State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1971 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,042 South Dakota births in 1971 across 406 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.

#40Wadeoutside the national top 200
#47Darin#193 nationally
#62Tamioutside the national top 200
#46Kari#179 nationally
#85Jaredoutside the national top 200
#37Cory#150 nationally
#88Donovanoutside the national top 200
#91Rochelleoutside the national top 200
#94Heathoutside the national top 200
#100Martyoutside the national top 200
#15Kristi#113 nationally
#81Clinton#179 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer194US #1
#2Amy145US #5
#3Lisa124US #3
#4Michelle120US #2
#5Julie89US #10
#6Angela79US #6
#7Kimberly75US #4
#8Tammy67US #8
#9Dawn65US #14
#10Heather65US #12
#11Melissa63US #7
#12Lori59US #25
#13Nicole56US #27
#14Mary51US #9
#15Kristi49US #113
#16Susan49US #17
#17Stephanie47US #11
#18Brenda46US #43
#19Rebecca44US #23
#20Tina43US #20
#21Jill42US #59
#22Christine41US #18
#23Teresa40US #34
#24Stacey39US #41
#25Laura38US #16
#26Tamara38US #80
#27Jodi36US #94
#28Stacy35US #32
#29Karen32US #15
#30Kristin32US #71
#31Sheila31US #81
#32Tracy31US #13
#33Heidi30US #77
#34Shannon30US #21
#35Wendy30US #29
#36Carrie27US #55
#37Rhonda27US #46
#38Patricia26US #26
#39Ann25US #78
#40Debra25US #57
#41Barbara24US #47
#42Cynthia24US #24
#43Denise24US #36
#44Paula24US #63
#45Elizabeth23US #19
#46Kari23US #179
#47Michele23US #39
#48Nancy23US #52
#49Sandra23US #31
#50Cindy22US #70
#51Sara22US #114
#52Deborah21US #33
#53Tanya21US #72
#54Tricia21US #109
#55Christina20US #30
#56Laurie20US #96
#57Carla19US #107
#58Crystal19US #79
#59Kathy19US #91
#60Monica19US #48
#61Shelly19US #103
#62Tami19
#63Holly18US #76
#64Kathleen18US #53
#65Kelly18US #22
#66Pamela18US #28
#67Becky17US #163
#68Jacqueline17US #75
#69Jody17US #162
#70Kristina17US #117
#71Sarah17US #58
#72Sherri17US #123
#73Terri17US #115
#74Vicki17US #156
#75Connie16US #125
#76Diane16US #83
#77Kim16US #101
#78Stacie16US #131
#79Anna15US #106
#80April15US #56
#81Catherine15US #65
#82Jamie15US #118
#83Lynn15US #128
#84Melanie15US #66
#85Robin15US #51
#86Valerie15US #102
#87Carol14US #92
#88Kathryn14US #111
#89Kristine14US #120
#90Renee14US #73
#91Rochelle14
#92Tonya14US #45
#93Amber13US #180
#94Andrea13US #35
#95Gina13US #69
#96Janet13US #112
#97Leah13US #184
#98Anne12US #122
#99Beth12US #100
#100Erin12US #93

Boys

#1Michael203US #1
#2Jason199US #8
#3Chad159US #29
#4Scott151US #10
#5David148US #3
#6Robert129US #5
#7John120US #4
#8James118US #2
#9Brian114US #9
#10Christopher108US #6
#11Todd85US #30
#12Mark82US #13
#13Jeffrey80US #12
#14Daniel78US #20
#15Troy76US #46
#16Steven75US #16
#17Matthew71US #19
#18Shawn71US #28
#19Eric69US #18
#20Paul67US #24
#21Thomas65US #17
#22Timothy63US #21
#23Bradley62US #58
#24William61US #7
#25Travis58US #61
#26Richard57US #11
#27Kevin54US #14
#28Patrick42US #35
#29Shane41US #60
#30Gregory39US #26
#31Aaron38US #41
#32Ryan38US #51
#33Craig37US #43
#34Terry35US #56
#35Joseph34US #15
#36Justin34US #103
#37Cory33US #150
#38Charles32US #22
#39Anthony31US #23
#40Wade31
#41Corey30US #77
#42Douglas30US #39
#43Lance30US #98
#44Jay29US #114
#45Joel28US #86
#46Keith28US #37
#47Darin27US #193
#48Kelly27US #136
#49Kenneth27US #25
#50Jonathan26US #40
#51Ronald26US #31
#52Brett24US #90
#53Bryan24US #48
#54Gary24US #38
#55Darren23US #100
#56Donald23US #34
#57Jon23US #78
#58Chris22US #68
#59Kyle22US #116
#60Sean22US #36
#61Dennis21US #49
#62Nathan21US #104
#63Randy20US #67
#64Tony20US #62
#65Andrew19US #33
#66Brent19US #73
#67Shannon19US #106
#68Dean18US #137
#69Lee18US #128
#70Roger18US #71
#71Jeremy17US #45
#72Jerry17US #50
#73Stephen17US #27
#74Brad16US #139
#75Duane16US #167
#76Larry16US #44
#77Rodney16US #59
#78Jesse15US #107
#79Ricky15US #121
#80Wayne15US #92
#81Clinton14US #179
#82Dale14US #125
#83Danny14US #82
#84Edward14US #32
#85Jared14
#86Jeffery14US #53
#87Kurt14US #155
#88Donovan13
#89Russell13US #64
#90Adam12US #57
#91Bruce12US #108
#92Derek12US #63
#93Gerald12US #83
#94Heath12
#95Jeff12US #140
#96Neil12US #182
#97Philip12US #94
#98Jamie11US #96
#99Joshua11US #80
#100Marty11

On the move since 1970

Rising

↑44Justin#36
↑40Tricia#54
↑38Ryan#32
↑35Deborah#52
↑29Stacey#24
↑29Aaron#31
↑29Nathan#62
↑26Tami#62

Falling

↓52Tonya#92
↓34Pamela#66
↓30Russell#89
↓29Beth#99
↓28Gina#95
↓26Lynn#83
↓25Brent#66
↓24Sarah#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1970 rankings.