State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1991 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,129 South Dakota births in 1991 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.

#62Abbyoutside the national top 200
#64Heidioutside the national top 200
#70Bradyoutside the national top 200
#71Lance#197 nationally
#80Karioutside the national top 200
#72Levi#186 nationally
#50Cole#162 nationally
#35Tanner#141 nationally
#77Bryce#183 nationally
#96Kylieoutside the national top 200
#97Rossoutside the national top 200
#98Michaelaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Ashley117US #1
#2Samantha98US #5
#3Amanda93US #4
#4Kayla92US #12
#5Brittany86US #3
#6Megan83US #11
#7Jessica80US #2
#8Kelsey72US #26
#9Sarah68US #6
#10Alyssa60US #30
#11Emily59US #10
#12Shelby57US #33
#13Jennifer56US #8
#14Rachel52US #14
#15Stephanie51US #7
#16Melissa46US #20
#17Elizabeth45US #9
#18Rebecca43US #21
#19Cassandra42US #54
#20Amber41US #16
#21Courtney40US #19
#22Taylor40US #32
#23Sara39US #37
#24Nicole38US #15
#25Tiffany38US #27
#26Katie37US #53
#27Brooke33US #65
#28Heather33US #23
#29Danielle32US #17
#30Chelsea31US #18
#31Hannah31US #29
#32Allison30US #50
#33Jenna30US #80
#34Michelle29US #22
#35Morgan29US #49
#36Amy26US #43
#37Brittney26US #58
#38Angela25US #59
#39Caitlin25US #55
#40Mariah24US #69
#41Brianna23US #51
#42Erin23US #44
#43Lindsey23US #52
#44Kendra22US #118
#45Kimberly22US #34
#46Lauren22US #13
#47Erica21US #40
#48Jordan21US #62
#49Molly21US #74
#50Christina20US #31
#51Kathryn20US #57
#52Laura20US #35
#53Paige20US #76
#54Whitney20US #68
#55Miranda19US #90
#56Lacey18US #145
#57Mary18US #38
#58Rachael18US #114
#59Anna17US #46
#60Katherine17US #25
#61Tara17US #104
#62Abby16
#63Bethany16US #109
#64Heidi16
#65Kristen16US #48
#66Alexandra15US #36
#67Alicia15US #63
#68Brandi15US #110
#69Jamie15US #60
#70Kaitlin15US #99
#71Katelyn15US #75
#72Alexis14US #47
#73Ariel14US #66
#74Cheyenne14US #175
#75Maria14US #45
#76Marissa14US #81
#77Shannon14US #71
#78Andrea13US #39
#79Haley13US #79
#80Kari13
#81Alisha12US #149
#82Alison12US #142
#83Carly12US #137
#84Chelsey12US #129
#85Leah12US #91
#86Meghan12US #94
#87Sydney12US #134
#88Autumn11US #171
#89Breanna11US #107
#90Desiree11US #126
#91Emma11US #123
#92Kaitlyn11US #82
#93Kara11US #106
#94Katrina11US #140
#95Kelli11US #197
#96Kylie11
#97Lisa11US #83
#98Michaela11
#99Natasha11US #113
#100Victoria11US #28

Boys

#1Michael147US #1
#2Tyler145US #16
#3Jacob115US #17
#4Jordan115US #29
#5Joshua111US #4
#6Cody108US #24
#7Matthew105US #3
#8Christopher95US #2
#9Ryan95US #11
#10Andrew93US #5
#11Justin88US #14
#12Nicholas80US #12
#13Kyle79US #21
#14Zachary76US #22
#15Daniel64US #6
#16Joseph60US #9
#17Adam58US #36
#18David58US #8
#19Samuel58US #39
#20Austin56US #50
#21Alexander53US #26
#22Derek50US #59
#23Nathan50US #42
#24Brandon49US #15
#25Eric49US #25
#26Jesse48US #51
#27Taylor48US #52
#28Jared47US #64
#29Thomas47US #28
#30Aaron45US #31
#31Benjamin45US #33
#32James44US #7
#33Alex43US #63
#34Dustin43US #56
#35Tanner43US #141
#36Travis43US #44
#37John42US #10
#38William42US #19
#39Brian40US #30
#40Dylan40US #46
#41Steven40US #27
#42Trevor39US #69
#43Anthony37US #18
#44Jonathan36US #20
#45Robert33US #13
#46Timothy33US #32
#47Jeremy32US #43
#48Patrick32US #35
#49Casey31US #90
#50Cole31US #162
#51Ethan27US #65
#52Jason27US #49
#53Kevin27US #23
#54Paul27US #53
#55Sean27US #40
#56Bradley23US #67
#57Caleb23US #78
#58Jeffrey23US #45
#59Seth23US #99
#60Shane23US #75
#61Scott22US #57
#62Chase21US #108
#63Christian21US #48
#64Logan21US #94
#65Lucas21US #107
#66Mark21US #47
#67Mitchell21US #96
#68Brett19US #88
#69Colton19US #145
#70Brady18
#71Lance18US #197
#72Levi18US #186
#73Cameron17US #62
#74Charles17US #38
#75Cory17US #74
#76Mason17US #159
#77Bryce16US #183
#78Spencer16US #105
#79Blake15US #86
#80Chad15US #104
#81Dillon15US #103
#82Garrett15US #91
#83Marcus15US #76
#84Stephen15US #41
#85Corey14US #58
#86Devin14US #83
#87Drew14US #177
#88Brent13US #146
#89Bryan13US #61
#90Grant13US #182
#91Nathaniel13US #84
#92Shawn13US #71
#93Evan12US #70
#94Ian12US #73
#95Joel12US #100
#96Luke12US #113
#97Ross12
#98Edward11US #68
#99Tyson11
#100Clayton10US #172

On the move since 1990

Rising

↑55Shelby#12
↑43Kendra#44
↑41Christina#50
↑36Brittney#37
↑35Cole#50
↑28Scott#61
↑26Samuel#19
↑26Paul#54

Falling

↓55Kelli#95
↓37Jamie#69
↓35Evan#93
↓29Chelsey#84
↓28Lisa#97
↓27Katherine#60
↓25Andrea#78
↓24Whitney#54

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1990 rankings.