State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1966 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,062 South Dakota births in 1966 across 422 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.

#23Kristi#185 nationally
#50Karla#193 nationally
#51Shane#186 nationally
#50Wade#183 nationally
#70Darlaoutside the national top 200
#79Karioutside the national top 200
#73Jody#186 nationally
#23Chad#135 nationally
#74Kent#172 nationally
#37Darin#134 nationally
#70Tom#153 nationally
#99Roberta#180 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa220US #1
#2Mary115US #3
#3Lori104US #21
#4Michelle103US #4
#5Julie98US #13
#6Susan96US #6
#7Brenda93US #25
#8Dawn86US #24
#9Kimberly81US #2
#10Karen74US #5
#11Patricia71US #7
#12Jill59US #49
#13Sandra57US #17
#14Denise53US #32
#15Linda53US #18
#16Barbara52US #27
#17Laura52US #19
#18Amy51US #30
#19Nancy51US #33
#20Tammy48US #8
#21Debra47US #35
#22Carol46US #48
#23Kristi44US #185
#24Teresa43US #29
#25Deborah42US #14
#26Rhonda42US #39
#27Cynthia41US #11
#28Jennifer40US #10
#29Sheila40US #51
#30Pamela39US #15
#31Angela36US #9
#32Cheryl36US #34
#33Ann35US #61
#34Cindy35US #56
#35Kim35US #43
#36Melissa35US #22
#37Christine34US #20
#38Kelly34US #26
#39Stephanie34US #38
#40Jodi33US #118
#41Paula33US #50
#42Shelly33US #89
#43Rebecca32US #40
#44Janet31US #57
#45Michele30US #36
#46Beth29US #65
#47Carla29US #77
#48Connie29US #70
#49Donna29US #12
#50Karla29US #193
#51Laurie29US #63
#52Kathy28US #59
#53Sharon28US #28
#54Tracy27US #31
#55Diane26US #45
#56Jacqueline26US #47
#57Jean26US #123
#58Theresa26US #46
#59Tina26US #23
#60Jane24US #111
#61Lynn24US #81
#62Tamara24US #98
#63Elizabeth23US #16
#64Joan22US #133
#65Sherry22US #53
#66Holly21US #101
#67Judy21US #97
#68Robin21US #42
#69Wendy21US #41
#70Darla20
#71Kathleen20US #37
#72Carrie19US #142
#73Jody19US #186
#74Margaret19US #55
#75Monica19US #75
#76Peggy19US #139
#77Deanna18US #105
#78Debbie18US #73
#79Kari18
#80Katherine18US #78
#81Penny18US #112
#82Vicki18US #115
#83Heidi17US #87
#84Kathryn17US #86
#85Kristin17US #107
#86Kristine17US #104
#87Renee17US #66
#88Valerie17US #74
#89Suzanne16US #62
#90Tracey16US #69
#91Wanda16US #84
#92Annette15US #79
#93Catherine15US #54
#94Becky14US #153
#95Cathy14US #99
#96Colleen14US #93
#97Gina14US #58
#98Helen14US #144
#99Roberta14US #180
#100Sara14US #167

Boys

#1Michael255US #1
#2David207US #2
#3Todd164US #29
#4James161US #3
#5Scott152US #16
#6John145US #4
#7Brian133US #14
#8Mark131US #7
#9Kevin124US #17
#10Jeffrey123US #9
#11Robert114US #5
#12Steven100US #13
#13Timothy100US #11
#14Richard97US #8
#15Daniel95US #19
#16Paul93US #18
#17Troy85US #48
#18Thomas79US #10
#19William67US #6
#20Bradley61US #68
#21Douglas59US #33
#22Gregory57US #23
#23Chad56US #135
#24Patrick56US #31
#25Terry53US #40
#26Christopher51US #12
#27Charles49US #20
#28Joseph48US #15
#29Keith46US #32
#30Dale45US #85
#31Donald44US #27
#32Gary43US #28
#33Kenneth43US #21
#34Ronald39US #24
#35Craig37US #46
#36Kelly37US #111
#37Darin36US #134
#38Eric36US #25
#39Larry35US #38
#40Randall34US #70
#41Roger34US #51
#42Dennis33US #44
#43Jay32US #91
#44Mike32US #69
#45Randy32US #45
#46Shawn32US #54
#47Wayne31US #59
#48Jason30US #89
#49Rodney29US #35
#50Wade29US #183
#51Shane28US #186
#52Anthony27US #22
#53Russell27US #61
#54Alan25US #57
#55Steve25US #67
#56Bruce24US #53
#57Jerry24US #41
#58Joel24US #102
#59Edward23US #30
#60Jeff23US #72
#61Stephen23US #26
#62Tony23US #49
#63Bryan22US #52
#64Dean22US #84
#65Jon22US #76
#66Allen21US #97
#67Brett21US #118
#68Curtis21US #75
#69Peter21US #39
#70Tom21US #153
#71Barry20US #87
#72Brent20US #114
#73Jeffery20US #42
#74Kent20US #172
#75Matthew20US #34
#76Tim20US #103
#77Gerald19US #60
#78Lee19US #106
#79Duane17US #140
#80Jim17US #136
#81Lance17US #156
#82Martin17US #78
#83Andrew16US #36
#84Kyle16US #146
#85Tracy16US #98
#86Darren15US #63
#87Marvin15US #113
#88Darrin14US #119
#89George14US #37
#90Raymond14US #47
#91Ricky14US #64
#92Ryan14US #171
#93Brad13US #150
#94Sean13US #50
#95Chris12US #55
#96Darrell12US #95
#97Eugene12US #116
#98Glenn12US #90
#99Kurt12US #110
#100Micheal12US #115

On the move since 1965

Rising

↑42Chad#23
↑42Jason#48
↑38Jean#57
↑30Denise#14
↑30Tom#70
↑29Shane#51
↑27Holly#66
↑26Christopher#26

Falling

↓42Robin#68
↓40Darren#86
↓32Chris#95
↓31Duane#79
↓29Brad#93
↓28Donna#49
↓28Theresa#58
↓28Tamara#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1965 rankings.