State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1980 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,351 South Dakota births in 1980 across 425 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.

#70Beckyoutside the national top 200
#76Beauoutside the national top 200
#82Wadeoutside the national top 200
#83Brockoutside the national top 200
#84Darinoutside the national top 200
#86Kellyoutside the national top 200
#87Levioutside the national top 200
#58Jodi#167 nationally
#92Bobbioutside the national top 200
#50Kari#158 nationally
#94Jackieoutside the national top 200
#95Jessieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer222US #1
#2Jessica176US #3
#3Amanda171US #2
#4Melissa130US #4
#5Sarah111US #5
#6Amy110US #8
#7Heather94US #6
#8Nicole94US #7
#9Rebecca88US #17
#10Angela86US #12
#11Michelle83US #10
#12Erin79US #20
#13Amber76US #22
#14Sara71US #27
#15Lisa59US #16
#16Stephanie58US #13
#17Katie56US #44
#18Jamie52US #24
#19Laura50US #21
#20Megan50US #30
#21Elizabeth46US #9
#22Kimberly45US #11
#23Christina44US #15
#24Tiffany44US #14
#25Kelly42US #19
#26Crystal40US #18
#27Emily40US #31
#28Rachel40US #23
#29April39US #26
#30Tara39US #43
#31Jill38US #66
#32Carrie37US #46
#33Andrea36US #28
#34Kristin35US #37
#35Mary35US #25
#36Heidi32US #79
#37Erica30US #34
#38Julie30US #32
#39Dawn29US #67
#40Holly29US #52
#41Karen25US #54
#42Nichole25US #102
#43Stacy25US #53
#44Melanie24US #60
#45Misty24US #49
#46Shannon24US #29
#47Anna22US #55
#48Katherine22US #35
#49Kristi22US #122
#50Kari21US #158
#51Kristen21US #39
#52Miranda21US #128
#53Ashley20US #40
#54Kara20US #127
#55Kristina20US #73
#56Pamela20US #86
#57Brandy19US #42
#58Jodi19US #167
#59Wendy19US #75
#60Kelli18US #125
#61Leah18US #84
#62Lindsey18US #91
#63Stacey18US #74
#64Tina18US #72
#65Tracy18US #56
#66Brandi17US #63
#67Brooke17US #57
#68Courtney17US #48
#69Danielle17US #33
#70Becky16
#71Lindsay16US #71
#72Alicia15US #47
#73Jacqueline15US #81
#74Kathryn15US #50
#75Katrina15US #90
#76Ann14US #136
#77Anne14US #112
#78Christine14US #41
#79Dana14US #68
#80Jenny14US #117
#81Krista14US #121
#82Lori14US #76
#83Mandy14US #132
#84Shawna14US #188
#85Susan14US #62
#86Tanya14US #88
#87Tonya14US #97
#88Alison13US #101
#89Samantha13US #58
#90Teresa13US #94
#91Valerie13US #85
#92Bobbi12
#93Erika12US #87
#94Jackie12
#95Jessie12
#96Melinda12US #92
#97Natalie12US #65
#98Natasha12US #89
#99Tamara12US #108
#100Trisha12US #161

Boys

#1Michael213US #1
#2Justin193US #13
#3Matthew175US #6
#4Joshua169US #7
#5Ryan166US #15
#6Christopher156US #2
#7Jason156US #3
#8John125US #8
#9Eric122US #16
#10Nicholas114US #17
#11David106US #4
#12Travis105US #37
#13Robert104US #9
#14Brian103US #12
#15James103US #5
#16Jeremy102US #18
#17Daniel93US #11
#18Nathan92US #36
#19Jesse89US #45
#20Adam86US #22
#21Dustin85US #44
#22Aaron77US #34
#23Andrew76US #19
#24Scott75US #33
#25Brandon74US #31
#26Joseph71US #10
#27Chad67US #39
#28Timothy63US #20
#29William61US #14
#30Benjamin56US #32
#31Jeffrey56US #27
#32Jonathan50US #21
#33Mark49US #30
#34Thomas49US #25
#35Anthony47US #24
#36Bradley46US #51
#37Charles46US #29
#38Paul46US #35
#39Derek44US #50
#40Steven43US #28
#41Tyler43US #114
#42Patrick38US #38
#43Jacob37US #43
#44Jared37US #61
#45Kevin37US #23
#46Cory36US #83
#47Cody35US #143
#48Casey34US #93
#49Shawn32US #47
#50Jeremiah31US #76
#51Troy31US #106
#52Douglas30US #62
#53Kyle30US #57
#54Brent28US #84
#55Gregory28US #42
#56Seth28US #99
#57Todd27US #75
#58Corey26US #68
#59Richard25US #26
#60Lucas23US #98
#61Joel22US #67
#62Luke22US #97
#63Shane22US #69
#64Craig21US #73
#65Jamie21US #105
#66Lance21US #152
#67Bryan19US #49
#68Clinton19US #131
#69Lee19US #125
#70Peter19US #55
#71Erik18US #64
#72Keith18US #56
#73Brett17US #96
#74Curtis17US #89
#75Nathaniel17US #86
#76Beau16
#77Randy16US #87
#78Gary15US #63
#79Jon15US #127
#80Kenneth15US #41
#81Stephen15US #40
#82Wade15
#83Brock14
#84Darin14
#85Jay14US #141
#86Kelly14
#87Levi14
#88Sean14US #48
#89Shaun14US #79
#90Alan13US #112
#91Jordan13US #160
#92Terry13US #101
#93Dennis12US #80
#94Donald12US #53
#95Duane12
#96Phillip12US #65
#97Ronald12US #58
#98Austin11
#99Bryce11
#100Russell11US #92

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑43Kristen#51
↑38Carrie#32
↑32Kristin#34
↑32Dawn#39
↑29Miranda#52
↑29Derek#39
↑26Lindsey#62
↑22Luke#62

Falling

↓42Trisha#100
↓40Tanya#86
↓34Lori#82
↓28Teresa#90
↓28Jay#85
↓22Tamara#99
↓22Shane#63
↓22Bryan#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.