State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1984 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,615 South Dakota births in 1984 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.

#62Coleoutside the national top 200
#72Abbyoutside the national top 200
#72Kellyoutside the national top 200
#76Darinoutside the national top 200
#56Kelsey#177 nationally
#85Autumnoutside the national top 200
#86Levioutside the national top 200
#91Lacyoutside the national top 200
#94Tristaoutside the national top 200
#64Beth#168 nationally
#99Jessieoutside the national top 200
#100Joleneoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jessica166US #2
#2Jennifer156US #1
#3Ashley155US #3
#4Amanda151US #4
#5Heather92US #9
#6Melissa91US #8
#7Sarah89US #5
#8Megan88US #11
#9Amber71US #18
#10Nicole70US #7
#11Katie69US #44
#12Amy67US #13
#13Danielle67US #16
#14Laura61US #19
#15Stephanie61US #6
#16Andrea60US #28
#17Lindsey58US #35
#18Rachel58US #15
#19Rebecca58US #23
#20Elizabeth57US #10
#21Erin53US #25
#22Michelle53US #17
#23Angela48US #26
#24Jamie47US #31
#25Sara46US #32
#26Jenna45US #54
#27Kimberly43US #22
#28Emily42US #24
#29Kayla42US #100
#30Tara41US #49
#31Crystal39US #12
#32Samantha37US #39
#33Stacy36US #67
#34Alicia35US #40
#35Lisa35US #29
#36Katherine33US #30
#37Tiffany33US #14
#38Kelly31US #27
#39April29US #42
#40Lacey29US #116
#41Shannon29US #37
#42Holly28US #53
#43Kristin28US #47
#44Kathryn27US #48
#45Brittany24US #41
#46Carrie24US #78
#47Christina24US #20
#48Nichole24US #97
#49Tracy24US #91
#50Chelsea23US #84
#51Christine23US #43
#52Heidi23US #101
#53Julie23US #52
#54Mary23US #33
#55Anna22US #57
#56Kelsey22US #177
#57Lindsay22US #36
#58Brandi21US #61
#59Courtney20US #46
#60Kara20US #95
#61Kristen19US #38
#62Leah19US #83
#63Leslie19US #75
#64Beth18US #168
#65Kari18US #156
#66Bethany17US #93
#67Dana17US #73
#68Kristina17US #68
#69Lori17US #143
#70Miranda17US #114
#71Lauren16US #21
#72Abby15
#73Allison15US #51
#74Cassandra15US #63
#75Cassie15US #158
#76Sheena15US #80
#77Jill14US #120
#78Dawn13US #142
#79Erica13US #34
#80Kelli13US #147
#81Meghan13US #65
#82Misty13US #98
#83Tanya13US #140
#84Alison12US #110
#85Autumn12
#86Brooke12US #99
#87Casey12US #107
#88Catherine12US #69
#89Krista12US #133
#90Kristi12US #159
#91Lacy12
#92Teresa12US #117
#93Theresa12US #121
#94Trista12
#95Vanessa12US #45
#96Victoria12US #59
#97Anne11US #127
#98Brandy11US #64
#99Jessie11
#100Jolene11

Boys

#1Matthew220US #3
#2Joshua185US #4
#3Michael176US #1
#4Christopher151US #2
#5Adam136US #18
#6Andrew119US #14
#7Daniel114US #6
#8Ryan111US #12
#9Jason109US #11
#10Tyler103US #47
#11Nicholas96US #20
#12Dustin95US #41
#13David89US #5
#14Justin89US #13
#15Kyle85US #34
#16Joseph84US #10
#17Nathan83US #38
#18Eric79US #22
#19John78US #8
#20Brandon77US #15
#21Travis77US #42
#22Cody76US #62
#23Brian75US #17
#24James73US #7
#25Timothy69US #26
#26Aaron66US #29
#27Robert63US #9
#28Jeremy62US #31
#29Jacob61US #37
#30Jonathan61US #19
#31Jesse60US #50
#32Anthony58US #21
#33Thomas54US #25
#34Jeffrey49US #28
#35Scott48US #39
#36William46US #16
#37Derek45US #52
#38Kevin45US #24
#39Mark45US #32
#40Steven45US #23
#41Benjamin44US #30
#42Zachary43US #45
#43Jared41US #59
#44Richard41US #27
#45Chad39US #51
#46Lucas36US #130
#47Patrick35US #36
#48Trevor33US #115
#49Jordan32US #65
#50Bradley28US #53
#51Charles28US #33
#52Luke28US #110
#53Bryan26US #48
#54Paul26US #40
#55Brett25US #72
#56Casey25US #82
#57Lance25US #127
#58Samuel24US #55
#59Austin23US #117
#60Shane23US #85
#61Brent22US #89
#62Cole22
#63Cory22US #83
#64Shawn21US #56
#65Seth20US #99
#66Troy20US #114
#67Joel18US #66
#68Keith18US #61
#69Stephen18US #35
#70Blake17US #103
#71Gregory17US #44
#72Kelly17
#73Ross17US #155
#74Sean17US #43
#75Todd17US #92
#76Darin16
#77Douglas16US #71
#78Marcus16US #57
#79Alexander15US #54
#80Chase15US #133
#81Clayton15US #150
#82Corey15US #69
#83Craig15US #75
#84Drew15US #153
#85Grant15US #169
#86Levi15
#87Curtis14US #96
#88Gary14US #76
#89Lee14US #124
#90Mathew14US #139
#91Raymond14US #73
#92Alex13US #93
#93Derrick13US #79
#94Devin13US #123
#95Jeremiah13US #102
#96Peter13US #60
#97Philip13US #81
#98Randy13US #100
#99Alan12US #105
#100Bryce12

On the move since 1983

Rising

↑45Tracy#49
↑40Trevor#48
↑38Brittany#45
↑23Kelsey#56
↑22Kathryn#44
↑21Todd#75
↑19Timothy#25
↑17Stacy#33

Falling

↓37Kari#65
↓33Alison#84
↓28Jill#77
↓26Mathew#90
↓24Jeremiah#95
↓23Peter#96
↓23Alan#99
↓22Heidi#52

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1983 rankings.