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Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1945 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,820 South Dakota births in 1945 across 359 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.

#31Lyle#194 nationally
#66Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#66Lorenoutside the national top 200
#71Marlysoutside the national top 200
#72Patty#192 nationally
#86Bonitaoutside the national top 200
#87Darreloutside the national top 200
#25Duane#138 nationally
#88Delbertoutside the national top 200
#89Mavisoutside the national top 200
#89Jeraldoutside the national top 200
#93Myronoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary225US #1
#2Carol193US #5
#3Sharon179US #8
#4Linda142US #2
#5Barbara139US #3
#6Karen118US #16
#7Judy117US #13
#8Sandra113US #6
#9Patricia110US #4
#10Judith100US #9
#11Nancy95US #7
#12Donna90US #17
#13Cheryl83US #32
#14Betty82US #11
#15Shirley80US #14
#16Janice79US #24
#17Diane67US #22
#18Janet61US #20
#19Kathleen58US #19
#20Susan58US #10
#21Joyce56US #18
#22Marilyn52US #27
#23Beverly48US #37
#24Gloria48US #23
#25Joan48US #25
#26Lois47US #48
#27Margaret47US #15
#28Connie46US #47
#29Jean45US #38
#30Ruth44US #33
#31Bonnie41US #35
#32Darlene40US #71
#33Elaine40US #44
#34Dorothy37US #21
#35Carolyn36US #12
#36Dianne36US #72
#37Diana34US #43
#38Jane34US #36
#39Joanne34US #53
#40Virginia33US #28
#41Rita32US #59
#42Kay30US #91
#43Charlotte29US #55
#44Helen27US #31
#45Joann27US #80
#46Phyllis26US #40
#47Delores25US #112
#48Rose25US #54
#49Marjorie24US #94
#50Peggy24US #45
#51Carole23US #51
#52Doris21US #46
#53Eileen21US #70
#54Marlene21US #110
#55Pamela21US #42
#56Jeanette20US #122
#57Kathryn20US #65
#58Sheila20US #89
#59Ellen19US #61
#60Kathy19US #101
#61Ann18US #39
#62Marcia18US #88
#63June17US #121
#64Norma17US #74
#65Alice16US #41
#66Lavonne16
#67Arlene15US #99
#68Evelyn15US #57
#69Frances15US #34
#70Georgia15US #116
#71Marlys15
#72Patty15US #192
#73Sally15US #64
#74Vicki15US #117
#75Anita14US #100
#76Anna14US #73
#77Charlene14US #114
#78Geraldine14US #56
#79Jo14US #60
#80Katherine14US #82
#81Louise14US #78
#82Cynthia13US #90
#83Elizabeth13US #26
#84Sherry13US #104
#85Victoria13US #106
#86Bonita12
#87Gail12US #52
#88Lynda12US #111
#89Mavis12
#90Rebecca12US #85
#91Roberta12US #75
#92Sue12US #66
#93Wanda12US #58
#94Catherine11US #50
#95Faye11US #169
#96Jacqueline11US #63
#97Jeanne11US #98
#98Julie11US #155
#99Loretta11US #107
#100Lucille11US #129

Boys

#1James283US #1
#2Robert268US #2
#3Richard239US #5
#4David182US #6
#5John179US #3
#6Gary171US #13
#7Dennis170US #19
#8Larry170US #11
#9Donald158US #12
#10Ronald151US #10
#11Thomas132US #8
#12William124US #4
#13Roger114US #22
#14Michael102US #9
#15Kenneth95US #16
#16Charles78US #7
#17Jerry72US #20
#18Terry67US #33
#19Douglas63US #29
#20Gerald62US #25
#21Dale56US #61
#22Paul54US #17
#23Wayne51US #35
#24Daniel49US #24
#25Duane44US #138
#26Joseph41US #14
#27Raymond40US #23
#28Edward39US #18
#29George39US #15
#30Leroy33US #83
#31Lyle33US #194
#32Marvin33US #80
#33Stanley30US #59
#34Alan29US #52
#35Eugene28US #50
#36Jack27US #32
#37Jim27US #68
#38Steven27US #43
#39Allen26US #74
#40Dean26US #136
#41Lawrence25US #30
#42Keith24US #108
#43Rodney24US #105
#44Bernard23US #98
#45Gordon23US #109
#46Melvin23US #78
#47Frank22US #21
#48Mike22US #69
#49Bruce21US #48
#50Curtis21US #97
#51Gene21US #100
#52Jerome21US #122
#53Ralph21US #44
#54Bill20US #66
#55Darrell19US #141
#56Francis19US #76
#57Harold19US #28
#58Patrick19US #63
#59Ronnie19US #67
#60Russell19US #64
#61Stephen19US #26
#62Danny18US #56
#63Howard18US #54
#64Albert17US #49
#65Harry17US #47
#66Loren17
#67Norman17US #65
#68Don16US #73
#69Lloyd16US #103
#70Lynn16US #156
#71Calvin15US #124
#72Carl15US #39
#73Dwight15US #126
#74Floyd15US #114
#75Fred15US #51
#76Glenn15US #93
#77Lester15US #131
#78Peter15US #38
#79Arthur14US #34
#80Craig14US #134
#81Mark14US #72
#82Philip14US #58
#83Tom14US #89
#84Allan13US #137
#85Alvin13US #120
#86Clifford13US #99
#87Darrel13
#88Delbert13
#89Jerald13
#90Jon13US #112
#91Leonard13US #57
#92Leslie13US #115
#93Myron13
#94Neil13US #157
#95Ray13US #92
#96Bob12US #107
#97Darwin12
#98Harvey12US #116
#99Daryl11
#100Harlan11

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑61Diana#37
↑49Alan#34
↑36Ronnie#59
↑33Kathy#60
↑30Curtis#50
↑30Francis#56
↑29Eileen#53
↑29Ellen#59

Falling

↓36Harvey#98
↓35Roberta#91
↓35Tom#83
↓34Julie#98
↓28Clifford#86
↓27Leonard#91
↓24Elizabeth#83
↓22Frances#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.