State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1989 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,352 South Dakota births in 1989 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.

#48Tanneroutside the national top 200
#58Abbyoutside the national top 200
#66Bradyoutside the national top 200
#88Alexaoutside the national top 200
#56Kelli#165 nationally
#94Karioutside the national top 200
#76Heidi#181 nationally
#96Kristioutside the national top 200
#98Mistyoutside the national top 200
#98Shaunoutside the national top 200
#100Chanceoutside the national top 200
#41Chelsey#140 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley123US #2
#2Amanda121US #4
#3Jessica120US #1
#4Brittany108US #3
#5Sarah92US #5
#6Samantha86US #6
#7Megan81US #11
#8Kayla75US #20
#9Emily67US #13
#10Kelsey59US #31
#11Jennifer58US #7
#12Stephanie57US #8
#13Rebecca56US #24
#14Elizabeth54US #10
#15Nicole52US #12
#16Amber50US #14
#17Melissa50US #19
#18Laura48US #25
#19Rachel48US #18
#20Heather46US #15
#21Tiffany46US #16
#22Katie43US #45
#23Sara43US #29
#24Danielle42US #17
#25Chelsea41US #27
#26Michelle41US #22
#27Alyssa37US #33
#28Cassandra37US #54
#29Courtney36US #21
#30Amy33US #35
#31Andrea33US #39
#32Jamie31US #52
#33Whitney31US #57
#34Lindsey30US #48
#35Alicia29US #53
#36Katherine27US #26
#37Mary26US #38
#38Kimberly25US #28
#39Brianna24US #77
#40Angela23US #47
#41Chelsey22US #140
#42Christina22US #23
#43Jordan22US #72
#44Alexandra21US #43
#45Erin21US #40
#46Hannah21US #42
#47Erica20US #34
#48Lacey20US #143
#49Miranda20US #130
#50Tara20US #70
#51Katelyn19US #76
#52Lisa19US #55
#53Allison18US #46
#54Brandi18US #98
#55Caitlin18US #49
#56Kelli18US #165
#57Molly18US #93
#58Abby17
#59April17US #66
#60Brittney17US #41
#61Kathryn17US #58
#62Bethany16US #102
#63Jenna16US #71
#64Kristen16US #36
#65Lauren16US #9
#66Shannon16US #61
#67Abigail15US #94
#68Brooke15US #74
#69Natalie15US #62
#70Vanessa15US #50
#71Katrina14US #114
#72Kristina14US #65
#73Sierra14US #155
#74Victoria14US #44
#75Anna13US #51
#76Heidi13US #181
#77Kendra13US #99
#78Morgan13US #69
#79Crystal12US #32
#80Kara12US #101
#81Krista12US #137
#82Kristin12US #60
#83Leslie12US #108
#84Meghan12US #80
#85Christine11US #59
#86Kylie11US #151
#87Leah11US #83
#88Alexa10
#89Carrie10US #148
#90Grace10US #150
#91Jacqueline10US #64
#92Julia10US #96
#93Julie10US #78
#94Kari10
#95Kelly10US #37
#96Kristi10
#97Melanie10US #88
#98Misty10
#99Natasha10US #87
#100Paige10US #124

Boys

#1Michael134US #1
#2Joshua125US #4
#3Andrew123US #7
#4Matthew120US #3
#5Christopher117US #2
#6Tyler112US #30
#7Kyle108US #20
#8Jordan107US #44
#9Nicholas99US #14
#10Justin88US #8
#11Ryan88US #13
#12Jacob82US #26
#13Daniel76US #6
#14Nathan72US #43
#15Austin67US #59
#16Cody67US #45
#17Adam65US #27
#18David65US #5
#19Eric62US #21
#20John62US #12
#21Aaron60US #31
#22Derek58US #54
#23James58US #9
#24Travis58US #41
#25Anthony56US #16
#26Zachary55US #25
#27Benjamin52US #29
#28Joseph52US #11
#29Dustin51US #48
#30Jonathan51US #17
#31Jared50US #57
#32Brandon48US #18
#33Jesse48US #50
#34Thomas47US #23
#35Robert45US #10
#36William44US #15
#37Jeremy42US #34
#38Alexander40US #32
#39Alex39US #60
#40Jason38US #35
#41Brian35US #24
#42Mark34US #42
#43Steven34US #22
#44Casey32US #90
#45Seth32US #94
#46Trevor32US #83
#47Patrick31US #38
#48Tanner31
#49Charles29US #36
#50Paul29US #49
#51Samuel29US #47
#52Kevin28US #19
#53Chad27US #74
#54Jeffrey27US #37
#55Lucas27US #114
#56Mitchell27US #93
#57Sean27US #39
#58Timothy27US #28
#59Bradley26US #58
#60Ethan26US #87
#61Scott25US #51
#62Corey24US #55
#63Cory23US #61
#64Luke23US #121
#65Shane23US #71
#66Brady22
#67Brett22US #81
#68Logan22US #104
#69Spencer22US #107
#70Blake20US #97
#71Caleb20US #91
#72Stephen20US #40
#73Drew19US #150
#74Gregory18US #52
#75Levi18US #169
#76Philip18US #101
#77Taylor18US #72
#78Chase17US #113
#79Dylan17US #115
#80Richard17US #33
#81Lance16US #165
#82Bryce15US #181
#83Colin15US #126
#84Devin15US #96
#85Keith15US #70
#86Evan13US #69
#87Ross13US #168
#88Wesley13US #98
#89Erik12US #95
#90Jeremiah12US #144
#91Cameron11US #64
#92Colton11US #157
#93Garrett11US #102
#94Joel11US #88
#95Lee11US #188
#96Peter11US #66
#97Raymond11US #86
#98Shaun11
#99Shawn11US #65
#100Chance10

On the move since 1988

Rising

↑39April#59
↑35Brianna#39
↑25Alexandra#44
↑24Philip#76
↑23Victoria#74
↑22Chad#53
↑21Abigail#67
↑20Katrina#71

Falling

↓42Shawn#99
↓34Christine#85
↓34Paige#100
↓29Jenna#63
↓29Kristin#82
↓22Timothy#58
↓21Tara#50
↓21Anna#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1988 rankings.