State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1964 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,004 South Dakota births in 1964 across 479 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.

#46Kristioutside the national top 200
#41Karla#182 nationally
#65Marty#196 nationally
#80Jodyoutside the national top 200
#80Wadeoutside the national top 200
#81Lorenoutside the national top 200
#67Darla#185 nationally
#72Marcia#190 nationally
#87Chadoutside the national top 200
#85Leslie#197 nationally
#55Jodi#145 nationally
#55Brad#143 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa193US #1
#2Mary177US #2
#3Julie155US #17
#4Lori144US #15
#5Brenda119US #18
#6Susan114US #3
#7Dawn96US #33
#8Karen93US #4
#9Michelle92US #23
#10Debra89US #24
#11Nancy87US #26
#12Kimberly83US #6
#13Linda81US #8
#14Sandra75US #13
#15Tammy74US #10
#16Pamela73US #11
#17Barbara72US #19
#18Donna67US #7
#19Patricia65US #5
#20Carol62US #36
#21Cheryl62US #29
#22Jill60US #61
#23Teresa60US #21
#24Laura56US #14
#25Paula54US #45
#26Rhonda54US #43
#27Connie53US #64
#28Denise53US #25
#29Robin53US #27
#30Laurie52US #59
#31Cynthia51US #9
#32Diane51US #32
#33Cindy50US #47
#34Angela48US #22
#35Kim45US #42
#36Sharon44US #20
#37Sheila44US #51
#38Janet43US #48
#39Peggy43US #106
#40Kelly42US #35
#41Karla41US #182
#42Rebecca41US #46
#43Carla40US #78
#44Jacqueline40US #37
#45Deborah39US #12
#46Kristi39
#47Jean38US #100
#48Kathy38US #39
#49Elizabeth37US #16
#50Jane37US #93
#51Kathleen37US #30
#52Tracy35US #40
#53Christine34US #28
#54Tamara34US #108
#55Jodi33US #145
#56Beth32US #65
#57Joan32US #99
#58Theresa32US #38
#59Renee31US #71
#60Shelly31US #101
#61Lynn30US #72
#62Ann29US #60
#63Tina29US #34
#64Annette28US #68
#65Judy28US #74
#66Kathryn28US #84
#67Darla27US #185
#68Michele27US #58
#69Catherine26US #54
#70Jennifer25US #31
#71Margaret25US #49
#72Marcia24US #190
#73Shelley24US #143
#74Sherry24US #50
#75Stephanie24US #57
#76Anita23US #85
#77Debbie23US #52
#78Valerie23US #66
#79Bonnie22US #89
#80Jody22
#81Vicki22US #112
#82Wendy22US #55
#83Sheryl21US #135
#84Carrie20US #134
#85Dana20US #70
#86Deanna20US #115
#87Gina20US #79
#88Katherine20US #82
#89Leslie20US #73
#90Penny20US #96
#91Rita20US #122
#92Stacy20US #123
#93Janice19US #69
#94Kristine19US #171
#95Roberta19US #172
#96Terri19US #62
#97Carmen18US #164
#98Holly18US #121
#99Marilyn18US #146
#100Crystal17US #136

Boys

#1Michael287US #1
#2David250US #3
#3James226US #4
#4Todd220US #28
#5Scott217US #14
#6John202US #2
#7Mark199US #6
#8Robert197US #5
#9Steven166US #12
#10Kevin141US #13
#11Jeffrey140US #10
#12Brian130US #20
#13Thomas123US #9
#14Richard122US #8
#15Timothy112US #15
#16Paul108US #16
#17William96US #7
#18Douglas95US #31
#19Troy89US #57
#20Daniel88US #19
#21Bradley87US #77
#22Ronald68US #24
#23Terry68US #35
#24Donald67US #25
#25Joseph66US #11
#26Randy59US #38
#27Gary58US #26
#28Patrick58US #30
#29Charles56US #17
#30Mike55US #47
#31Gregory53US #22
#32Kenneth49US #18
#33Dennis48US #42
#34Jeff47US #52
#35Dale46US #72
#36Larry45US #36
#37Anthony42US #21
#38Bruce42US #46
#39Dean42US #85
#40Jay42US #84
#41Jon41US #79
#42Curtis37US #75
#43Jerry36US #40
#44Steve36US #51
#45Jeffery35US #45
#46Keith35US #34
#47Rodney35US #59
#48Roger35US #49
#49Tim35US #82
#50Alan34US #53
#51Christopher33US #23
#52Craig32US #48
#53Wayne32US #61
#54Bryan31US #70
#55Brad30US #143
#56Brett30US #129
#57Kelly30US #132
#58Jim27US #101
#59Russell27US #58
#60Edward26US #27
#61George26US #33
#62Kurt26US #109
#63Tom26US #107
#64Greg25US #95
#65Marty25US #196
#66Rick25US #121
#67Ricky25US #54
#68Tony25US #50
#69Barry24US #69
#70Danny24US #56
#71Gerald24US #60
#72Randall24US #66
#73Stephen24US #29
#74Eric23US #32
#75Shawn23US #88
#76Dan22US #139
#77Brent21US #125
#78Joel21US #110
#79Peter21US #39
#80Wade21
#81Loren20
#82Raymond19US #44
#83Duane18US #130
#84Kent18US #146
#85Leslie18US #197
#86Bill17US #126
#87Chad17
#88Lawrence17US #68
#89Lee17US #117
#90Allen16US #93
#91Andrew16US #37
#92Lonnie16US #171
#93Philip16US #76
#94Vincent16US #64
#95Jack15US #99
#96Martin15US #63
#97Matthew15US #43
#98Tracy15US #123
#99Chris14US #65
#100Francis14US #159

On the move since 1963

Rising

↑43Jodi#55
↑28Annette#64
↑27Lynn#61
↑27Catherine#69
↑24Sharon#36
↑23Rebecca#42
↑22Angela#34
↑20Karla#41

Falling

↓45Debbie#77
↓27Darla#67
↓26Sherry#74
↓26Penny#90
↓26Craig#52
↓26Kent#84
↓25Tamara#54
↓25Terri#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1963 rankings.