State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1969 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,002 South Dakota births in 1969 across 397 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.

#65Lorenoutside the national top 200
#79Karioutside the national top 200
#39Cory#160 nationally
#40Darin#159 nationally
#85Kentoutside the national top 200
#86Monteoutside the national top 200
#88Darlaoutside the national top 200
#90Lynetteoutside the national top 200
#77Stacy#186 nationally
#92Tamioutside the national top 200
#93Kristieoutside the national top 200
#94Trentoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Lisa153US #1
#2Michelle130US #2
#3Julie98US #12
#4Amy97US #6
#5Lori86US #20
#6Jennifer78US #3
#7Dawn72US #21
#8Kimberly70US #4
#9Angela66US #7
#10Mary66US #8
#11Melissa66US #5
#12Brenda62US #38
#13Susan59US #11
#14Teresa49US #32
#15Laura46US #10
#16Stephanie46US #19
#17Michele43US #30
#18Pamela43US #24
#19Tracy43US #17
#20Jodi42US #95
#21Karen42US #13
#22Tammy39US #9
#23Kristi35US #129
#24Rebecca35US #28
#25Sandra35US #25
#26Shannon34US #31
#27Tamara34US #78
#28Sheila33US #68
#29Jill31US #51
#30Debra30US #43
#31Nancy30US #45
#32Paula30US #50
#33Shelly30US #102
#34Barbara29US #39
#35Kelly29US #15
#36Patricia29US #18
#37Stacy29US #53
#38Cheryl28US #41
#39Christine28US #14
#40Denise28US #35
#41Linda28US #33
#42Rhonda28US #44
#43Cynthia27US #23
#44Stacey27US #52
#45Tricia27US #119
#46Carol26US #56
#47Heather26US #34
#48Heidi25US #80
#49Laurie25US #79
#50Cindy24US #74
#51Kristin24US #76
#52Wendy24US #29
#53Gina23US #63
#54Tina23US #22
#55Nicole22US #47
#56Kathleen21US #42
#57Kathy21US #77
#58Tracey21US #65
#59Vicki21US #125
#60Ann20US #57
#61Christina20US #37
#62Elizabeth20US #16
#63Deborah19US #27
#64Robin19US #46
#65Sharon19US #36
#66Sherri19US #106
#67Carla18US #90
#68Diane18US #61
#69Donna18US #26
#70Jody18US #165
#71Kristine18US #110
#72Melanie18US #92
#73Renee18US #67
#74Terri18US #93
#75Traci18US #112
#76Becky17US #155
#77Connie17US #105
#78Holly17US #87
#79Kari17
#80Monica17US #59
#81Tanya17US #91
#82April16US #97
#83Catherine16US #58
#84Sherry16US #55
#85Valerie16US #85
#86Beth15US #82
#87Crystal15US #118
#88Darla15
#89Jane15US #170
#90Lynette15
#91Lynn15US #103
#92Tami15
#93Kristie14
#94Peggy14US #158
#95Shawn14US #177
#96Sheri14US #132
#97Theresa14US #49
#98Tonya14US #54
#99Carrie13US #94
#100Janet13US #84

Boys

#1Michael239US #1
#2David166US #2
#3James151US #3
#4Scott143US #12
#5Robert139US #5
#6Brian137US #9
#7John127US #4
#8Mark114US #8
#9Chad109US #69
#10Todd108US #28
#11Jason104US #25
#12Jeffrey101US #11
#13Steven100US #14
#14Troy98US #42
#15Timothy87US #17
#16Kevin81US #16
#17Daniel80US #18
#18Paul77US #22
#19Thomas75US #13
#20William74US #6
#21Richard70US #10
#22Christopher55US #7
#23Bradley53US #53
#24Charles53US #19
#25Douglas51US #34
#26Craig50US #39
#27Patrick49US #31
#28Gregory46US #26
#29Joseph46US #15
#30Eric40US #21
#31Ronald40US #29
#32Shawn39US #41
#33Kenneth37US #23
#34Keith34US #36
#35Matthew34US #24
#36Joel33US #80
#37Corey31US #58
#38Shane31US #87
#39Cory30US #160
#40Darin29US #159
#41Jon29US #68
#42Travis29US #113
#43Kelly28US #115
#44Anthony27US #20
#45Lance27US #103
#46Brett25US #94
#47Donald25US #30
#48Russell25US #57
#49Bryan24US #51
#50Duane24US #156
#51Larry24US #40
#52Terry24US #52
#53Dean23US #89
#54Jay23US #95
#55Ryan23US #135
#56Dennis22US #44
#57Jeffery22US #48
#58Jonathan21US #46
#59Lee21US #118
#60Wayne21US #75
#61Brad20US #145
#62Brent20US #92
#63Bruce20US #72
#64Gary19US #35
#65Loren19
#66Alan18US #76
#67Dale18US #96
#68Jeff18US #106
#69Rodney18US #49
#70Shannon18US #129
#71Curtis17US #81
#72Randy17US #55
#73Sean17US #37
#74Darren16US #60
#75Justin16US #167
#76Roger16US #59
#77Stacy16US #186
#78Stephen16US #27
#79Tony16US #54
#80Jerry15US #45
#81Allen14US #111
#82Barry14US #99
#83Benjamin14US #91
#84Jamie14US #179
#85Kent14
#86Monte14
#87Randall14US #85
#88Ricky14US #90
#89Wade14US #193
#90Aaron13US #61
#91Andrew13US #33
#92Chris13US #66
#93Tim13US #181
#94Trent13
#95George12US #38
#96Kyle12US #143
#97Philip12US #86
#98Warren12US #183
#99Carl11US #62
#100Danny11US #73

On the move since 1968

Rising

↑54Corey#37
↑43Kristin#51
↑37Shannon#26
↑36Gina#53
↑34Sharon#65
↑34Russell#48
↑28Ryan#55
↑28Lee#59

Falling

↓51Janet#100
↓40Valerie#85
↓40Theresa#97
↓39Wade#89
↓35Peggy#94
↓34Andrew#91
↓33Carrie#99
↓31Connie#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1968 rankings.