State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1986 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,836 South Dakota births in 1986 across 378 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.

#53Abbyoutside the national top 200
#69Bradyoutside the national top 200
#78Wadeoutside the national top 200
#81Mandyoutside the national top 200
#43Jill#159 nationally
#87Levioutside the national top 200
#88Tracioutside the national top 200
#90Tysonoutside the national top 200
#92Coleoutside the national top 200
#63Kari#170 nationally
#94Kellyoutside the national top 200
#95Lacyoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Ashley175US #2
#2Amanda150US #3
#3Jessica150US #1
#4Sarah121US #5
#5Jennifer107US #4
#6Amber95US #13
#7Megan87US #11
#8Stephanie73US #6
#9Elizabeth69US #10
#10Brittany65US #8
#11Melissa65US #12
#12Emily60US #24
#13Nicole60US #7
#14Katie58US #38
#15Danielle57US #16
#16Kayla57US #64
#17Samantha57US #21
#18Heather55US #9
#19Amy54US #22
#20Laura54US #20
#21Sara53US #27
#22Rebecca48US #26
#23Michelle47US #23
#24Jenna46US #55
#25Rachel45US #15
#26Lindsey44US #39
#27Erin39US #30
#28Angela37US #33
#29Kimberly36US #18
#30Katherine32US #28
#31Andrea31US #36
#32Christina31US #19
#33Courtney31US #35
#34Alicia30US #45
#35Jamie30US #34
#36Lisa30US #40
#37Tiffany30US #17
#38Allison28US #42
#39Kelsey28US #112
#40Whitney28US #32
#41Cassandra27US #60
#42Kelly27US #29
#43Jill26US #159
#44Kristen26US #41
#45Erica25US #31
#46Crystal24US #25
#47Lacey24US #121
#48Mary24US #37
#49Tara24US #56
#50Heidi23US #131
#51Holly22US #63
#52Shannon20US #44
#53Abby19
#54Leah19US #78
#55Mallory19US #83
#56April18US #53
#57Brooke18US #104
#58Carrie18US #109
#59Misty18US #145
#60Molly18US #110
#61Anna17US #51
#62Bethany17US #91
#63Kari17US #170
#64Miranda17US #137
#65Brittney16US #65
#66Chelsea16US #73
#67Kathryn16US #48
#68Lindsay16US #46
#69Vanessa16US #43
#70Christine15US #47
#71Desiree15US #141
#72Kelli15US #142
#73Krista15US #93
#74Meghan15US #71
#75Nichole15US #105
#76Stacy15US #87
#77Tracy15US #117
#78Julie14US #58
#79Kendra14US #101
#80Kristin14US #50
#81Mandy14
#82Katrina13US #99
#83Kristina13US #62
#84Alison12US #96
#85Natasha12US #70
#86Robin12US #122
#87Tamara12US #134
#88Traci12
#89Abigail11US #143
#90Brianna11US #154
#91Caitlin11US #69
#92Casey11US #80
#93Cassie11US #156
#94Gina11US #119
#95Lacy11
#96Teresa11US #139
#97Alyssa10US #85
#98Jacqueline10US #57
#99Kristi10US #168
#100Lauren10US #14

Boys

#1Michael189US #1
#2Matthew159US #3
#3Christopher142US #2
#4Tyler130US #40
#5Ryan122US #11
#6Joshua120US #4
#7Andrew115US #8
#8Daniel108US #6
#9Kyle101US #23
#10Justin91US #14
#11Adam90US #24
#12David85US #5
#13John85US #10
#14Brandon84US #13
#15Joseph77US #12
#16Eric74US #22
#17Robert72US #9
#18Jason71US #18
#19Nicholas67US #17
#20Aaron66US #33
#21Nathan65US #43
#22Dustin64US #42
#23Cody63US #56
#24James63US #7
#25Benjamin56US #30
#26Jacob54US #31
#27Brian53US #20
#28Jeremy53US #28
#29Thomas53US #26
#30Jordan52US #53
#31Anthony50US #19
#32Jonathan50US #16
#33Steven48US #25
#34Travis47US #49
#35Casey44US #83
#36Timothy43US #27
#37William43US #15
#38Jesse41US #48
#39Mark40US #35
#40Jared39US #58
#41Zachary35US #38
#42Austin34US #90
#43Derek34US #57
#44Patrick33US #39
#45Shane33US #67
#46Brett32US #69
#47Chad32US #59
#48Shawn32US #55
#49Alex31US #64
#50Charles31US #34
#51Scott31US #44
#52Kevin29US #21
#53Sean28US #37
#54Jeffrey27US #32
#55Samuel27US #52
#56Cory25US #68
#57Paul24US #45
#58Richard24US #29
#59Alexander23US #41
#60Corey23US #62
#61Bradley22US #54
#62Bryan22US #47
#63Trevor21US #98
#64Lance20US #134
#65Seth20US #97
#66Drew19US #138
#67Joel19US #72
#68Luke19US #106
#69Brady17
#70Erik17US #92
#71Ross17US #152
#72Stephen17US #36
#73Keith16US #66
#74Nathaniel16US #78
#75Craig15US #80
#76Gregory15US #46
#77Lee15US #145
#78Wade15
#79Brent14US #94
#80Marcus14US #63
#81Blake13US #101
#82Garrett13US #117
#83Lucas13US #126
#84Chase12US #142
#85Derrick12US #87
#86Jonathon12US #129
#87Levi12
#88Logan12US #192
#89Phillip12US #70
#90Tyson12
#91Calvin11US #162
#92Cole11
#93Donald11US #71
#94Kelly11
#95Mitchell11US #105
#96Tanner11
#97Darin10
#98Evan10US #81
#99Ian10US #85
#100Jamie10US #182

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑43Kelsey#39
↑27Charles#50
↑25Courtney#33
↑25Abby#53
↑25Keith#73
↑23Vanessa#69
↑22Krista#73
↑22Alex#49

Falling

↓34Alyssa#97
↓33Lindsay#68
↓33Kristin#80
↓26Lucas#83
↓24Julie#78
↓24Luke#68
↓21Jamie#35
↓21Jeffrey#54

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.