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Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1983 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,723 South Dakota births in 1983 across 383 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.

#61Abby#200 nationally
#77Coleoutside the national top 200
#79Kelseyoutside the national top 200
#66Ross#186 nationally
#81Darinoutside the national top 200
#82Tessaoutside the national top 200
#28Kari#145 nationally
#84Wadeoutside the national top 200
#93Levioutside the national top 200
#95Tristaoutside the national top 200
#84Jodi#188 nationally
#97Chelseyoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer175US #1
#2Jessica163US #2
#3Amanda141US #3
#4Sarah135US #5
#5Ashley131US #4
#6Amber108US #17
#7Nicole94US #7
#8Megan87US #21
#9Melissa85US #6
#10Heather84US #9
#11Amy76US #12
#12Elizabeth69US #10
#13Stephanie68US #8
#14Sara67US #31
#15Michelle66US #13
#16Erin63US #18
#17Angela61US #22
#18Rebecca61US #19
#19Laura59US #23
#20Rachel56US #20
#21Jamie53US #28
#22Lisa52US #27
#23Kayla49US #81
#24Lindsey49US #35
#25Emily46US #25
#26Katie44US #45
#27Andrea43US #30
#28Kari37US #145
#29Danielle36US #29
#30Heidi36US #95
#31Tara36US #51
#32Crystal35US #11
#33Kristin34US #42
#34Alicia33US #41
#35Kimberly32US #15
#36Lindsay32US #36
#37Samantha32US #40
#38Christina31US #16
#39Kelly31US #26
#40Katherine29US #34
#41Lacey28US #128
#42Tiffany25US #14
#43Carrie24US #65
#44Anna23US #55
#45Christine23US #47
#46Leslie23US #67
#47Shannon23US #38
#48Holly22US #48
#49Jill22US #98
#50Stacy22US #61
#51Alison21US #116
#52April21US #39
#53Leah21US #82
#54Chelsea20US #102
#55Courtney20US #44
#56Julie20US #46
#57Miranda20US #118
#58Kristen19US #37
#59Erica18US #33
#60Melanie18US #79
#61Abby17US #200
#62Allison17US #59
#63Brandi17US #56
#64Cassandra17US #70
#65Karen17US #77
#66Kathryn17US #50
#67Natasha17US #71
#68Dawn16US #106
#69Desiree16US #94
#70Mary16US #32
#71Misty16US #87
#72Susan16US #86
#73Tina16US #100
#74Beth15US #169
#75Brooke15US #96
#76Kristina15US #63
#77Tasha15US #156
#78Kelli14US #136
#79Kelsey14
#80Stacey14US #76
#81Teresa14US #103
#82Tessa14
#83Brittany13US #64
#84Jodi13US #188
#85Tanya13US #134
#86Anne12US #130
#87Jenny12US #132
#88Katrina12US #108
#89Kristi12US #154
#90Meghan12US #75
#91Molly12US #129
#92Natalie12US #52
#93Robin12US #127
#94Tracy12US #89
#95Trista12
#96Catherine11US #66
#97Chelsey11
#98Gina11US #121
#99Marie11US #161
#100Mindy11

Boys

#1Matthew220US #3
#2Christopher177US #2
#3Michael168US #1
#4Joshua157US #5
#5Ryan142US #13
#6Justin138US #12
#7Jason132US #7
#8Adam122US #18
#9Andrew116US #15
#10John109US #9
#11David108US #4
#12Daniel105US #8
#13Dustin88US #43
#14Eric87US #20
#15Tyler87US #57
#16Nicholas83US #21
#17Aaron82US #29
#18Nathan81US #40
#19Robert80US #10
#20Brian78US #14
#21Brandon77US #17
#22James77US #6
#23Joseph77US #11
#24Travis76US #41
#25Kyle71US #34
#26Jeremy66US #30
#27Benjamin64US #32
#28Jesse64US #46
#29Thomas63US #24
#30Jeffrey61US #28
#31Scott60US #38
#32Mark58US #31
#33Chad57US #49
#34William55US #16
#35Derek54US #51
#36Anthony52US #22
#37Jonathan52US #19
#38Steven48US #23
#39Cody44US #81
#40Jared41US #56
#41Brett40US #73
#42Jacob37US #36
#43Kevin37US #25
#44Timothy37US #26
#45Patrick36US #37
#46Bradley34US #52
#47Paul31US #39
#48Shawn31US #53
#49Casey30US #90
#50Richard30US #27
#51Luke29US #105
#52Jordan28US #72
#53Bryan26US #47
#54Charles25US #33
#55Zachary24US #50
#56Austin23US #131
#57Troy23US #113
#58Cory21US #83
#59Gregory21US #42
#60Keith21US #61
#61Lucas21US #117
#62Sean21US #44
#63Brent20US #94
#64Mathew20US #146
#65Joel19US #67
#66Ross19US #186
#67Seth19US #98
#68Shane19US #84
#69Craig18US #70
#70Donald18US #60
#71Jeremiah18US #99
#72Lance17US #135
#73Peter17US #59
#74Samuel17US #54
#75Stephen17US #35
#76Alan16US #102
#77Cole16
#78Erik16US #80
#79Lee16US #138
#80Blake15US #109
#81Darin15
#82Grant15US #167
#83Ronald15US #64
#84Wade15
#85Derrick14US #78
#86Jon14US #148
#87Jonathon14US #160
#88Trevor14US #130
#89Corey13US #74
#90Edward13US #55
#91Evan13US #93
#92Kenneth13US #45
#93Levi13
#94Marcus13US #58
#95Mitchell13US #143
#96Todd13US #87
#97Clayton12US #158
#98Jamie12US #153
#99Jay12US #170
#100Philip12US #82

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑48Leslie#46
↑39Alicia#34
↑31Chelsea#54
↑30Stacy#50
↑30Sean#62
↑28Megan#8
↑28Austin#56
↑26Bryan#53

Falling

↓40Tracy#94
↓38Mary#70
↓36Kristi#89
↓36Corey#89
↓29Todd#96
↓24Brooke#75
↓24Molly#91
↓24Levi#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.