State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1970 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,356 South Dakota births in 1970 across 415 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.

#42Kari#194 nationally
#45Wade#189 nationally
#51Darin#188 nationally
#66Lynetteoutside the national top 200
#75Rickoutside the national top 200
#77Darcyoutside the national top 200
#79Karla#196 nationally
#50Cory#164 nationally
#88Tamioutside the national top 200
#17Kristi#123 nationally
#96Danaoutside the national top 200
#98Darlaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Lisa158US #2
#2Michelle143US #4
#3Amy132US #5
#4Jennifer86US #1
#5Kimberly81US #3
#6Dawn80US #16
#7Lori78US #23
#8Julie75US #11
#9Angela73US #6
#10Tammy69US #8
#11Melissa65US #7
#12Mary55US #9
#13Susan55US #15
#14Stephanie53US #17
#15Brenda50US #40
#16Laura49US #13
#17Kristi46US #123
#18Heather44US #19
#19Tina44US #21
#20Wendy42US #28
#21Teresa41US #34
#22Stacy40US #42
#23Rhonda39US #46
#24Tracy39US #10
#25Christine38US #14
#26Nicole38US #30
#27Tamara38US #79
#28Jodi37US #95
#29Sandra35US #27
#30Shannon35US #22
#31Karen32US #12
#32Pamela32US #26
#33Rebecca31US #29
#34Sheila31US #75
#35Denise30US #36
#36Barbara29US #41
#37Jill29US #52
#38Kristin29US #63
#39Nancy29US #50
#40Tonya29US #49
#41Carrie28US #73
#42Kari28US #194
#43Michele28US #31
#44Patricia28US #24
#45Holly27US #74
#46Paula26US #57
#47Sarah26US #65
#48Elizabeth25US #18
#49Heidi25US #81
#50Debra24US #47
#51Kathy24US #77
#52Shelly24US #103
#53Stacey24US #48
#54Cheryl23US #44
#55Kelli23US #115
#56Kelly23US #20
#57Lynn23US #119
#58Sara22US #126
#59Ann21US #62
#60Connie21US #116
#61Cynthia21US #25
#62Diane21US #70
#63Theresa21US #53
#64Cindy20US #72
#65Kathleen20US #45
#66Lynette20
#67Gina19US #61
#68Laurie19US #88
#69Renee19US #68
#70Beth18US #92
#71Carol18US #71
#72Peggy18US #174
#73Shawn18US #168
#74Tanya18US #76
#75Vicki18US #134
#76Colleen17US #117
#77Darcy17
#78Jody17US #153
#79Karla17US #196
#80Kim17US #78
#81Linda17US #38
#82Melanie17US #91
#83Tracey17US #55
#84Janet16US #96
#85Sherry16US #60
#86Becky15US #161
#87Deborah15US #33
#88Tami15
#89Anne14US #112
#90Donna14US #32
#91Kristine14US #109
#92Melinda14US #93
#93Sherri14US #122
#94Tricia14US #124
#95Anna13US #102
#96Bonnie13US #130
#97Cathy13US #137
#98Darla13
#99Deanna13US #90
#100Katherine13US #67

Boys

#1Michael235US #1
#2Jason167US #13
#3Scott162US #12
#4David161US #3
#5James144US #2
#6Robert143US #5
#7Chad128US #51
#8John122US #4
#9Mark119US #9
#10Jeffrey108US #11
#11Brian104US #8
#12Todd104US #28
#13Troy104US #41
#14Steven89US #15
#15Daniel87US #19
#16Christopher85US #6
#17Thomas82US #17
#18Richard80US #10
#19Paul68US #23
#20Matthew67US #24
#21William66US #7
#22Timothy63US #20
#23Kevin60US #14
#24Eric59US #18
#25Bradley58US #47
#26Charles56US #21
#27Travis55US #69
#28Joseph51US #16
#29Douglas49US #36
#30Gregory45US #26
#31Shawn43US #34
#32Patrick40US #33
#33Anthony38US #22
#34Jon38US #68
#35Craig35US #39
#36Donald34US #30
#37Shane34US #64
#38Terry34US #54
#39Kenneth33US #25
#40Lance33US #76
#41Brent31US #74
#42Corey31US #84
#43Jay31US #97
#44Brett27US #99
#45Wade27US #189
#46Bryan26US #53
#47Kelly26US #135
#48Joel25US #82
#49Andrew24US #32
#50Cory24US #164
#51Darin24US #188
#52Keith24US #38
#53Alan23US #91
#54Ronald23US #29
#55Dennis22US #46
#56Gary22US #35
#57Kyle22US #120
#58Rodney21US #55
#59Russell21US #58
#60Aaron20US #52
#61Darren20US #75
#62Jeffery20US #50
#63Jeremy20US #70
#64Wayne20US #80
#65Brad18US #139
#66Dale18US #110
#67Dean18US #112
#68Jonathan18US #42
#69Roger18US #61
#70Ryan18US #140
#71Tony18US #57
#72Shannon17US #128
#73Curtis16US #88
#74Jerry16US #45
#75Rick16
#76Peter15US #44
#77Sean15US #37
#78Chris14US #63
#79George14US #40
#80Justin14US #138
#81Kurt14US #149
#82Larry14US #43
#83Lee14US #118
#84Randall14US #100
#85Randy14US #59
#86Stephen14US #27
#87Frank13US #48
#88Jamie13US #125
#89Jeff13US #116
#90Mike13US #136
#91Nathan13US #130
#92Bruce12US #94
#93Micheal12US #126
#94Ricky12US #105
#95Adam11US #72
#96Dana11
#97Edward11US #31
#98Glen11US #155
#99Marc11US #60
#100Philip11US #92

On the move since 1969

Rising

↑58Tonya#40
↑58Carrie#41
↑44Wade#45
↑42Andrew#49
↑39Kyle#57
↑37Kari#42
↑35Tina#19
↑34Lynn#57

Falling

↓49Tricia#94
↓40Linda#81
↓31Larry#82
↓29Bruce#92
↓27Sherri#93
↓26Michele#43
↓25Carol#71
↓25Tracey#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1969 rankings.