State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1968 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,901 South Dakota births in 1968 across 379 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.

#50Wadeoutside the national top 200
#61Karioutside the national top 200
#72Darlaoutside the national top 200
#78Karlaoutside the national top 200
#85Justinoutside the national top 200
#88Martyoutside the national top 200
#26Kristi#138 nationally
#36Darin#147 nationally
#93Vernonoutside the national top 200
#94Danaoutside the national top 200
#84Jody#190 nationally
#81Rick#182 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa192US #1
#2Michelle132US #2
#3Julie85US #16
#4Mary85US #6
#5Dawn83US #21
#6Amy74US #13
#7Kimberly70US #3
#8Susan70US #10
#9Lori66US #22
#10Brenda65US #34
#11Jennifer65US #4
#12Tammy64US #8
#13Laura61US #11
#14Angela55US #7
#15Karen50US #9
#16Melissa44US #5
#17Jill42US #46
#18Jodi41US #97
#19Teresa41US #30
#20Patricia40US #15
#21Rebecca40US #33
#22Pamela39US #20
#23Linda38US #28
#24Stephanie38US #23
#25Denise37US #35
#26Kristi37US #138
#27Tracy37US #25
#28Sandra36US #26
#29Stacey35US #55
#30Michele34US #29
#31Rhonda34US #42
#32Shelly31US #98
#33Elizabeth30US #17
#34Paula30US #45
#35Sheila30US #59
#36Wendy30US #31
#37Barbara29US #36
#38Carol29US #49
#39Tina29US #18
#40Christine28US #14
#41Kelly28US #12
#42Nancy28US #39
#43Renee28US #65
#44Tamara28US #80
#45Valerie27US #77
#46Connie26US #87
#47Diane26US #51
#48Jacqueline26US #50
#49Janet26US #73
#50Robin25US #43
#51Laurie23US #79
#52Cindy22US #67
#53Cynthia22US #19
#54Debra22US #38
#55Kathleen22US #40
#56Monica22US #68
#57Theresa22US #47
#58Heather21US #62
#59Peggy21US #155
#60Cheryl20US #37
#61Kari20
#62Kathy20US #76
#63Shannon20US #53
#64Stacy20US #64
#65Annette19US #102
#66Carrie19US #86
#67Catherine19US #56
#68Deborah19US #27
#69Holly19US #103
#70Jody19US #169
#71Sherri19US #95
#72Darla18
#73Kristine18US #105
#74Lynn18US #85
#75Margaret18US #63
#76Terri18US #83
#77Donna17US #24
#78Karla17
#79Ann16US #54
#80Anne16US #88
#81Kim16US #57
#82Sara16US #130
#83Sarah16US #78
#84Sherry16US #52
#85Tonya16US #60
#86Andrea15US #48
#87Beth15US #74
#88Bonnie15US #116
#89Gina15US #58
#90Leslie15US #66
#91Sheri15US #119
#92Carla14US #91
#93Kathryn14US #100
#94Kristin14US #84
#95Becky13US #161
#96Carmen13US #141
#97Diana13US #71
#98Katherine13US #75
#99Sharon13US #32
#100Suzanne13US #69

Boys

#1Michael231US #1
#2David185US #2
#3James152US #4
#4John152US #3
#5Mark143US #7
#6Scott134US #14
#7Robert132US #5
#8Todd119US #28
#9Brian118US #10
#10Jeffrey98US #11
#11Steven95US #15
#12Richard90US #8
#13Paul88US #19
#14Troy87US #40
#15Thomas84US #12
#16Kevin79US #17
#17Timothy76US #13
#18Chad71US #104
#19William71US #6
#20Daniel70US #18
#21Douglas58US #33
#22Bradley55US #57
#23Patrick50US #30
#24Eric48US #22
#25Christopher45US #9
#26Gregory44US #26
#27Jason44US #47
#28Joseph42US #16
#29Ronald42US #25
#30Matthew38US #24
#31Charles37US #20
#32Kelly36US #97
#33Terry36US #48
#34Anthony35US #21
#35Bryan35US #51
#36Darin35US #147
#37Dean35US #78
#38Donald34US #29
#39Shawn33US #43
#40Jon32US #65
#41Dennis31US #45
#42Kenneth31US #23
#43Gary30US #32
#44Brett29US #105
#45Dale29US #91
#46Randy29US #54
#47Bruce28US #61
#48Craig28US #41
#49Larry27US #38
#50Wade27
#51Alan26US #74
#52Rodney25US #42
#53Shane25US #120
#54Wayne25US #63
#55Duane24US #146
#56Keith24US #35
#57Andrew23US #34
#58Joel23US #80
#59Curtis22US #75
#60Jay22US #88
#61Jeffery22US #46
#62Jerry20US #44
#63Brent19US #102
#64Edward19US #31
#65Lance19US #144
#66Sean19US #37
#67Steve19US #89
#68Travis19US #141
#69Darren18US #60
#70Kyle18US #148
#71Mike18US #93
#72Roger18US #55
#73Stephen18US #27
#74Allen17US #100
#75Barry17US #107
#76Chris16US #64
#77Jeff16US #90
#78Raymond16US #50
#79Brad15US #158
#80Gerald15US #62
#81Rick15US #182
#82Russell15US #56
#83Ryan15US #131
#84Jody14US #190
#85Justin14
#86Ricky14US #70
#87Lee13US #106
#88Marty13
#89Randall13US #79
#90Tim13US #139
#91Corey12US #171
#92Tony12US #52
#93Vernon12
#94Dana11
#95Danny11US #72
#96Darrell11US #86
#97Darrin11US #138
#98Eugene11US #126
#99Lonnie11US #181
#100Martin11US #68

On the move since 1967

Rising

↑64Stacey#29
↑42Jacqueline#48
↑37Valerie#45
↑36Matthew#30
↑34Sean#66
↑30Rebecca#21
↑30Monica#56
↑29Lance#65

Falling

↓47Kim#81
↓40Sharon#99
↓40Russell#82
↓39Lee#87
↓35Donna#77
↓32Deborah#68
↓31Cynthia#53
↓31Karla#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1967 rankings.