State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1960 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 14,909 South Dakota births in 1960 across 513 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.

#50Darlaoutside the national top 200
#62Karlaoutside the national top 200
#66Lyleoutside the national top 200
#68Kristioutside the national top 200
#66Jody#196 nationally
#74Roxanne#193 nationally
#72Dana#187 nationally
#82Marty#195 nationally
#90Bretoutside the national top 200
#48Shelly#157 nationally
#97Leannoutside the national top 200
#98Kimoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary216US #1
#2Lori172US #20
#3Julie161US #28
#4Susan149US #2
#5Linda141US #3
#6Brenda125US #13
#7Debra124US #8
#8Barbara119US #12
#9Karen118US #4
#10Donna113US #5
#11Nancy111US #15
#12Lisa108US #6
#13Laurie101US #37
#14Pamela100US #14
#15Carol95US #23
#16Cindy94US #30
#17Teresa94US #19
#18Sandra90US #11
#19Cheryl88US #17
#20Patricia84US #7
#21Janet80US #32
#22Tammy79US #31
#23Cynthia76US #9
#24Kathy76US #21
#25Kathleen74US #27
#26Kim74US #34
#27Kimberly74US #26
#28Debbie70US #24
#29Diane69US #22
#30Sharon66US #16
#31Dawn62US #57
#32Robin62US #33
#33Rhonda61US #44
#34Connie58US #47
#35Judy58US #48
#36Denise55US #29
#37Peggy55US #69
#38Deborah52US #10
#39Paula49US #55
#40Tamara44US #124
#41Jean43US #86
#42Laura43US #25
#43Theresa42US #35
#44Jane41US #67
#45Jill40US #76
#46Vicki40US #73
#47Kelly39US #52
#48Shelly38US #157
#49Becky36US #111
#50Darla35
#51Sherry35US #54
#52Wendy35US #63
#53Elizabeth34US #18
#54Joan34US #80
#55Michelle34US #39
#56Ann33US #51
#57Lynn33US #64
#58Bonnie32US #71
#59Rebecca32US #38
#60Beth31US #72
#61Cathy31US #46
#62Karla31
#63Pam30US #132
#64Valerie30US #65
#65Carla29US #110
#66Jody29US #196
#67Kathryn28US #82
#68Kristi28
#69Margaret28US #36
#70Terri28US #49
#71Anita27US #87
#72Renee27US #93
#73Janice26US #41
#74Roxanne26US #193
#75Penny25US #113
#76Rita25US #96
#77Tracy25US #84
#78Wanda25US #66
#79Colleen24US #107
#80Gloria23US #79
#81Beverly22US #60
#82Catherine22US #42
#83Gail22US #90
#84Jeanne22US #129
#85Marilyn22US #118
#86Melanie22US #125
#87Monica22US #140
#88Stephanie22US #91
#89Diana21US #53
#90Ellen21US #94
#91Jacqueline21US #85
#92Jennifer21US #61
#93Joyce21US #58
#94Betty20US #68
#95Christine20US #40
#96Deanna20US #173
#97Leann20
#98Roberta20US #149
#99Rose20US #98
#100Sandy20US #126

Boys

#1David309US #1
#2Michael269US #2
#3Mark248US #6
#4James237US #3
#5Robert213US #5
#6Steven191US #10
#7Timothy188US #11
#8Scott185US #23
#9Kevin178US #15
#10John177US #4
#11Richard164US #8
#12Jeffrey149US #14
#13Daniel136US #17
#14Thomas135US #9
#15Douglas129US #30
#16Brian128US #20
#17Paul114US #18
#18William109US #7
#19Randy105US #32
#20Todd101US #71
#21Gary88US #22
#22Craig87US #41
#23Larry84US #28
#24Ronald79US #21
#25Terry79US #34
#26Charles78US #13
#27Donald77US #19
#28Mike72US #36
#29Dale69US #54
#30Tim69US #60
#31Dennis66US #31
#32Bruce65US #39
#33Roger64US #47
#34Rodney63US #68
#35Kenneth62US #16
#36Gregory61US #24
#37Patrick61US #45
#38Keith60US #35
#39Bradley59US #90
#40Joseph58US #12
#41Jerry53US #37
#42Alan50US #50
#43Jay50US #78
#44Jeff49US #49
#45Steve49US #43
#46Dean48US #94
#47Ricky44US #38
#48Wayne44US #58
#49Curtis42US #79
#50Randall42US #59
#51Jim40US #75
#52Rick39US #101
#53Danny38US #48
#54Kelly37US #128
#55Russell37US #56
#56Jon36US #97
#57Gerald35US #62
#58Bryan32US #88
#59Joel32US #110
#60Tom32US #86
#61Brad31US #134
#62Brett31US #151
#63Dan31US #111
#64Duane31US #127
#65Tony31US #52
#66Lyle30
#67George28US #33
#68Allen27US #99
#69Greg27US #83
#70Anthony26US #25
#71Jeffery26US #55
#72Dana25US #187
#73Joe25US #57
#74Kent25US #148
#75Bob23US #131
#76Lee23US #116
#77Stephen23US #27
#78Bill22US #95
#79Glenn22US #74
#80Doug21US #182
#81Kirk21US #142
#82Marty21US #195
#83Marvin21US #119
#84Micheal21US #105
#85Peter21US #42
#86Edward20US #26
#87Jack20US #85
#88Barry19US #72
#89Philip19US #76
#90Bret18
#91Christopher18US #29
#92Daryl18US #188
#93Eric18US #44
#94Kurt18US #130
#95Perry18US #146
#96Brent17US #154
#97Calvin17US #129
#98Kim17
#99Leslie17US #185
#100Lonnie17US #183

On the move since 1959

Rising

↑48Vicki#46
↑32Shelly#48
↑28Laurie#13
↑28Tony#65
↑25Paula#39
↑25Becky#49
↑25Jody#66
↑25Lyle#66

Falling

↓24Edward#86
↓23Wanda#78
↓23Perry#95
↓22Colleen#79
↓22Eric#93
↓21Janice#73
↓20Bonnie#58
↓20Terri#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1959 rankings.