State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1990 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,242 South Dakota births in 1990 across 388 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.

#46Tanneroutside the national top 200
#57Abbyoutside the national top 200
#40Kelli#182 nationally
#71Bradyoutside the national top 200
#76Heidi#200 nationally
#85Coleoutside the national top 200
#69Lance#182 nationally
#83Ross#190 nationally
#96Shawnaoutside the national top 200
#44Lacey#148 nationally
#81Dillon#184 nationally
#98Brockoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Ashley110US #2
#2Amanda103US #4
#3Sarah101US #6
#4Brittany92US #3
#5Jessica92US #1
#6Samantha82US #5
#7Megan80US #11
#8Kayla75US #14
#9Emily72US #12
#10Stephanie69US #7
#11Kelsey68US #32
#12Nicole58US #13
#13Elizabeth53US #9
#14Amber52US #15
#15Jennifer52US #8
#16Rebecca52US #21
#17Rachel49US #16
#18Alyssa46US #27
#19Courtney43US #17
#20Katie43US #53
#21Cassandra40US #49
#22Danielle38US #18
#23Chelsea35US #24
#24Heather35US #19
#25Melissa35US #20
#26Sara35US #34
#27Allison32US #48
#28Erin32US #43
#29Tiffany32US #23
#30Whitney32US #60
#31Amy31US #38
#32Jamie30US #55
#33Katherine30US #26
#34Lindsey30US #51
#35Michelle30US #22
#36Brooke27US #70
#37Lauren27US #10
#38Anna26US #45
#39Caitlin26US #50
#40Kelli26US #182
#41Laura26US #29
#42Erica25US #36
#43Taylor25US #46
#44Lacey24US #148
#45Jordan23US #59
#46Kimberly23US #31
#47Alicia22US #54
#48Brianna22US #61
#49Hannah22US #30
#50Paige22US #79
#51Alexandra21US #37
#52Morgan21US #58
#53Andrea20US #40
#54Angela20US #52
#55Chelsey20US #128
#56Kristina20US #77
#57Abby19
#58Jenna19US #81
#59Kelly18US #41
#60Kristin18US #65
#61Tara18US #85
#62April17US #73
#63Brandi17US #103
#64Kristen17US #42
#65Miranda17US #112
#66Molly17US #80
#67Shelby17US #100
#68Bethany16US #107
#69Lisa16US #64
#70Mary16US #35
#71Katelyn15US #75
#72Alisha14US #135
#73Brittney14US #44
#74Britney13US #136
#75Haley13US #108
#76Heidi13US #200
#77Kaitlin13US #101
#78Lindsay13US #69
#79Natasha13US #105
#80Alexis12US #66
#81Breanna12US #113
#82Carly12US #163
#83Grace12US #140
#84Holly12US #89
#85Kaitlyn12US #78
#86Katrina12US #127
#87Kendra12US #117
#88Kylie12US #180
#89Olivia12US #72
#90Patricia12US #97
#91Christina11US #25
#92Jasmine11US #28
#93Kara11US #110
#94Melanie11US #86
#95Natalie11US #63
#96Shawna11
#97Ariel10US #94
#98Briana10US #109
#99Casey10US #106
#100Christine10US #62

Boys

#1Tyler147US #21
#2Michael141US #1
#3Joshua131US #4
#4Matthew127US #3
#5Jordan126US #29
#6Andrew104US #7
#7Jacob102US #20
#8Christopher91US #2
#9Ryan89US #11
#10Kyle80US #18
#11Justin79US #9
#12Zachary74US #22
#13Cody72US #31
#14Nicholas68US #14
#15Daniel67US #5
#16David61US #6
#17Nathan59US #44
#18James58US #8
#19Joseph57US #10
#20Adam55US #32
#21Eric55US #24
#22Benjamin54US #33
#23Robert53US #13
#24Jesse52US #48
#25Trevor51US #76
#26John50US #12
#27Thomas50US #26
#28Austin49US #55
#29Brandon49US #19
#30Ethan48US #58
#31Travis47US #42
#32Taylor45US #64
#33Aaron44US #34
#34Jason44US #46
#35William44US #16
#36Anthony43US #15
#37Derek42US #54
#38Steven40US #25
#39Jared39US #63
#40Dustin38US #50
#41Jonathan38US #17
#42Alex37US #59
#43Alexander37US #28
#44Brian35US #27
#45Samuel35US #45
#46Tanner33
#47Jeremy31US #40
#48Richard30US #35
#49Jeffrey29US #43
#50Sean29US #37
#51Timothy29US #30
#52Casey28US #89
#53Seth28US #102
#54Shane28US #73
#55Cameron24US #62
#56Cory24US #67
#57Dylan24US #83
#58Evan24US #71
#59Caleb23US #88
#60Chase23US #110
#61Kevin23US #23
#62Logan23US #104
#63Spencer23US #105
#64Bradley22US #65
#65Brett21US #84
#66Mitchell21US #93
#67Patrick21US #36
#68Charles20US #38
#69Lance19US #182
#70Blake18US #91
#71Brady18
#72Lucas18US #112
#73Mark18US #47
#74Stephen18US #39
#75Brent17US #127
#76Corey17US #56
#77Devin17US #98
#78Gregory17US #51
#79Luke17US #118
#80Paul17US #49
#81Dillon16US #184
#82Levi16US #180
#83Ross16US #190
#84Shawn16US #69
#85Cole14
#86Drew14US #160
#87Curtis13US #121
#88Derrick13US #106
#89Scott13US #53
#90Allen12US #141
#91Colin12US #122
#92Dalton12US #193
#93Garrett12US #99
#94Grant12US #183
#95Marcus12US #72
#96Mathew12US #148
#97Micheal12US #175
#98Brock11
#99Jay11
#100Keith11US #80

On the move since 1989

Rising

↑50Paige#50
↑45Taylor#32
↑37Anna#38
↑36Kelly#59
↑36Cameron#55
↑32Brooke#36
↑32Richard#48
↑30Ethan#30

Falling

↓49Christina#91
↓33Mary#70
↓31Mark#73
↓30Paul#80
↓28Scott#89
↓26Natalie#95
↓23Laura#41
↓22Andrea#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1989 rankings.