State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1974 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,570 South Dakota births in 1974 across 388 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.

#45Joleneoutside the national top 200
#49Wade#197 nationally
#54Codyoutside the national top 200
#67Darinoutside the national top 200
#57Heath#181 nationally
#79Jackieoutside the national top 200
#38Kari#153 nationally
#86Danaoutside the national top 200
#47Nichole#161 nationally
#64Becky#177 nationally
#74Dean#184 nationally
#93Kentoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer221US #1
#2Amy121US #2
#3Heather100US #4
#4Angela91US #5
#5Michelle86US #3
#6Melissa82US #7
#7Lisa79US #8
#8Nicole77US #11
#9Kimberly66US #6
#10Dawn65US #22
#11Sarah61US #20
#12Stephanie59US #9
#13Rebecca57US #10
#14Julie50US #14
#15Stacy45US #38
#16Susan44US #27
#17Carrie41US #42
#18Tina39US #25
#19Sara38US #61
#20Shannon38US #18
#21Tanya38US #46
#22Tara38US #39
#23Laura37US #21
#24Lori37US #30
#25Mary37US #13
#26Jodi34US #91
#27Christina31US #16
#28Heidi31US #60
#29Stacey31US #48
#30Wendy31US #32
#31April30US #28
#32Elizabeth30US #12
#33Jessica30US #17
#34Holly29US #56
#35Kristi29US #102
#36Brenda28US #59
#37Jill28US #58
#38Kari28US #153
#39Tammy28US #24
#40Tonya28US #37
#41Tracy27US #23
#42Shelly26US #107
#43Denise25US #53
#44Melanie24US #51
#45Jolene23
#46Misty23US #66
#47Nichole23US #161
#48Kelly22US #15
#49Christine21US #19
#50Jody21US #154
#51Kristen21US #45
#52Kristin21US #72
#53Teresa21US #52
#54Ann20US #100
#55Danielle20US #40
#56Nancy20US #78
#57Tamara20US #64
#58Crystal19US #49
#59Michele19US #50
#60Amber18US #92
#61Emily18US #69
#62Erin18US #47
#63Patricia18US #29
#64Becky17US #177
#65Pamela17US #54
#66Kara16US #125
#67Robin16US #63
#68Tricia16US #143
#69Andrea15US #35
#70Beth15US #117
#71Debra15US #94
#72Rhonda15US #86
#73Sandra15US #44
#74Traci15US #140
#75Anna14US #82
#76Kathryn14US #98
#77Brandi13US #106
#78Cheryl13US #88
#79Jackie13
#80Katherine13US #62
#81Kerry13US #158
#82Laurie13US #116
#83Linda13US #75
#84Angel12US #183
#85Angie12US #170
#86Barbara12US #77
#87Gina12US #84
#88Kristy12US #133
#89Melinda12US #81
#90Paula12US #96
#91Sheri12US #184
#92Stacie12US #156
#93Tiffany12US #41
#94Valerie12US #93
#95Alicia11US #90
#96Carmen11US #157
#97Jamie11US #97
#98Kelli11US #168
#99Krista11US #152
#100Leslie11US #65

Boys

#1Jason249US #2
#2Michael191US #1
#3Christopher159US #3
#4Chad158US #26
#5Brian117US #8
#6Ryan116US #25
#7Matthew112US #9
#8John105US #6
#9Scott103US #18
#10David102US #4
#11James98US #5
#12Steven84US #19
#13Eric83US #13
#14Mark83US #16
#15Jeffrey77US #15
#16Jeremy75US #24
#17Travis75US #54
#18Daniel71US #11
#19William71US #10
#20Robert67US #7
#21Justin64US #43
#22Aaron63US #32
#23Joshua63US #29
#24Joseph53US #12
#25Thomas51US #20
#26Shawn48US #30
#27Todd42US #39
#28Troy41US #63
#29Nathan40US #52
#30Shane40US #56
#31Bradley39US #58
#32Kevin39US #14
#33Timothy39US #22
#34Anthony38US #21
#35Richard34US #17
#36Andrew32US #28
#37Cory32US #114
#38Dustin31US #121
#39Brent30US #76
#40Paul30US #27
#41Gregory29US #31
#42Jonathan29US #33
#43Patrick29US #38
#44Adam27US #36
#45Charles27US #23
#46Craig27US #57
#47Jesse27US #67
#48Jon27US #94
#49Wade27US #197
#50Corey26US #77
#51Joel25US #75
#52Jamie24US #68
#53Kelly24US #143
#54Cody23
#55Donald21US #41
#56Douglas21US #53
#57Heath21US #181
#58Sean21US #37
#59Benjamin20US #46
#60Gary20US #48
#61Ronald20US #42
#62Brandon19US #51
#63Chris19US #116
#64Jared19US #131
#65Bryan18US #45
#66Keith18US #44
#67Darin17
#68Kenneth17US #34
#69Kyle16US #97
#70Lance16US #159
#71Shannon16US #101
#72Stephen16US #35
#73Brett15US #95
#74Dean15US #184
#75Jay15US #111
#76Lee15US #124
#77Terry15US #69
#78Wayne15US #120
#79Clinton14US #157
#80Dennis14US #59
#81Tony14US #81
#82Brad13US #105
#83Larry13US #55
#84Randy13US #79
#85Casey12US #144
#86Dana12
#87Edward12US #40
#88Erik12US #90
#89Jeffery12US #66
#90Jerry12US #61
#91George11US #49
#92Jacob11US #88
#93Kent11
#94Rodney11US #72
#95Tyler11
#96Allen10US #125
#97Calvin10US #177
#98Carl10US #89
#99Curtis10US #98
#100Darrin10

On the move since 1973

Rising

↑33Cody#54
↑32Sean#58
↑30April#31
↑30Jesse#47
↑21Wendy#30
↑21Traci#74
↑20Cheryl#78
↑20Nathan#29

Falling

↓38Barbara#86
↓34Paula#90
↓26Michele#59
↓25Tiffany#93
↓24Jerry#90
↓23Tracy#41
↓23Lance#70
↓22Tammy#39

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1973 rankings.