State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1962 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 14,391 South Dakota births in 1962 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.

#44Kristioutside the national top 200
#54Karla#192 nationally
#64Darla#190 nationally
#73Kay#197 nationally
#85Rondaoutside the national top 200
#85Lyleoutside the national top 200
#86Lynnoutside the national top 200
#88Jodyoutside the national top 200
#93Darwinoutside the national top 200
#97Lynetteoutside the national top 200
#99Renaeoutside the national top 200
#99Wadeoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Lori184US #11
#2Mary171US #2
#3Julie168US #22
#4Lisa162US #1
#5Susan145US #3
#6Brenda123US #12
#7Karen108US #4
#8Sandra108US #10
#9Dawn102US #50
#10Debra101US #15
#11Linda97US #5
#12Nancy95US #19
#13Pamela93US #13
#14Barbara91US #14
#15Laurie87US #42
#16Cindy81US #34
#17Kimberly81US #16
#18Teresa79US #18
#19Rhonda75US #45
#20Patricia74US #6
#21Kathy73US #27
#22Kim70US #37
#23Michelle63US #31
#24Robin63US #25
#25Janet62US #35
#26Tammy61US #23
#27Cheryl60US #24
#28Diane59US #26
#29Donna59US #7
#30Denise57US #30
#31Carol56US #28
#32Connie54US #51
#33Laura53US #21
#34Deborah52US #9
#35Sharon52US #17
#36Cynthia51US #8
#37Peggy48US #93
#38Debbie47US #32
#39Kelly46US #38
#40Tamara46US #119
#41Shelly43US #130
#42Sheila41US #52
#43Elizabeth40US #20
#44Kristi40
#45Carla38US #78
#46Jane38US #73
#47Michele38US #59
#48Tina37US #33
#49Theresa36US #40
#50Vicki35US #85
#51Kathleen34US #29
#52Jacqueline33US #44
#53Jean33US #95
#54Karla33US #192
#55Penny33US #92
#56Terri31US #54
#57Ann30US #56
#58Jill30US #72
#59Judy30US #63
#60Margaret30US #43
#61Valerie30US #67
#62Beth29US #66
#63Bonnie29US #79
#64Darla29US #190
#65Rebecca29US #47
#66Sherry28US #48
#67Paula27US #60
#68Sherri27US #82
#69Wendy27US #64
#70Becky26US #122
#71Joan26US #94
#72Renee26US #76
#73Kay25US #197
#74Ruth25US #104
#75Christine24US #39
#76Colleen24US #101
#77Jennifer24US #41
#78Lynn24US #71
#79Tracy24US #55
#80Angela22US #36
#81Carolyn22US #46
#82Diana22US #57
#83Gail22US #103
#84Jackie22US #126
#85Ronda22
#86Anita21US #81
#87Janice21US #58
#88Jody21
#89Kathryn21US #89
#90Melanie21US #106
#91Cathy20US #62
#92Holly20US #148
#93Joyce20US #74
#94Tami20US #177
#95Carmen19US #170
#96Catherine18US #53
#97Lynette18
#98Marcia18US #168
#99Renae18
#100Rose18US #116

Boys

#1David295US #2
#2Mark260US #6
#3Michael259US #1
#4Robert230US #5
#5John220US #3
#6Scott213US #11
#7Todd209US #30
#8Kevin195US #14
#9James182US #4
#10Jeffrey176US #10
#11Steven168US #12
#12Richard146US #8
#13Thomas137US #9
#14Timothy136US #16
#15Brian131US #20
#16Douglas130US #27
#17Daniel126US #17
#18William115US #7
#19Paul101US #19
#20Gary90US #22
#21Terry89US #34
#22Ronald85US #25
#23Kenneth81US #18
#24Bradley80US #87
#25Randy74US #35
#26Donald72US #23
#27Charles71US #15
#28Gregory71US #21
#29Jeff70US #44
#30Dale67US #62
#31Roger64US #47
#32Keith62US #36
#33Craig61US #51
#34Joseph61US #13
#35Troy58US #67
#36Mike56US #39
#37Bruce54US #41
#38Tim54US #72
#39Larry53US #31
#40Rodney53US #76
#41Jay52US #80
#42Steve52US #46
#43Dennis51US #37
#44Alan50US #53
#45Greg50US #77
#46Patrick50US #40
#47Kelly48US #125
#48Rick43US #110
#49Bryan42US #82
#50Wayne41US #63
#51Duane39US #135
#52Tom39US #98
#53Dean38US #86
#54Jerry38US #38
#55Curtis37US #73
#56Jeffery36US #45
#57Jim34US #85
#58Kent34US #136
#59Jon33US #84
#60Randall33US #64
#61Ricky33US #50
#62Tony33US #52
#63Joel31US #113
#64Anthony29US #24
#65Danny28US #54
#66Gerald28US #65
#67Stephen28US #28
#68Russell27US #57
#69Dan26US #120
#70Christopher25US #26
#71Kurt25US #121
#72Brett24US #141
#73Doug24US #170
#74Eric23US #33
#75Brad22US #158
#76Edward21US #29
#77George21US #32
#78Darrell20US #102
#79Joe20US #59
#80Raymond19US #48
#81Matthew18US #56
#82Brent17US #139
#83Chris17US #60
#84Kirk17US #138
#85Lyle17
#86Lynn17
#87Marty17US #186
#88Allen16US #93
#89Andrew16US #49
#90Bill16US #108
#91Bob16US #152
#92Dana16US #172
#93Darwin16
#94Lee16US #115
#95Stuart16US #175
#96Glenn15US #55
#97Kyle15US #176
#98Martin15US #74
#99Wade15
#100Allan14

On the move since 1961

Rising

↑52Tina#48
↑41Penny#55
↑36Troy#35
↑33Gerald#66
↑27Sheila#42
↑26Margaret#60
↑25Michele#47
↑25Tony#62

Falling

↓24Kathleen#51
↓23Joan#71
↓21Russell#68
↓19Rebecca#65
↓19Janice#87
↓18Brad#75
↓17Jackie#84
↓15Beth#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1961 rankings.