State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1948 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 14,008 South Dakota births in 1948 across 427 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.

#58Lyleoutside the national top 200
#67Terranceoutside the national top 200
#76Deannaoutside the national top 200
#82Lorenoutside the national top 200
#84Daryloutside the national top 200
#91Jeraldoutside the national top 200
#32Duane#140 nationally
#52Lynn#157 nationally
#50Dean#143 nationally
#75Colleen#161 nationally
#45Darrell#121 nationally
#73Sheryl#144 nationally

Girls

#1Linda507US #1
#2Mary317US #2
#3Barbara228US #3
#4Patricia178US #4
#5Sandra175US #6
#6Carol169US #8
#7Sharon167US #9
#8Karen153US #12
#9Susan153US #5
#10Nancy130US #7
#11Kathleen123US #10
#12Judy122US #16
#13Donna120US #11
#14Diane116US #19
#15Janice106US #23
#16Judith96US #15
#17Cheryl94US #25
#18Janet86US #24
#19Shirley81US #20
#20Pamela79US #22
#21Betty67US #18
#22Marilyn67US #33
#23Margaret66US #13
#24Connie65US #43
#25Cynthia60US #27
#26Joyce59US #21
#27Jane55US #39
#28Bonnie54US #34
#29Carolyn51US #14
#30Beverly50US #31
#31Peggy48US #38
#32Kathryn45US #54
#33Lois45US #70
#34Jean43US #47
#35Joan42US #37
#36Deborah41US #30
#37Gloria40US #28
#38Constance39US #93
#39Dianne37US #86
#40Dorothy37US #29
#41Elizabeth36US #26
#42Helen34US #40
#43Rose34US #62
#44Alice33US #49
#45Elaine33US #53
#46Jacqueline33US #58
#47Darlene32US #77
#48Julie32US #117
#49Ruth32US #45
#50Sheila32US #71
#51Jeanne31US #95
#52Marlene31US #109
#53Virginia31US #36
#54Diana30US #48
#55Kay30US #113
#56Paula30US #52
#57Charlotte29US #69
#58Joann29US #94
#59Marcia29US #79
#60Marie28US #60
#61Sally28US #72
#62Kathy27US #55
#63Sherry27US #61
#64Suzanne27US #66
#65Vicki27US #81
#66Joanne26US #65
#67Lynda26US #84
#68Anita25US #102
#69Rita25US #59
#70Ann24US #44
#71Charlene24US #105
#72Phyllis24US #46
#73Sheryl24US #144
#74Wanda24US #57
#75Colleen23US #161
#76Deanna23
#77Delores22US #116
#78Gail22US #51
#79Jo22US #56
#80June22US #127
#81Frances21US #42
#82Geraldine21US #83
#83Jeanette21US #129
#84Lynn21US #80
#85Marjorie21US #110
#86Eileen20US #91
#87Katherine20US #68
#88Paulette20US #123
#89Marsha19US #76
#90Roberta19US #101
#91Brenda18US #17
#92Ellen18US #67
#93Rebecca18US #50
#94Catherine17US #41
#95Loretta17US #115
#96Audrey16US #157
#97Jill15US #150
#98Maureen15US #88
#99Teresa15US #82
#100Vickie15US #143

Boys

#1Robert378US #2
#2James367US #1
#3David312US #5
#4John279US #3
#5Richard257US #7
#6Larry250US #11
#7Michael233US #6
#8Dennis220US #17
#9Ronald204US #10
#10Gary202US #12
#11William189US #4
#12Thomas185US #8
#13Donald140US #14
#14Roger127US #24
#15Steven127US #23
#16Kenneth112US #15
#17Douglas99US #33
#18Charles97US #9
#19Daniel91US #22
#20Terry90US #26
#21Jerry78US #21
#22Paul75US #18
#23Dale72US #56
#24Gerald65US #30
#25Wayne60US #34
#26Stephen59US #20
#27Bruce57US #28
#28Gregory57US #32
#29Keith53US #89
#30Mark53US #29
#31Patrick51US #48
#32Duane50US #140
#33George46US #16
#34Rodney45US #92
#35Joseph44US #13
#36Eugene41US #61
#37Allen40US #72
#38Edward40US #19
#39Craig39US #82
#40Alan38US #46
#41Timothy38US #38
#42Leroy37US #97
#43Raymond36US #27
#44Marvin35US #90
#45Darrell33US #121
#46Stanley32US #65
#47Gene31US #111
#48Randall31US #98
#49Jack30US #43
#50Dean29US #143
#51Jim29US #86
#52Lynn29US #157
#53Curtis28US #101
#54Gordon28US #112
#55Harold28US #36
#56Randy28US #99
#57Leonard27US #71
#58Lyle27
#59Mike27US #68
#60Russell27US #67
#61Lee26US #93
#62Howard25US #63
#63Danny24US #39
#64Francis24US #80
#65Glenn24US #73
#66Steve24US #60
#67Terrance24
#68Tom24US #94
#69Lawrence23US #31
#70Albert22US #55
#71Frank22US #25
#72Jeffrey22US #58
#73Leslie22US #129
#74Melvin22US #81
#75Vernon22US #136
#76Jerome21US #110
#77Barry20US #74
#78Bill20US #84
#79Carl20US #42
#80Allan18US #132
#81Joe18US #47
#82Loren18
#83Micheal18US #148
#84Daryl17
#85Lester17US #149
#86Lloyd17US #118
#87Norman17US #85
#88Bernard16US #107
#89Dan16US #113
#90Don16US #91
#91Jerald16
#92Leo16US #151
#93Leon16US #119
#94Peter16US #37
#95Philip16US #54
#96Ricky16US #155
#97Ronnie16US #59
#98Anthony15US #41
#99Brian15US #95
#100Martin15US #88

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑35Julie#48
↑34Suzanne#64
↑32Howard#62
↑29Paula#56
↑29Lee#61
↑27Marie#60
↑27Timothy#41
↑26Constance#38

Falling

↓39Catherine#94
↓35Marjorie#85
↓32Lawrence#69
↓30Katherine#87
↓28Eileen#86
↓23Vernon#75
↓22Jerald#91
↓21Virginia#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.