State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1982 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,094 South Dakota births in 1982 across 422 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.

#50Abbyoutside the national top 200
#69Levioutside the national top 200
#72Kelly#197 nationally
#87Renaeoutside the national top 200
#93Darinoutside the national top 200
#98Tracioutside the national top 200
#99Coleoutside the national top 200
#100Dallasoutside the national top 200
#35Kayla#133 nationally
#42Kari#136 nationally
#82Jodi#176 nationally
#86Ross#179 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer213US #1
#2Jessica196US #2
#3Sarah161US #4
#4Amanda146US #3
#5Melissa98US #5
#6Angela97US #16
#7Nicole97US #6
#8Amber95US #18
#9Amy83US #10
#10Rebecca82US #15
#11Elizabeth73US #8
#12Erin72US #20
#13Emily68US #24
#14Heather67US #12
#15Michelle67US #11
#16Sara61US #28
#17Lisa59US #23
#18Jamie57US #29
#19Stephanie56US #7
#20Laura53US #22
#21Andrea50US #27
#22Kristin49US #37
#23Rachel49US #21
#24Katie48US #45
#25Ashley47US #17
#26Crystal44US #9
#27Lindsey43US #40
#28Kimberly42US #14
#29April40US #32
#30Jill40US #89
#31Heidi39US #86
#32Mary38US #30
#33Tara37US #47
#34Tiffany37US #13
#35Kayla36US #133
#36Megan36US #34
#37Anna32US #56
#38Danielle32US #31
#39Julie32US #41
#40Katherine32US #36
#41Lindsay32US #39
#42Kari31US #136
#43Carrie30US #57
#44Kelly29US #25
#45Lacey29US #125
#46Shannon28US #38
#47Christina27US #19
#48Samantha27US #44
#49Leah26US #79
#50Abby25
#51Brooke23US #92
#52Kristen23US #33
#53Kristi23US #140
#54Tracy23US #88
#55Holly22US #61
#56Brandi21US #55
#57Cassandra21US #62
#58Kelli21US #127
#59Brandy20US #50
#60Kathryn20US #48
#61Kristina20US #70
#62Erica19US #35
#63Nichole19US #99
#64Christine18US #46
#65Maria18US #42
#66Miranda18US #117
#67Molly18US #131
#68Tanya18US #114
#69Courtney17US #43
#70Jaime17US #138
#71Jenny17US #121
#72Susan17US #76
#73Alicia16US #53
#74Bethany16US #112
#75Allison15US #58
#76Dawn15US #95
#77Kara15US #113
#78Melanie15US #65
#79Misty15US #74
#80Stacy15US #72
#81Tasha15US #158
#82Jodi14US #176
#83Karen14US #68
#84Brittany13US #94
#85Chelsea13US #170
#86Rachael13US #120
#87Renae13
#88Robin13US #108
#89Teresa13US #102
#90Tonya13US #126
#91Valerie13US #75
#92Christy12US #115
#93Krista12US #173
#94Leslie12US #60
#95Mandy12US #171
#96Tamara12US #129
#97Theresa12US #109
#98Traci12
#99Trisha12US #186
#100Anne11US #122

Boys

#1Matthew194US #3
#2Joshua184US #7
#3Christopher174US #2
#4Michael159US #1
#5Jason144US #4
#6Justin143US #12
#7Ryan142US #13
#8Adam114US #19
#9David104US #5
#10Brian99US #14
#11Robert99US #9
#12Dustin97US #42
#13Daniel95US #10
#14James95US #6
#15Nicholas95US #22
#16Andrew93US #17
#17Joseph88US #11
#18John85US #8
#19Jeremy82US #28
#20Travis80US #39
#21Eric74US #20
#22Aaron73US #30
#23Jesse73US #43
#24Nathan72US #36
#25Brandon69US #18
#26Timothy66US #24
#27Jonathan64US #16
#28Steven63US #26
#29Tyler54US #66
#30Jeffrey53US #29
#31Mark53US #32
#32Paul52US #35
#33Thomas52US #23
#34Benjamin51US #33
#35Kyle48US #47
#36Chad47US #48
#37Derek47US #50
#38Anthony45US #21
#39Cody45US #95
#40Jacob44US #41
#41Scott41US #34
#42Brett39US #72
#43Kevin37US #25
#44Patrick37US #37
#45Casey32US #86
#46Richard32US #27
#47William31US #15
#48Bradley29US #51
#49Shawn29US #52
#50Jared28US #54
#51Craig26US #73
#52Jordan26US #85
#53Corey25US #74
#54Gregory25US #40
#55Lucas25US #106
#56Seth25US #102
#57Charles24US #31
#58Shane24US #84
#59Troy24US #115
#60Brent23US #91
#61Zachary23US #55
#62Luke22US #119
#63Cory21US #93
#64Nathaniel21US #75
#65Joel20US #69
#66Lee20US #123
#67Todd20US #82
#68Jeffery19US #92
#69Levi19
#70Douglas18US #68
#71Jeremiah18US #89
#72Kelly18US #197
#73Mitchell18US #135
#74Kenneth17US #45
#75Samuel17US #56
#76Derrick16US #78
#77Keith16US #59
#78Lance16US #142
#79Bryan15US #49
#80Donald15US #58
#81Jamie15US #131
#82Jay15US #164
#83Ronald15US #60
#84Austin14US #156
#85Peter14US #57
#86Ross14US #179
#87Colin13US #171
#88Curtis13US #101
#89Edward13US #53
#90Evan13US #108
#91Phillip13US #67
#92Sean13US #44
#93Darin12
#94Garrett12US #180
#95Trevor12US #146
#96Wesley12US #98
#97Alan11US #107
#98Alexander11US #65
#99Cole11
#100Dallas11

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑42Anna#37
↑33Miranda#66
↑26Mitchell#73
↑25Jeffery#68
↑25Levi#69
↑24Cassandra#57
↑21Ashley#25
↑20Jenny#71

Falling

↓39Mandy#95
↓36Stacy#80
↓30Leslie#94
↓30Anne#100
↓29Sean#92
↓26Dawn#76
↓25Theresa#97
↓24Karen#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.