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Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1949 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 14,797 South Dakota births in 1949 across 447 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.

#41Lyleoutside the national top 200
#71Jeraldoutside the national top 200
#76Deannaoutside the national top 200
#81Lorenoutside the national top 200
#82Lowelloutside the national top 200
#86Daryloutside the national top 200
#91Darreloutside the national top 200
#92Darwinoutside the national top 200
#39Duane#137 nationally
#91Bonita#186 nationally
#54Colleen#146 nationally
#61Sheryl#149 nationally

Girls

#1Linda484US #1
#2Mary357US #2
#3Barbara209US #4
#4Susan202US #5
#5Patricia188US #3
#6Sandra175US #6
#7Kathleen162US #9
#8Carol157US #8
#9Nancy146US #7
#10Karen126US #11
#11Donna120US #12
#12Sharon120US #10
#13Diane100US #19
#14Cheryl95US #28
#15Judith95US #16
#16Judy90US #20
#17Janet84US #23
#18Shirley84US #18
#19Peggy81US #38
#20Margaret79US #14
#21Pamela78US #21
#22Gloria76US #29
#23Janice75US #24
#24Marilyn72US #33
#25Connie66US #43
#26Bonnie63US #35
#27Jean61US #45
#28Betty58US #22
#29Joan57US #36
#30Cynthia51US #27
#31Deborah51US #15
#32Joyce51US #26
#33Jane49US #41
#34Dianne48US #85
#35Vicki47US #70
#36Beverly46US #31
#37Carolyn46US #17
#38Kathryn44US #52
#39Sheila42US #76
#40Constance41US #83
#41Kathy41US #42
#42Marcia40US #78
#43Dorothy39US #32
#44Catherine37US #37
#45Darlene37US #75
#46Brenda35US #13
#47Elizabeth34US #25
#48Julie34US #113
#49Lois34US #73
#50Elaine33US #57
#51Jeanne33US #92
#52Marsha33US #79
#53Rita33US #54
#54Colleen32US #146
#55Virginia32US #39
#56Ruth31US #47
#57Sherry31US #68
#58Diana30US #48
#59Helen30US #46
#60Joann29US #101
#61Sheryl29US #149
#62Wanda29US #56
#63Jo28US #60
#64Kay28US #119
#65Paula28US #55
#66Rebecca28US #40
#67Roberta28US #97
#68Ann27US #44
#69Katherine27US #59
#70Marlene26US #110
#71Rose26US #66
#72Sally26US #77
#73Lynn25US #74
#74Phyllis25US #50
#75Charlotte23US #71
#76Deanna23
#77Delores23US #126
#78Lynda23US #93
#79Marjorie23US #116
#80Teresa23US #82
#81Eileen22US #95
#82Glenda22US #87
#83Gail21US #51
#84Jacqueline21US #58
#85Joanne21US #61
#86Alice20US #53
#87Cathy20US #81
#88Christine20US #30
#89Paulette20US #125
#90Victoria20US #96
#91Bonita19US #186
#92Charlene19US #100
#93Debra19US #134
#94Frances19US #49
#95Marie19US #67
#96Norma19US #105
#97Carole18US #118
#98Theresa18US #63
#99Yvonne18US #109
#100Arlene17US #133

Boys

#1David343US #6
#2James337US #1
#3Robert324US #2
#4Michael268US #5
#5Richard267US #7
#6John252US #3
#7Thomas211US #8
#8Larry204US #10
#9Gary202US #12
#10Ronald202US #11
#11Dennis193US #16
#12William177US #4
#13Donald172US #13
#14Charles165US #9
#15Daniel137US #22
#16Kenneth135US #15
#17Steven132US #20
#18Roger128US #25
#19Douglas127US #29
#20Terry126US #28
#21Jerry94US #23
#22Mark91US #24
#23Dale87US #54
#24Gregory79US #31
#25Gerald77US #33
#26Paul77US #17
#27Stephen71US #19
#28Wayne68US #35
#29Bruce60US #26
#30Patrick58US #39
#31Randall56US #79
#32Timothy54US #34
#33Craig50US #77
#34Rodney49US #87
#35Alan47US #45
#36George47US #18
#37Edward46US #21
#38Joseph45US #14
#39Duane43US #137
#40Jeffrey42US #48
#41Lyle42
#42Danny41US #40
#43Allen40US #71
#44Darrell39US #117
#45Eugene39US #58
#46Keith37US #85
#47Dean35US #129
#48Jack35US #47
#49Randy35US #92
#50Raymond33US #30
#51Marvin32US #89
#52Lawrence30US #32
#53Russell30US #69
#54Leroy29US #101
#55Steve29US #68
#56Leslie28US #126
#57Stanley28US #60
#58Arthur27US #44
#59Gene27US #119
#60Harold27US #42
#61Micheal27US #122
#62Bill25US #106
#63Curtis24US #97
#64Jim23US #108
#65Leonard22US #74
#66Ralph22US #50
#67Warren22US #115
#68Barry21US #73
#69Clifford21US #103
#70Frank21US #27
#71Jerald21
#72Jerome21US #104
#73Lee21US #93
#74Roy21US #51
#75Vernon21US #141
#76Calvin20US #112
#77Lynn20US #159
#78Earl19US #91
#79Francis19US #78
#80Gordon19US #113
#81Loren19
#82Lowell19
#83Melvin19US #82
#84Wesley19US #166
#85Allan18US #143
#86Daryl18
#87Kevin18US #95
#88Philip18US #55
#89Theodore17US #100
#90Carl16US #43
#91Darrel16
#92Darwin16
#93Leon16US #121
#94Mike16US #88
#95Peter16US #38
#96Tom16US #114
#97Bob15US #162
#98Brian15US #86
#99Dwight15US #151
#100Glen15US #127

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑50Catherine#44
↑45Brenda#46
↑37Marsha#52
↑32Jeffrey#40
↑30Vicki#35
↑27Rebecca#66
↑23Roberta#67
↑22Micheal#61

Falling

↓42Alice#86
↓38Jacqueline#84
↓35Marie#95
↓35Mike#94
↓28Rose#71
↓28Tom#96
↓26Gordon#80
↓25Lynn#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.