State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1987 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,797 South Dakota births in 1987 across 385 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.

#74Abbyoutside the national top 200
#80Bradyoutside the national top 200
#81Annoutside the national top 200
#68Chelsey#186 nationally
#84Jessieoutside the national top 200
#91Tanneroutside the national top 200
#86Bryce#195 nationally
#92Wadeoutside the national top 200
#94Janelleoutside the national top 200
#95Kellieoutside the national top 200
#96Mandyoutside the national top 200
#98Tysonoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Ashley203US #2
#2Amanda166US #3
#3Jessica134US #1
#4Sarah119US #5
#5Jennifer104US #4
#6Megan95US #12
#7Kayla84US #27
#8Amber72US #15
#9Samantha70US #11
#10Danielle67US #14
#11Heather67US #9
#12Brittany66US #7
#13Kelsey66US #67
#14Emily61US #19
#15Nicole60US #8
#16Melissa57US #13
#17Sara52US #29
#18Rachel51US #17
#19Katie50US #38
#20Rebecca49US #25
#21Elizabeth47US #10
#22Laura46US #22
#23Amy45US #24
#24Stephanie44US #6
#25Whitney42US #32
#26Andrea40US #36
#27Angela40US #35
#28Jamie38US #39
#29Michelle38US #21
#30Lindsey37US #41
#31Lisa37US #40
#32Erin32US #34
#33Alicia31US #46
#34Kimberly30US #23
#35Lacey30US #117
#36Tiffany30US #18
#37Allison29US #44
#38Christina29US #20
#39Jenna29US #57
#40Chelsea27US #47
#41Katherine27US #28
#42Alyssa26US #60
#43Kelly26US #30
#44Brooke25US #94
#45Courtney24US #33
#46Crystal24US #26
#47Erica24US #31
#48Tara24US #69
#49Anna23US #52
#50Mary22US #37
#51Kristin21US #55
#52Shannon21US #45
#53April18US #58
#54Kathryn18US #51
#55Miranda18US #140
#56Stacy18US #101
#57Bethany17US #87
#58Molly17US #97
#59Victoria17US #50
#60Heidi16US #144
#61Julie16US #65
#62Kelli16US #131
#63Lindsay16US #49
#64Mallory16US #91
#65Maria16US #53
#66Vanessa16US #43
#67Cassandra15US #68
#68Chelsey15US #186
#69Kendra15US #77
#70Tracy15US #139
#71Christine14US #48
#72Kara14US #104
#73Nichole14US #111
#74Abby13
#75Carrie13US #119
#76Kristina13US #62
#77Alison12US #100
#78Ashlee12US #112
#79Brianna12US #122
#80Natalie12US #56
#81Ann11
#82Haley11US #178
#83Hannah11US #66
#84Jessie11
#85Julia11US #86
#86Kari11US #167
#87Kristen11US #42
#88Leah11US #82
#89Morgan11US #95
#90Natasha11US #73
#91Abigail10US #138
#92Casey10US #81
#93Jacqueline10US #54
#94Janelle10
#95Kellie10
#96Mandy10
#97Misty10US #162
#98Rachael10US #98
#99Rochelle10
#100Stacey10US #103

Boys

#1Matthew153US #3
#2Joshua150US #4
#3Tyler141US #39
#4Michael133US #1
#5Ryan133US #13
#6Christopher126US #2
#7Andrew113US #6
#8Kyle100US #22
#9Justin95US #9
#10Daniel93US #7
#11Adam87US #27
#12Nicholas80US #16
#13Cody77US #49
#14Eric75US #21
#15James74US #8
#16David71US #5
#17Thomas70US #24
#18Brandon69US #14
#19Dustin69US #44
#20Nathan63US #45
#21Robert63US #10
#22Derek62US #54
#23Joseph62US #12
#24Benjamin61US #28
#25Zachary60US #33
#26Aaron59US #34
#27Jordan55US #52
#28Jacob54US #31
#29Jason54US #23
#30Anthony52US #17
#31Travis50US #42
#32John48US #11
#33Jonathan48US #18
#34Jeremy45US #29
#35Brian44US #20
#36Jesse43US #55
#37Alex42US #60
#38Scott41US #43
#39Jared40US #58
#40Steven39US #25
#41Timothy38US #26
#42Casey37US #80
#43Mark37US #36
#44William36US #15
#45Paul35US #46
#46Kevin31US #19
#47Austin29US #76
#48Jeffrey28US #32
#49Lucas28US #121
#50Patrick28US #41
#51Samuel27US #50
#52Richard26US #30
#53Cory25US #62
#54Mitchell25US #101
#55Sean25US #40
#56Seth24US #89
#57Shane24US #65
#58Shawn24US #59
#59Charles23US #35
#60Corey23US #57
#61Trevor23US #93
#62Alexander21US #37
#63Gregory21US #47
#64Peter21US #64
#65Nathaniel20US #78
#66Blake19US #106
#67Brett19US #71
#68Marcus19US #67
#69Bradley18US #56
#70Joel18US #75
#71Logan18US #144
#72Luke17US #111
#73Mathew17US #140
#74Taylor17US #117
#75Chad16US #63
#76Evan16US #83
#77Lee16US #154
#78Ross16US #162
#79Todd16US #120
#80Brady15
#81Curtis15US #100
#82Philip15US #84
#83Bryan14US #51
#84Douglas14US #85
#85Kenneth14US #53
#86Bryce13US #195
#87Caleb13US #115
#88Erik13US #94
#89Gary13US #87
#90Keith13US #69
#91Tanner13
#92Wade13
#93Wesley13US #92
#94Brent12US #103
#95Jamie12US #178
#96Lance12US #142
#97Levi12US #193
#98Tyson12
#99Cole11
#100Derrick11US #86

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑55Alyssa#42
↑41Mitchell#54
↑34Lucas#49
↑29Kristin#51
↑26Kelsey#13
↑26Chelsea#40
↑22Evan#76
↑21Derek#22

Falling

↓43Kristen#87
↓38Misty#97
↓34Leah#88
↓32Lance#96
↓28Chad#75
↓26Cassandra#67
↓23Kari#86
↓21Abby#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.