State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1977 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,345 South Dakota births in 1977 across 394 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.

#59Wadeoutside the national top 200
#69Deanoutside the national top 200
#70Beckyoutside the national top 200
#54Cody#183 nationally
#56Jody#184 nationally
#80Bobbioutside the national top 200
#87Clintoutside the national top 200
#88Darinoutside the national top 200
#90Heathoutside the national top 200
#91Kurtoutside the national top 200
#94Austinoutside the national top 200
#72Dale#176 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer208US #1
#2Amy154US #3
#3Heather121US #5
#4Jessica114US #4
#5Angela104US #6
#6Sarah92US #11
#7Melissa84US #2
#8Michelle82US #7
#9Nicole72US #15
#10Stephanie68US #14
#11Sara67US #27
#12Lisa66US #12
#13Rebecca65US #17
#14Kimberly60US #8
#15Amanda55US #9
#16Heidi50US #81
#17Elizabeth49US #13
#18Amber48US #33
#19Jamie48US #18
#20Carrie47US #28
#21Stacy47US #42
#22Julie43US #22
#23Erin42US #23
#24Laura41US #20
#25Jill39US #41
#26Tara39US #35
#27Kelly38US #10
#28Shannon38US #19
#29Christina37US #16
#30Jodi37US #105
#31Dawn35US #43
#32Emily33US #37
#33Rachel33US #26
#34Kari32US #130
#35Andrea31US #24
#36Misty31US #40
#37Tracy31US #50
#38Mandy30US #94
#39Nichole30US #142
#40Crystal29US #25
#41Lori29US #57
#42Mary27US #21
#43Wendy27US #49
#44Christine26US #30
#45Melanie26US #53
#46April25US #29
#47Danielle25US #31
#48Susan25US #45
#49Katherine24US #44
#50Stacey24US #56
#51Holly23US #52
#52Kristin22US #82
#53Tanya22US #67
#54Ann21US #118
#55Megan21US #54
#56Jody20US #184
#57Kristi19US #104
#58Teresa19US #79
#59Tonya19US #64
#60Kristina18US #83
#61Alicia17US #60
#62Beth17US #97
#63Kara17US #120
#64Karen17US #32
#65Kathryn17US #70
#66Kendra17US #152
#67Maria17US #36
#68Paula17US #144
#69Sandra17US #61
#70Becky16
#71Erica16US #38
#72Leah16US #112
#73Tammy16US #55
#74Theresa16US #98
#75Tiffany16US #34
#76Tina16US #58
#77Denise15US #78
#78Katie15US #115
#79Molly15US #141
#80Bobbi14
#81Kelli14US #117
#82Krista14US #155
#83Lindsay14US #110
#84Nancy14US #89
#85Trisha14US #162
#86Valerie14US #86
#87Bridget13US #165
#88Gina13US #88
#89Aimee12US #127
#90Jaime12US #46
#91Michele12US #77
#92Natalie12US #69
#93Robin12US #84
#94Sheila12US #163
#95Summer12US #119
#96Allison11US #66
#97Anna11US #74
#98Anne11US #123
#99Dana11US #62
#100Katrina11US #126

Boys

#1Jason233US #2
#2Michael201US #1
#3Ryan186US #16
#4Matthew168US #9
#5Jeremy163US #15
#6Christopher157US #3
#7David127US #4
#8Joshua123US #14
#9Brian109US #8
#10Eric104US #17
#11John102US #7
#12Chad96US #34
#13Travis91US #44
#14James88US #5
#15Justin85US #30
#16Robert81US #6
#17Scott77US #27
#18Joseph74US #10
#19Daniel73US #11
#20Nathan70US #36
#21Steven68US #23
#22Aaron65US #32
#23Jeffrey65US #19
#24Adam63US #33
#25Kevin61US #13
#26Mark58US #25
#27Timothy58US #18
#28Jesse55US #54
#29Andrew51US #24
#30Shawn48US #37
#31Benjamin47US #29
#32Cory46US #67
#33Thomas45US #22
#34Richard44US #20
#35Anthony41US #21
#36William40US #12
#37Charles39US #26
#38Brandon38US #41
#39Corey38US #52
#40Jared37US #76
#41Paul37US #31
#42Troy34US #88
#43Shane32US #61
#44Todd32US #50
#45Jamie31US #82
#46Bryan30US #42
#47Jonathan29US #28
#48Jacob28US #56
#49Brent27US #85
#50Dustin25US #81
#51Jeremiah25US #69
#52Patrick25US #40
#53Casey24US #102
#54Cody24US #183
#55Douglas24US #59
#56Kyle24US #79
#57Randy24US #86
#58Bradley23US #49
#59Wade23
#60Jon21US #117
#61Lance21US #139
#62Joel19US #73
#63Nicholas19US #51
#64Craig18US #64
#65Lee18US #133
#66Brett17US #109
#67Jay17US #130
#68Kenneth17US #39
#69Dean16
#70Kelly16US #162
#71Terry16US #83
#72Dale15US #176
#73Derek15US #84
#74Gregory15US #35
#75Sean15US #43
#76Tyler15US #165
#77Clinton13US #142
#78Curtis13US #100
#79Darren13US #158
#80Donald13US #46
#81Gary13US #58
#82Keith13US #48
#83Samuel13US #60
#84Stephen13US #38
#85Wesley13US #66
#86Zachary13US #95
#87Clint12
#88Darin12
#89Raymond12US #65
#90Heath11
#91Kurt11
#92Leonard11US #178
#93Alan10US #126
#94Austin10
#95George10US #57
#96Gerald10US #131
#97Grant10
#98Jeffery10US #78
#99Jerry10US #75
#100Lucas10

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑38Ann#54
↑27Jodi#30
↑26Lee#65
↑25Megan#55
↑23Mandy#38
↑22Katherine#49
↑21Kenneth#68
↑20Crystal#40

Falling

↓52Jaime#90
↓50Michele#91
↓35Anna#97
↓29Denise#77
↓28Robin#93
↓27Tina#76
↓24Bradley#58
↓21Tanya#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.