State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1976 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,985 South Dakota births in 1976 across 400 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.

#59Beckyoutside the national top 200
#60Cody#200 nationally
#66Wadeoutside the national top 200
#74Joleneoutside the national top 200
#79Cameronoutside the national top 200
#84Darinoutside the national top 200
#85Deanoutside the national top 200
#88Grantoutside the national top 200
#40Nichole#148 nationally
#71Tyler#179 nationally
#96Jamioutside the national top 200
#100Bobbioutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer220US #1
#2Amy141US #2
#3Heather127US #4
#4Angela109US #5
#5Melissa105US #3
#6Sarah93US #15
#7Jessica81US #8
#8Michelle73US #6
#9Nicole72US #13
#10Stephanie65US #11
#11Lisa63US #9
#12Rebecca61US #12
#13Sara61US #27
#14Laura58US #20
#15Kimberly55US #7
#16Heidi51US #70
#17Amanda48US #10
#18Julie48US #21
#19Carrie45US #28
#20Shannon44US #17
#21Amber43US #49
#22Erin43US #24
#23Andrea42US #25
#24Christina42US #14
#25Elizabeth40US #16
#26Jill39US #52
#27Stacy38US #38
#28Rachel36US #23
#29Wendy35US #39
#30Jamie34US #18
#31Dawn33US #35
#32Tanya32US #61
#33Tara32US #42
#34Kelly31US #19
#35April30US #30
#36Kristi29US #104
#37Danielle28US #33
#38Jaime28US #29
#39Mary27US #22
#40Nichole27US #148
#41Michele26US #63
#42Misty26US #46
#43Teresa26US #66
#44Tracy26US #37
#45Christine25US #26
#46Brenda24US #77
#47Emily24US #50
#48Denise23US #69
#49Tina23US #48
#50Tonya22US #58
#51Kristin21US #74
#52Melanie21US #53
#53Kari20US #127
#54Lori20US #47
#55Stacey20US #51
#56Holly19US #56
#57Jodi19US #102
#58Susan19US #40
#59Becky18
#60Crystal18US #36
#61Mandy18US #100
#62Anna17US #78
#63Brandy17US #55
#64Jody17US #164
#65Robin17US #75
#66Tammy17US #41
#67Beth16US #114
#68Brandi16US #79
#69Kara16US #138
#70Kelli16US #147
#71Katherine15US #57
#72Kristina15US #97
#73Courtney14US #76
#74Jolene14
#75Marie14US #149
#76Tiffany14US #32
#77Alicia13US #71
#78Karen13US #31
#79Leah13US #119
#80Megan13US #62
#81Molly13US #150
#82Paula13US #121
#83Rhonda13US #107
#84Valerie13US #83
#85Allison12US #67
#86Anne12US #124
#87Gina12US #94
#88Jenny12US #109
#89Natalie12US #80
#90Shelly12US #145
#91Theresa12US #89
#92Ann11US #108
#93Barbara11US #98
#94Christy11US #60
#95Colleen11US #136
#96Jami11
#97Patricia11US #43
#98Tamara11US #91
#99Angie10US #153
#100Bobbi10

Boys

#1Jason262US #2
#2Michael188US #1
#3Christopher154US #3
#4Ryan147US #16
#5Matthew134US #9
#6Chad131US #29
#7Jeremy116US #14
#8David109US #4
#9Eric102US #13
#10Brian101US #8
#11Joshua92US #18
#12Scott90US #24
#13John87US #6
#14Daniel85US #10
#15Robert80US #7
#16James78US #5
#17Travis78US #46
#18Jeffrey70US #17
#19Justin70US #33
#20Nathan66US #39
#21Mark65US #25
#22Steven61US #20
#23Aaron58US #30
#24William55US #11
#25Shawn54US #34
#26Timothy54US #21
#27Joseph52US #12
#28Thomas52US #23
#29Paul50US #28
#30Benjamin49US #32
#31Corey48US #64
#32Troy46US #73
#33Shane43US #57
#34Bradley42US #51
#35Kevin42US #15
#36Jesse41US #55
#37Andrew40US #27
#38Cory38US #83
#39Adam36US #36
#40Anthony35US #22
#41Jonathan35US #31
#42Dustin33US #82
#43Richard32US #19
#44Patrick31US #41
#45Bryan30US #43
#46Jamie30US #62
#47Brent28US #78
#48Charles28US #26
#49Todd27US #50
#50Kyle26US #80
#51Jay25US #126
#52Brandon24US #40
#53Gregory24US #35
#54Jared24US #90
#55Terry23US #75
#56Joel22US #72
#57Ronald22US #49
#58Craig21US #61
#59Brad20US #108
#60Cody19US #200
#61Douglas19US #56
#62Donald18US #47
#63Jeremiah18US #93
#64Kelly18US #158
#65Sean18US #42
#66Wade18
#67Casey17US #123
#68Keith17US #48
#69Lance17US #144
#70Randy17US #79
#71Tyler17US #179
#72Tony16US #86
#73Erik15US #94
#74Alan14US #115
#75Chris14US #154
#76Jon14US #111
#77Seth14US #128
#78Brett13US #109
#79Cameron13
#80Peter13US #54
#81Zachary13US #97
#82Clinton12US #151
#83Curtis12US #105
#84Darin12
#85Dean12
#86Dennis12US #66
#87Derek12US #84
#88Grant12
#89Kenneth12US #38
#90Larry12US #60
#91Lee12US #138
#92Phillip12US #69
#93Shannon12US #98
#94Stephen12US #37
#95Gary11US #52
#96Jeffery11US #76
#97Russell11US #87
#98Samuel11US #59
#99Barry10US #165
#100Brady10

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑54Amber#21
↑43Kyle#50
↑35Melanie#52
↑32Michele#41
↑32Becky#59
↑31Brandi#68
↑29Ronald#57
↑25Randy#70

Falling

↓37Jodi#57
↓37Christy#94
↓33Tiffany#76
↓30Kari#53
↓30Kenneth#89
↓29Lori#54
↓28Gary#95
↓27Ann#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.