State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1992 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,154 South Dakota births in 1992 across 394 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.

#56Abbyoutside the national top 200
#61Kellioutside the national top 200
#64Bradyoutside the national top 200
#46Lacey#173 nationally
#80Heidioutside the national top 200
#80Lanceoutside the national top 200
#92Skyleroutside the national top 200
#93Tyoutside the national top 200
#71Bailey#177 nationally
#79Drew#182 nationally
#98Jacksonoutside the national top 200
#74Bryce#175 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley109US #1
#2Jessica97US #2
#3Samantha91US #6
#4Amanda89US #3
#5Emily88US #7
#6Sarah79US #5
#7Megan75US #10
#8Kayla69US #13
#9Kelsey69US #23
#10Shelby66US #34
#11Brittany59US #4
#12Elizabeth58US #9
#13Nicole57US #14
#14Alyssa56US #30
#15Rachel56US #16
#16Rebecca53US #20
#17Chelsea48US #15
#18Danielle48US #18
#19Taylor48US #17
#20Morgan46US #41
#21Jennifer45US #11
#22Amber41US #19
#23Melissa40US #24
#24Courtney37US #21
#25Katie37US #54
#26Stephanie35US #8
#27Jenna33US #67
#28Sara33US #37
#29Paige31US #64
#30Allison29US #48
#31Caitlin29US #62
#32Mariah29US #74
#33Brooke28US #59
#34Cassandra27US #52
#35Tiffany27US #32
#36Haley26US #56
#37Lauren26US #12
#38Kaitlyn25US #42
#39Mary25US #36
#40Michelle25US #25
#41Alexandra24US #29
#42Andrea24US #39
#43Brianna24US #43
#44Hannah24US #26
#45Jamie24US #75
#46Lacey24US #173
#47Miranda24US #89
#48Alexis22US #40
#49Erin22US #46
#50Heather22US #31
#51Katelyn22US #65
#52Laura22US #38
#53Lindsey22US #57
#54Molly21US #83
#55Natasha21US #120
#56Abby20
#57Katherine20US #27
#58Amy18US #51
#59April18US #103
#60Jordan18US #63
#61Kelli18
#62Victoria18US #22
#63Whitney18US #85
#64Anna16US #49
#65Ariel16US #87
#66Brandi16US #110
#67Briana16US #79
#68Christina16US #33
#69Kara16US #114
#70Kathryn16US #60
#71Bailey15US #177
#72Chelsey15US #117
#73Kimberly15US #35
#74Maria15US #45
#75Olivia15US #58
#76Angela14US #69
#77Brittney14US #68
#78Christine14US #82
#79Crystal14US #50
#80Heidi14
#81Jasmine14US #28
#82Lindsay14US #81
#83Alicia13US #71
#84Carly13US #134
#85Kirsten13US #166
#86Kristen13US #53
#87Kristin13US #90
#88Leah13US #96
#89Marissa13US #72
#90Shannon13US #66
#91Sydney13US #124
#92Erica12US #44
#93Kaylee12US #174
#94Kelly12US #47
#95Kendra12US #125
#96Abigail11US #86
#97Catherine11US #78
#98Kaitlin11US #113
#99Krista11US #150
#100Mackenzie11US #126

Boys

#1Tyler141US #8
#2Cody106US #24
#3Matthew103US #3
#4Michael99US #1
#5Zachary97US #16
#6Andrew96US #5
#7Jacob96US #15
#8Jordan92US #32
#9Ryan92US #13
#10Joshua89US #4
#11Christopher83US #2
#12Brandon82US #6
#13Kyle75US #22
#14Austin74US #38
#15Nicholas71US #12
#16Tanner69US #101
#17Joseph67US #11
#18Dylan64US #28
#19Justin64US #18
#20Alexander56US #23
#21John54US #14
#22Taylor54US #52
#23Daniel52US #7
#24Adam49US #36
#25Eric49US #26
#26Nathan48US #44
#27Aaron47US #30
#28Alex46US #54
#29James45US #9
#30Derek44US #62
#31Trevor42US #63
#32Jeremy40US #47
#33Anthony39US #19
#34Benjamin39US #33
#35Thomas39US #27
#36David38US #10
#37William38US #20
#38Steven37US #29
#39Ethan36US #76
#40Robert34US #17
#41Travis34US #48
#42Jared31US #67
#43Jonathan31US #21
#44Kevin31US #25
#45Jason30US #46
#46Jesse30US #50
#47Samuel29US #40
#48Dustin28US #58
#49Logan28US #89
#50Patrick28US #39
#51Timothy27US #34
#52Scott26US #61
#53Blake25US #84
#54Brian25US #31
#55Cole25US #143
#56Seth25US #94
#57Shane25US #77
#58Mitchell24US #91
#59Sean24US #42
#60Spencer24US #99
#61Caleb23US #74
#62Casey23US #105
#63Christian23US #35
#64Brady22
#65Lucas22US #106
#66Cameron20US #53
#67Chase20US #116
#68Dillon20US #73
#69Jeffrey20US #51
#70Garrett19US #88
#71Luke19US #93
#72Paul19US #55
#73Bradley18US #72
#74Bryce18US #175
#75Chad18US #108
#76Evan18US #66
#77Levi18US #166
#78Cory17US #83
#79Drew17US #182
#80Lance17
#81Mark17US #49
#82Richard17US #41
#83Marcus16US #82
#84Alan15US #129
#85Brett15US #97
#86Charles15US #43
#87Dalton15US #121
#88Donald15US #110
#89Jeremiah15US #161
#90Bryan14US #57
#91Isaac14US #124
#92Skyler14
#93Ty14
#94Colton13US #133
#95Corey13US #65
#96Nathaniel13US #79
#97Ian12US #68
#98Jackson12
#99Joel12US #100
#100Ronald12US #112

On the move since 1991

Rising

↑54Kaitlyn#38
↑44Natasha#55
↑43Haley#36
↑38Victoria#62
↑36Andrea#42
↑34Kelli#61
↑26Blake#53
↑25Alexandra#41

Falling

↓51Kendra#95
↓45Erica#92
↓40Brittney#77
↓38Angela#76
↓28Kimberly#73
↓28Kaitlin#98
↓28Samuel#47
↓25Colton#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1991 rankings.