State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1975 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,651 South Dakota births in 1975 across 377 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.

#45Codyoutside the national top 200
#66Darinoutside the national top 200
#67Joleneoutside the national top 200
#61Heath#188 nationally
#78Wade#197 nationally
#84Janelleoutside the national top 200
#50Jody#162 nationally
#23Kari#129 nationally
#47Nichole#153 nationally
#46Kelly#150 nationally
#94Mathew#198 nationally
#97Tracyoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer220US #1
#2Amy144US #2
#3Heather129US #3
#4Angela108US #5
#5Michelle100US #6
#6Melissa94US #4
#7Sarah75US #17
#8Lisa68US #8
#9Kimberly63US #7
#10Nicole61US #10
#11Stephanie61US #9
#12Jessica57US #13
#13Rebecca55US #11
#14Julie47US #18
#15Dawn46US #23
#16Laura46US #20
#17Sara41US #54
#18Kristi39US #109
#19Tanya39US #50
#20Jodi38US #94
#21Kelly38US #16
#22Carrie37US #29
#23Kari37US #129
#24Heidi36US #66
#25Lori35US #39
#26Tara35US #41
#27Jill34US #46
#28Amanda33US #14
#29Stacy33US #34
#30Wendy33US #33
#31Holly32US #55
#32Stacey31US #44
#33Christina30US #12
#34Andrea29US #28
#35Brenda29US #67
#36Christine28US #22
#37Elizabeth27US #15
#38Shannon27US #21
#39Susan27US #32
#40Mary26US #19
#41Denise25US #64
#42Erin25US #38
#43Tiffany25US #37
#44Tonya25US #45
#45April24US #25
#46Danielle23US #42
#47Nichole23US #153
#48Rachel23US #26
#49Tina23US #35
#50Jody22US #162
#51Brandy21US #57
#52Karen21US #27
#53Misty21US #47
#54Tracy21US #24
#55Kristin20US #74
#56Teresa20US #61
#57Christy19US #53
#58Emily18US #48
#59Kelli18US #152
#60Mandy18US #106
#61Tammy18US #31
#62Tricia18US #148
#63Jacqueline17US #90
#64Alicia16US #76
#65Ann16US #104
#66Jenny16US #135
#67Jolene16
#68Krista16US #159
#69Nancy16US #82
#70Anne15US #124
#71Carla15US #122
#72Leah15US #132
#73Michele15US #56
#74Renee15US #87
#75Amber14US #59
#76Beth14US #120
#77Kara14US #118
#78Natasha14US #145
#79Robin14US #65
#80Shelly14US #113
#81Tamara14US #77
#82Theresa14US #78
#83Gina13US #84
#84Janelle13
#85Kristie13US #147
#86Laurie13US #125
#87Melanie13US #52
#88Molly13US #170
#89Shawna13US #161
#90Angie12US #140
#91Becky12US #193
#92Cindy12US #112
#93Deborah12US #86
#94Megan12US #69
#95Patricia12US #36
#96Rhonda12US #93
#97Sheila12US #134
#98Barbara11US #83
#99Brandi11US #88
#100Charity11US #183

Boys

#1Jason232US #2
#2Michael217US #1
#3Ryan142US #23
#4Christopher141US #3
#5Chad130US #27
#6Matthew119US #9
#7Scott110US #17
#8Jeremy109US #24
#9Brian105US #8
#10David105US #5
#11John103US #7
#12James101US #4
#13Robert92US #6
#14Travis90US #51
#15Daniel88US #11
#16Joshua86US #26
#17Justin75US #37
#18Eric70US #13
#19Jeffrey70US #14
#20Mark68US #19
#21Aaron63US #32
#22Shawn55US #31
#23Steven55US #18
#24Todd51US #43
#25Joseph49US #12
#26Timothy46US #22
#27William45US #10
#28Bradley43US #52
#29Nathan43US #45
#30Thomas43US #20
#31Troy42US #69
#32Shane41US #57
#33Kevin40US #15
#34Paul39US #29
#35Corey38US #71
#36Jamie38US #62
#37Adam36US #38
#38Andrew36US #28
#39Benjamin34US #36
#40Jonathan34US #30
#41Richard34US #16
#42Anthony31US #21
#43Dustin30US #96
#44Cory29US #99
#45Cody28
#46Kelly28US #150
#47Bryan27US #47
#48Charles27US #25
#49Gregory27US #33
#50Craig25US #58
#51Brandon24US #44
#52Brent24US #79
#53Jared24US #100
#54Patrick24US #39
#55Jay23US #117
#56Jon23US #102
#57Jesse22US #64
#58Erik21US #87
#59Kenneth21US #35
#60Casey20US #130
#61Heath20US #188
#62Derek19US #83
#63Donald19US #42
#64Joel19US #74
#65Brad18US #98
#66Darin18
#67Gary18US #50
#68Lance18US #163
#69Nicholas18US #81
#70Keith17US #49
#71Terry17US #67
#72Samuel16US #61
#73Chris15US #132
#74Clinton15US #154
#75Jeffery15US #70
#76Shannon15US #101
#77Tony15US #80
#78Wade15US #197
#79Brett14US #92
#80Curtis14US #113
#81Sean14US #40
#82Allen12US #127
#83Darrell12US #147
#84Douglas12US #55
#85Jerry12US #65
#86Ronald12US #46
#87Stephen12US #34
#88Toby12US #190
#89Wayne12US #120
#90Alan11US #115
#91Dale11US #159
#92Dennis11US #59
#93Kyle11US #88
#94Mathew11US #198
#95Randy11US #78
#96Russell11US #82
#97Tracy11
#98Billy10US #84
#99Brock10
#100Damon10US #114

On the move since 1974

Rising

↑50Tiffany#43
↑39Kelli#59
↑35Andrea#34
↑31Alicia#64
↑31Krista#68
↑30Erik#58
↑27Kelly#21
↑25Casey#60

Falling

↓43Melanie#87
↓38Shelly#80
↓32Patricia#95
↓31Tina#49
↓29Wade#78
↓28Douglas#84
↓27Becky#91
↓25Ronald#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1974 rankings.