Raymond29US #22
#42Jack28US #34
#43Jerald28
#44Lawrence28US #32
#45Stanley28US #54
#46Norman27US #56
#47Bill26US #65
#48Alvin25US #113
#49Melvin25US #63
#50Gene23US #89
#51Loren23
#52Alan22US #67
#53Ronnie22US #71
#54Bob21US #110
#55Bruce21US #51
#56Glenn21US #85
#57Leonard20US #55
#58Steven20US #58
#59Walter20US #26
#60Bernard19US #92
#61Curtis19US #100
#62Darrel19
#63Frank19US #21
#64Lloyd19US #104
#65Don18US #72
#66Gordon18US #98
#67Howard18US #48
#68Leslie18US #121
#69Harlan17
#70Clarence16US #68
#71Dwight16US #158
#72Earl16US #60
#73Patrick16US #69
#74Stephen16US #29
#75Danny15US #88
#76Fred15US #45
#77Leon15US #103
#78Lynn15US #147
#79Roy15US #38
#80Russell15US #73
#81Arthur14US #30
#82Billy14US #37
#83Francis14US #64
#84Harry14US #50
#85Henry14US #31
#86Lowell14US #200
#87Mark14US #101
#88Myron14
#89Vernon14US #117
#90Arnold13US #131
#91Delbert13
#92Edwin13US #107
#93Jon13US #127
#94Leo13US #133
#95Mike13US #90
#96Ralph13US #40
#97Ray13US #84
#98Roland13US #150
#99Warren13US #102
#100Carl12US #33

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑45Bob#54
↑42Ann#42
↑38Alvin#48
↑37Marlys#50
↑36Peggy#61
↑29Loretta#57
↑26Daniel#23
↑26Loren#51

Falling

↓45Vernon#89
↓44Ralph#96
↓36June#96
↓36Francis#83
↓32Gordon#66
↓31Wanda#92
↓30Arthur#81
↓29Henry#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.