State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1963 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,897 South Dakota births in 1963 across 489 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.

#62Kristioutside the national top 200
#61Karla#189 nationally
#40Darla#165 nationally
#80Karioutside the national top 200
#80Lorenoutside the national top 200
#93Jodyoutside the national top 200
#96Chadoutside the national top 200
#98Wadeoutside the national top 200
#84Marty#186 nationally
#99Jason#198 nationally
#98Jodi#196 nationally
#75Pam#166 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa207US #1
#2Lori204US #8
#3Mary190US #2
#4Brenda135US #15
#5Julie131US #22
#6Susan116US #3
#7Karen106US #4
#8Dawn98US #52
#9Kimberly93US #11
#10Linda93US #5
#11Nancy92US #23
#12Pamela91US #14
#13Debra86US #21
#14Patricia84US #7
#15Sandra81US #9
#16Tammy75US #12
#17Barbara74US #17
#18Cindy71US #37
#19Laurie69US #47
#20Michelle68US #26
#21Teresa68US #18
#22Denise65US #27
#23Connie64US #55
#24Rhonda63US #45
#25Robin61US #25
#26Donna60US #6
#27Cynthia59US #10
#28Carol58US #33
#29Tamara55US #111
#30Cheryl54US #24
#31Jill53US #68
#32Debbie52US #41
#33Diane50US #31
#34Kim50US #39
#35Kelly49US #32
#36Laura48US #16
#37Theresa48US #38
#38Deborah47US #13
#39Elizabeth47US #20
#40Darla46US #165
#41Kathy45US #34
#42Sheila44US #50
#43Carla43US #82
#44Paula43US #42
#45Janet41US #40
#46Shelly41US #117
#47Christine40US #29
#48Sherry40US #49
#49Tracy40US #48
#50Jane39US #75
#51Tina38US #35
#52Ann37US #57
#53Peggy37US #106
#54Jacqueline36US #51
#55Kathleen35US #28
#56Angela34US #30
#57Joan34US #95
#58Valerie34US #69
#59Jean33US #97
#60Sharon33US #19
#61Karla32US #189
#62Kristi32
#63Beth31US #66
#64Penny30US #86
#65Rebecca29US #44
#66Bonnie28US #83
#67Jennifer28US #36
#68Judy27US #70
#69Renee26US #74
#70Sheryl26US #135
#71Terri26US #58
#72Becky25US #126
#73Colleen25US #98
#74Kathryn25US #93
#75Pam25US #166
#76Melanie24US #101
#77Monica24US #110
#78Rita24US #115
#79Janice23US #63
#80Kari23
#81Michele23US #59
#82Amy22US #54
#83Cathy22US #67
#84Stephanie22US #64
#85Vicki22US #100
#86Wanda22US #76
#87Wendy22US #60
#88Lynn21US #73
#89Sarah21US #94
#90Shelley21US #148
#91Sherri21US #78
#92Annette20US #71
#93Jody20
#94Marilyn20US #125
#95Rose20US #118
#96Catherine19US #53
#97Holly19US #132
#98Jodi19US #196
#99Shari19US #164
#100Suzanne19US #65

Boys

#1Michael294US #1
#2David289US #3
#3Mark260US #6
#4Todd251US #30
#5James226US #4
#6Scott224US #12
#7Kevin199US #11
#8John197US #2
#9Robert176US #5
#10Jeffrey161US #10
#11Steven159US #14
#12Richard135US #8
#13Brian127US #20
#14Timothy127US #15
#15Thomas123US #9
#16Daniel114US #19
#17Douglas112US #28
#18William100US #7
#19Paul97US #17
#20Terry88US #32
#21Randy81US #37
#22Donald72US #25
#23Gregory71US #21
#24Larry69US #36
#25Kenneth68US #18
#26Craig63US #51
#27Gary63US #24
#28Dale62US #69
#29Ronald62US #23
#30Dennis60US #39
#31Jeff60US #48
#32Charles58US #16
#33Mike58US #44
#34Troy58US #66
#35Joseph56US #13
#36Keith56US #33
#37Patrick55US #35
#38Bradley54US #82
#39Bruce54US #43
#40Dean54US #86
#41Tim48US #79
#42Jay47US #85
#43Jerry42US #38
#44Curtis41US #72
#45Kelly41US #126
#46Bryan40US #73
#47Rodney38US #76
#48Wayne38US #63
#49Jon37US #84
#50Rick37US #111
#51Roger37US #53
#52Anthony36US #22
#53Greg36US #81
#54Alan34US #56
#55Christopher34US #26
#56Jeffery34US #46
#57Jim34US #92
#58Kent33US #141
#59Russell32US #57
#60Steve30US #49
#61Gerald28US #60
#62Danny27US #55
#63Randall27US #65
#64Brad26US #146
#65Duane25US #130
#66Allen24US #90
#67Joel24US #110
#68Eric23US #31
#69George23US #34
#70Ricky23US #47
#71Barry22US #67
#72Brent22US #125
#73Dan22US #124
#74Brett21US #129
#75Shawn21US #108
#76Tom21US #103
#77Chris20US #59
#78Edward20US #27
#79Glenn20US #64
#80Loren20
#81Matthew20US #50
#82Bill19US #113
#83Martin19US #62
#84Marty19US #186
#85Marvin19US #120
#86Tony19US #52
#87Darrell18US #95
#88Doug18US #174
#89Lance18US #166
#90Stephen18US #29
#91Andrew17US #42
#92Frank17US #41
#93Joe17US #58
#94Perry17US #171
#95Raymond17US #45
#96Chad16
#97Peter16US #40
#98Wade16
#99Jason15US #198
#100Kerry15US #170

On the move since 1962

Rising

↑30Tracy#49
↑28Christine#47
↑27Jill#31
↑24Darla#40
↑24Angela#56
↑23Paula#44
↑22Allen#66
↑18Sherry#48

Falling

↓35Vicki#85
↓34Michele#81
↓25Sharon#60
↓24Tom#76
↓24Tony#86
↓23Sherri#91
↓23Stephen#90
↓20Kathy#41

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1962 rankings.