State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1985 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,254 South Dakota births in 1985 across 387 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.

#69Bradyoutside the national top 200
#72Bryceoutside the national top 200
#76Lacyoutside the national top 200
#78Abbyoutside the national top 200
#81Jodioutside the national top 200
#81Levioutside the national top 200
#85Brockoutside the national top 200
#88Kellyoutside the national top 200
#91Tysonoutside the national top 200
#92Wadeoutside the national top 200
#59Kari#166 nationally
#95Coleoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Ashley164US #2
#2Amanda159US #4
#3Jessica155US #1
#4Jennifer120US #3
#5Megan112US #10
#6Sarah97US #5
#7Stephanie87US #6
#8Elizabeth85US #9
#9Nicole83US #7
#10Heather82US #8
#11Melissa70US #11
#12Amy66US #20
#13Amber63US #16
#14Jamie62US #27
#15Danielle59US #18
#16Rachel56US #13
#17Sara56US #30
#18Katie54US #39
#19Rebecca54US #25
#20Laura51US #14
#21Kimberly49US #19
#22Emily48US #24
#23Michelle48US #22
#24Brittany45US #17
#25Erin42US #26
#26Jenna41US #50
#27Lindsey40US #37
#28Angela37US #31
#29Tara37US #51
#30Andrea35US #33
#31Samantha35US #29
#32Kayla34US #109
#33Crystal31US #21
#34Katherine29US #32
#35Lindsay28US #40
#36Alicia27US #45
#37Christina27US #12
#38Erica27US #34
#39Kelly27US #28
#40Lacey27US #124
#41Tiffany27US #23
#42Heidi26US #125
#43Jill26US #143
#44Allison24US #46
#45Anna24US #54
#46Kristen24US #38
#47Kristin24US #49
#48Lisa24US #36
#49April22US #47
#50Cassandra21US #62
#51Christine20US #44
#52Kathryn20US #48
#53Holly19US #56
#54Julie19US #55
#55Shannon19US #41
#56Sheena19US #91
#57Bethany18US #94
#58Courtney18US #43
#59Kari18US #166
#60Kelli18US #142
#61Miranda18US #128
#62Stacy18US #67
#63Alyssa17US #130
#64Brandi17US #69
#65Brooke17US #102
#66Mary17US #35
#67Misty17US #121
#68Molly17US #119
#69Kristina16US #57
#70Brittney15US #84
#71Leah15US #78
#72Natasha15US #79
#73Carrie14US #96
#74Kara14US #98
#75Kathleen14US #68
#76Lacy14
#77Nichole14US #95
#78Abby13
#79Candace13US #104
#80Chelsea13US #75
#81Jodi13
#82Kelsey13US #168
#83Leslie13US #76
#84Meghan13US #63
#85Tracy13US #107
#86Alison12US #97
#87Karen12US #87
#88Kristi12US #163
#89Lauren12US #15
#90Melanie12US #88
#91Natalie12US #58
#92Vanessa12US #42
#93Katrina11US #93
#94Kendra11US #154
#95Krista11US #134
#96Lori11US #158
#97Tanya11US #139
#98Alissa10
#99Anne10US #146
#100Beth10US #199

Boys

#1Christopher188US #2
#2Michael172US #1
#3Matthew169US #3
#4Joshua160US #4
#5Andrew123US #11
#6Tyler121US #43
#7Justin113US #15
#8Daniel112US #5
#9Adam107US #22
#10Ryan105US #12
#11Jason101US #14
#12Joseph92US #10
#13Kyle92US #27
#14Jeremy89US #30
#15Nicholas88US #19
#16Dustin87US #41
#17John87US #9
#18Brandon80US #13
#19Nathan79US #40
#20James78US #7
#21Eric77US #21
#22Aaron75US #33
#23Cody70US #52
#24Robert70US #8
#25David68US #6
#26Jesse61US #51
#27Benjamin59US #31
#28Brian59US #18
#29Travis57US #46
#30Jacob54US #35
#31Thomas53US #25
#32Jonathan51US #17
#33Jeffrey50US #29
#34Anthony48US #20
#35Scott48US #44
#36Steven48US #24
#37William48US #16
#38Kevin42US #23
#39Mark42US #32
#40Zachary41US #39
#41Jordan40US #62
#42Austin39US #107
#43Jared39US #58
#44Luke38US #106
#45Paul38US #42
#46Derek37US #56
#47Patrick36US #37
#48Timothy35US #26
#49Bradley31US #53
#50Chad30US #57
#51Casey29US #86
#52Brett28US #70
#53Samuel26US #54
#54Shane24US #68
#55Shawn24US #55
#56Corey23US #63
#57Lucas23US #122
#58Ross23US #147
#59Cory22US #81
#60Lance22US #130
#61Sean22US #38
#62Alexander21US #50
#63Blake21US #100
#64Richard21US #28
#65Seth21US #104
#66Gregory20US #45
#67Drew19US #126
#68Troy19US #123
#69Brady18
#70Bryan18US #48
#71Alex17US #80
#72Bryce17
#73Trevor17US #105
#74Brent16US #89
#75Jeremiah16US #111
#76Nathaniel16US #77
#77Charles15US #34
#78Craig15US #79
#79Curtis15US #98
#80Jay15US #175
#81Levi15
#82Todd14US #99
#83Kenneth13US #47
#84Marcus13US #61
#85Brock12
#86Erik12US #87
#87Joel12US #67
#88Kelly12
#89Peter12US #60
#90Stephen12US #36
#91Tyson12
#92Wade12
#93Alan11US #109
#94Clinton11US #162
#95Cole11
#96Colin11US #156
#97Evan11US #91
#98Keith11US #64
#99Lee11US #142
#100Caleb10US #136

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑41Erica#38
↑34Jill#43
↑29Allison#44
↑28Bryce#72
↑26Corey#56
↑24Cassandra#50
↑22Lindsay#35
↑21Brittany#24

Falling

↓36Tracy#85
↓36Beth#100
↓33Cole#95
↓30Chelsea#80
↓30Keith#98
↓29Stacy#62
↓29Nichole#77
↓27Carrie#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.