State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1973 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,142 South Dakota births in 1973 across 372 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.

#43Wade#198 nationally
#54Darinoutside the national top 200
#63Karlaoutside the national top 200
#64Heathoutside the national top 200
#42Kari#172 nationally
#74Clayton#199 nationally
#87Codyoutside the national top 200
#50Jody#163 nationally
#62Becky#170 nationally
#93Rachelleoutside the national top 200
#98Leroyoutside the national top 200
#51Dustin#153 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer248US #1
#2Amy120US #2
#3Michelle114US #3
#4Angela89US #7
#5Heather82US #8
#6Melissa74US #6
#7Lisa69US #5
#8Nicole65US #11
#9Stephanie61US #9
#10Rebecca59US #10
#11Julie54US #12
#12Kimberly54US #4
#13Dawn52US #21
#14Tanya46US #50
#15Susan40US #25
#16Lori39US #28
#17Tammy38US #15
#18Tracy38US #20
#19Stacy37US #32
#20Tara35US #37
#21Tina35US #24
#22Melanie34US #43
#23Sarah34US #35
#24Laura32US #19
#25Jodi31US #100
#26Kristi31US #108
#27Sara30US #89
#28Shannon30US #22
#29Stacey29US #41
#30Brenda28US #53
#31Holly28US #54
#32Heidi26US #65
#33Michele26US #44
#34Carrie25US #46
#35Christina25US #16
#36Christine25US #17
#37Jill25US #62
#38Mary25US #14
#39Tamara25US #66
#40Teresa25US #45
#41Tonya25US #36
#42Kari24US #172
#43Kelly24US #18
#44Crystal23US #48
#45Jessica23US #34
#46Misty23US #90
#47Kristin22US #78
#48Barbara21US #63
#49Elizabeth21US #13
#50Jody21US #163
#51Wendy21US #29
#52Ann20US #93
#53Shelly20US #104
#54Karen19US #23
#55Pamela19US #47
#56Paula19US #87
#57Sandra19US #39
#58Denise18US #38
#59Kristen18US #58
#60Danielle17US #49
#61April16US #33
#62Becky16US #170
#63Karla16
#64Kathy16US #124
#65Kristine16US #133
#66Nichole16US #160
#67Robin16US #60
#68Tiffany16US #52
#69Andrea15US #30
#70Lynn15US #145
#71Anna14US #86
#72Debra14US #84
#73Kristina14US #97
#74Nancy14US #77
#75Rhonda14US #70
#76Sheila14US #101
#77Tricia14US #123
#78Valerie14US #96
#79Amber13US #130
#80Beth13US #117
#81Cynthia13US #26
#82Donna13US #55
#83Katherine13US #64
#84Renee13US #80
#85Carmen12US #156
#86Christy12US #73
#87Dana12US #59
#88Erica12US #81
#89Jacqueline12US #88
#90Jenny12US #139
#91Leslie12US #75
#92Melinda12US #72
#93Rachelle12
#94Sharon12US #57
#95Traci12US #127
#96Vicki12US #186
#97Amanda11US #51
#98Cheryl11US #74
#99Cindy11US #92
#100Gina11US #83

Boys

#1Jason251US #3
#2Michael196US #1
#3Chad169US #25
#4Christopher161US #2
#5Brian142US #8
#6Scott100US #18
#7Matthew92US #10
#8James90US #4
#9David89US #5
#10Daniel88US #11
#11Robert88US #7
#12Eric85US #13
#13John84US #6
#14Mark82US #15
#15Travis76US #53
#16Ryan70US #30
#17Kevin63US #14
#18Jeffrey60US #17
#19William58US #9
#20Shawn57US #27
#21Jeremy54US #33
#22Troy54US #59
#23Shane50US #54
#24Todd50US #35
#25Richard49US #16
#26Joseph46US #12
#27Paul45US #24
#28Steven45US #20
#29Thomas45US #19
#30Charles44US #23
#31Justin43US #51
#32Timothy43US #22
#33Aaron40US #34
#34Cory36US #128
#35Corey34US #89
#36Joshua32US #42
#37Bradley30US #62
#38Jon30US #94
#39Jonathan29US #31
#40Patrick29US #37
#41Donald28US #38
#42Jamie28US #70
#43Wade28US #198
#44Andrew27US #29
#45Anthony27US #21
#46Gregory27US #26
#47Lance27US #148
#48Craig26US #48
#49Nathan26US #63
#50Brent25US #80
#51Dustin25US #153
#52Joel25US #73
#53Douglas23US #47
#54Darin22
#55Brett21US #88
#56Kenneth21US #28
#57Kyle21US #110
#58Kelly20US #147
#59Terry19US #65
#60Adam18US #45
#61Benjamin18US #55
#62Bryan18US #43
#63Russell18US #77
#64Heath17
#65Jay17US #118
#66Jerry17US #57
#67Dean16US #168
#68Shannon16US #100
#69Tony16US #78
#70Dale15US #141
#71Ronald15US #40
#72Samuel15US #66
#73Brandon14US #58
#74Clayton14US #199
#75Dennis14US #56
#76George14US #46
#77Jesse14US #75
#78Keith14US #41
#79Larry14US #50
#80Allen13US #124
#81Chris13US #96
#82Curtis13US #98
#83Derek13US #69
#84Micheal13US #106
#85Stephen13US #32
#86Clinton12US #161
#87Cody12
#88Erik12US #86
#89Nicholas12US #85
#90Sean12US #36
#91Tracy12US #126
#92Wayne12US #107
#93Alan11US #115
#94Neil11US #182
#95Randy11US #79
#96Duane10US #176
#97Jacob10US #122
#98Leroy10
#99Rodney10US #68
#100Roger10US #84

On the move since 1972

Rising

↑39Sara#27
↑38Joshua#36
↑36Kari#42
↑34Misty#46
↑32Dustin#51
↑31Karla#63
↑30Benjamin#61
↑28Crystal#44

Falling

↓47Cindy#99
↓36Sean#90
↓32Denise#58
↓31Nancy#74
↓30Larry#79
↓29Dennis#75
↓28Leslie#91
↓26Rhonda#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1972 rankings.