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Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1947 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,657 South Dakota births in 1947 across 429 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.

#42Lyleoutside the national top 200
#67Deannaoutside the national top 200
#69Jeraldoutside the national top 200
#70Lorenoutside the national top 200
#79Marlysoutside the national top 200
#81Pattyoutside the national top 200
#82Colleenoutside the national top 200
#89Darreloutside the national top 200
#86Lana#195 nationally
#95Darlaoutside the national top 200
#95Virgiloutside the national top 200
#31Duane#135 nationally

Girls

#1Linda495US #1
#2Mary310US #2
#3Carol213US #6
#4Barbara193US #4
#5Sharon179US #9
#6Judy173US #14
#7Sandra172US #5
#8Patricia154US #3
#9Donna133US #10
#10Karen130US #13
#11Cheryl124US #24
#12Nancy110US #7
#13Janice106US #22
#14Susan104US #8
#15Judith99US #12
#16Diane92US #18
#17Shirley84US #19
#18Janet82US #23
#19Connie77US #43
#20Kathleen77US #11
#21Betty69US #17
#22Marilyn69US #29
#23Jean64US #40
#24Bonnie62US #35
#25Beverly58US #31
#26Gloria57US #27
#27Carolyn56US #15
#28Joyce56US #20
#29Pamela56US #28
#30Margaret53US #16
#31Dianne50US #83
#32Virginia49US #34
#33Jane46US #36
#34Cynthia44US #33
#35Dorothy41US #26
#36Joan41US #30
#37Ruth41US #44
#38Darlene40US #71
#39Diana38US #48
#40Peggy38US #42
#41Elaine37US #50
#42Kathryn37US #55
#43Lois36US #63
#44Helen35US #38
#45Marlene35US #114
#46Kathy34US #64
#47Jeanne32US #86
#48Rita32US #60
#49Kay31US #104
#50Marjorie29US #106
#51Phyllis28US #37
#52Charlotte27US #68
#53Elizabeth27US #25
#54Joann27US #89
#55Catherine26US #46
#56Jacqueline26US #59
#57Katherine26US #76
#58Eileen25US #91
#59Evelyn25US #72
#60Frances25US #39
#61Sherry25US #67
#62Sheryl25US #163
#63Ann24US #41
#64Constance24US #100
#65Rose24US #65
#66Sheila24US #73
#67Deanna23
#68Gail23US #49
#69Lynn23US #75
#70Roberta23US #90
#71Sally23US #70
#72Vicki23US #101
#73Carole22US #102
#74Charlene22US #105
#75Ellen22US #61
#76Jo21US #51
#77Joanne21US #56
#78Marcia20US #81
#79Marlys20
#80Norma20US #82
#81Patty20
#82Colleen19
#83Julie19US #124
#84Lynda19US #77
#85Paula19US #54
#86Lana18US #195
#87Marie18US #57
#88Patsy18US #87
#89Rosemary18US #80
#90Anita17US #94
#91Audrey17US #146
#92Gayle17US #127
#93Jeanette17US #125
#94Wanda17US #66
#95Darla16
#96June16US #120
#97Rebecca16US #52
#98Suzanne16US #53
#99Dianna15US #185
#100Georgia15US #129

Boys

#1Robert356US #2
#2James334US #1
#3David307US #6
#4Richard265US #5
#5Dennis257US #17
#6John250US #3
#7Larry243US #10
#8Gary216US #12
#9Michael215US #7
#10Ronald200US #11
#11Thomas171US #8
#12William164US #4
#13Donald151US #13
#14Kenneth127US #15
#15Charles121US #9
#16Roger120US #25
#17Douglas118US #31
#18Terry91US #26
#19Jerry88US #20
#20Steven82US #24
#21Paul78US #18
#22Wayne78US #30
#23Daniel75US #22
#24Dale67US #63
#25Gerald62US #28
#26Bruce60US #29
#27Rodney54US #94
#28Gregory50US #33
#29Patrick50US #53
#30Raymond50US #27
#31Duane46US #135
#32George46US #16
#33Mark46US #47
#34Edward45US #19
#35Joseph41US #14
#36Eugene39US #59
#37Lawrence37US #32
#38Allen36US #73
#39Russell36US #69
#40Stephen35US #21
#41Dean34US #140
#42Lyle33
#43Curtis32US #99
#44Stanley32US #67
#45Danny31US #39
#46Steve31US #58
#47Leonard30US #71
#48Alan29US #45
#49Gene29US #103
#50Keith29US #91
#51Leroy28US #98
#52Vernon28US #134
#53Craig27US #93
#54Gordon27US #111
#55Jack27US #37
#56Lynn27US #151
#57Mike27US #65
#58Barry26US #68
#59Harold26US #35
#60Jerome26US #110
#61Marvin26US #89
#62Tom26US #87
#63Leslie25US #124
#64Randall25US #106
#65Bill22US #76
#66Darrell22US #125
#67Jeffrey22US #66
#68Timothy22US #52
#69Jerald21
#70Loren21
#71Ralph21US #50
#72Theodore21US #102
#73Jim20US #77
#74Lloyd20US #112
#75Philip20US #57
#76Dan19US #109
#77Frank19US #23
#78Randy19US #116
#79Clifford18US #101
#80Leon18US #117
#81Ronnie18US #61
#82Carl17US #40
#83Don17US #86
#84Wesley17US #163
#85Allan16US #132
#86Alvin16US #129
#87Arthur16US #38
#88Calvin16US #120
#89Darrel16
#90Lee16US #92
#91Leo16US #147
#92Norman16US #81
#93Brian15US #95
#94Howard15US #62
#95Virgil15
#96Walter15US #34
#97Fred14US #56
#98Joe14US #43
#99Martin14US #90
#100Micheal14US #159

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑57Mark#33
↑47Vernon#52
↑39Lynn#56
↑38Katherine#57
↑26Jeanne#47
↑25Marjorie#50
↑25Rose#65
↑25Steve#46

Falling

↓35Norma#80
↓32Marvin#61
↓30Jim#73
↓26Norman#92
↓24Colleen#82
↓24Timothy#68
↓24Ralph#71
↓24Darrel#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.