State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1988 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,427 South Dakota births in 1988 across 371 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.

#44Abbyoutside the national top 200
#60Tanneroutside the national top 200
#69Bradyoutside the national top 200
#78Tasha#200 nationally
#80Dawnoutside the national top 200
#81Shawnaoutside the national top 200
#82Tonioutside the national top 200
#75Kari#187 nationally
#55Heidi#162 nationally
#78Bryce#179 nationally
#52Kelli#150 nationally
#59Chelsey#149 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley162US #2
#2Amanda135US #3
#3Jessica130US #1
#4Megan90US #12
#5Kayla87US #20
#6Jennifer86US #5
#7Samantha73US #8
#8Sarah73US #4
#9Elizabeth72US #10
#10Emily60US #18
#11Melissa60US #16
#12Brittany59US #6
#13Danielle58US #17
#14Katie58US #40
#15Heather56US #14
#16Rachel56US #19
#17Tiffany56US #13
#18Amber52US #15
#19Stephanie51US #7
#20Chelsea50US #33
#21Kelsey50US #64
#22Sara47US #30
#23Amy41US #29
#24Michelle40US #21
#25Rebecca38US #26
#26Nicole37US #9
#27Alyssa35US #47
#28Courtney35US #24
#29Tara35US #67
#30Angela34US #38
#31Jamie33US #45
#32Kimberly33US #25
#33Laura33US #23
#34Jenna32US #66
#35Cassandra29US #59
#36Andrea28US #35
#37Erin28US #37
#38Lindsey27US #48
#39Whitney27US #39
#40Alicia26US #50
#41Katherine25US #27
#42Christina24US #22
#43Lisa24US #43
#44Abby23
#45Erica23US #31
#46Mary23US #34
#47Hannah22US #61
#48Allison21US #46
#49Kristen21US #36
#50Lacey21US #129
#51Christine20US #51
#52Kelli20US #150
#53Kristin20US #58
#54Anna19US #54
#55Heidi19US #162
#56Kathryn19US #55
#57Lindsay18US #57
#58Brooke17US #87
#59Chelsey17US #149
#60Molly17US #86
#61Brittney16US #52
#62Crystal16US #28
#63Holly16US #72
#64Kristina16US #68
#65Natalie16US #63
#66Paige16US #151
#67Caitlin15US #44
#68Miranda15US #144
#69Alexandra14US #49
#70Jacqueline14US #62
#71Kara14US #95
#72Lauren14US #11
#73Morgan14US #78
#74Brianna13US #96
#75Kari13US #187
#76Kelly13US #32
#77Leah13US #82
#78Tasha13US #200
#79Bethany12US #89
#80Dawn12
#81Shawna12
#82Toni12
#83Dana11US #90
#84Julia11US #88
#85Meghan11US #81
#86Patricia11US #77
#87Vanessa11US #41
#88Abigail10US #118
#89Alisha10US #126
#90Briana10US #158
#91Katrina10US #110
#92Kendra10US #80
#93Krista10US #112
#94Marissa10US #101
#95Natasha10US #73
#96Rachael10US #100
#97Victoria10US #42
#98April9US #65
#99Ashlee9US #133
#100Candace9US #117

Boys

#1Michael141US #1
#2Joshua135US #4
#3Tyler126US #33
#4Christopher122US #2
#5Matthew122US #3
#6Andrew121US #5
#7Kyle110US #21
#8Justin108US #7
#9Ryan102US #13
#10Nicholas81US #14
#11Daniel80US #8
#12John78US #11
#13David77US #6
#14Cody75US #43
#15Jordan75US #52
#16Brandon70US #17
#17Jacob70US #28
#18Joseph69US #12
#19Zachary68US #29
#20Benjamin65US #30
#21Adam64US #26
#22Dustin63US #48
#23Eric62US #19
#24Aaron61US #31
#25James60US #9
#26Derek57US #53
#27Jason55US #27
#28Nathan55US #44
#29Robert54US #10
#30Travis54US #41
#31Anthony51US #18
#32Jeremy49US #35
#33Alex48US #58
#34Austin48US #63
#35William46US #16
#36Timothy45US #25
#37Brian44US #22
#38Jared44US #60
#39Jesse44US #55
#40Jonathan42US #15
#41Thomas42US #23
#42Steven40US #24
#43Kevin39US #20
#44Trevor36US #87
#45Alexander34US #34
#46Samuel34US #45
#47Scott34US #47
#48Seth32US #90
#49Shane31US #67
#50Bradley28US #57
#51Charles28US #37
#52Jeffrey28US #36
#53Casey26US #83
#54Cory26US #59
#55Patrick25US #42
#56Paul25US #46
#57Shawn25US #61
#58Logan24US #109
#59Mark24US #39
#60Tanner24
#61Bryan22US #54
#62Sean22US #38
#63Brent21US #107
#64Lucas21US #112
#65Taylor21US #91
#66Spencer20US #114
#67Brett19US #73
#68Corey19US #56
#69Brady18
#70Gregory18US #50
#71Chase17US #127
#72Luke17US #119
#73Mitchell17US #95
#74Richard17US #32
#75Chad16US #65
#76Curtis16US #105
#77Drew16US #159
#78Bryce15US #179
#79Garrett15US #118
#80Joel15US #85
#81Kenneth15US #51
#82Nathaniel15US #81
#83Blake14US #103
#84Levi14US #174
#85Marcus14US #66
#86Peter14US #64
#87Caleb13US #108
#88Evan13US #74
#89Lance13US #146
#90Clayton12US #147
#91Dylan12US #137
#92Edward12US #62
#93Erik12US #92
#94Keith12US #70
#95Phillip12US #71
#96Alan11US #110
#97Allen11US #134
#98Cameron11US #69
#99Lee11US #156
#100Philip11US #94

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑38Kristen#49
↑36Hannah#47
↑32Cassandra#35
↑31Tanner#60
↑31Brent#63
↑30Abby#44
↑23Jacqueline#70
↑22Bryan#61

Falling

↓45April#98
↓38Victoria#97
↓33Kelly#76
↓24Thomas#41
↓23Kendra#92
↓22Bethany#79
↓22Richard#74
↓22Peter#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.