State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1993 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,753 South Dakota births in 1993 across 392 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.

#53Abbyoutside the national top 200
#42Brady#174 nationally
#71Rileyoutside the national top 200
#76Kylieoutside the national top 200
#80Carissaoutside the national top 200
#75Trey#191 nationally
#85Mckenzieoutside the national top 200
#88Heidioutside the national top 200
#95Tyoutside the national top 200
#96Tysonoutside the national top 200
#100Landonoutside the national top 200
#62Levi#162 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley105US #2
#2Samantha88US #4
#3Jessica87US #1
#4Taylor87US #7
#5Emily79US #5
#6Megan75US #11
#7Amanda69US #8
#8Kelsey68US #24
#9Sarah61US #3
#10Kayla60US #16
#11Rachel60US #14
#12Brittany59US #6
#13Shelby53US #37
#14Rebecca48US #22
#15Danielle47US #18
#16Elizabeth46US #9
#17Courtney44US #20
#18Nicole40US #13
#19Haley38US #42
#20Brooke37US #52
#21Jennifer36US #15
#22Alyssa34US #26
#23Heather32US #38
#24Morgan32US #34
#25Brianna30US #32
#26Chelsea30US #25
#27Amber29US #17
#28Katie29US #63
#29Hannah28US #21
#30Sara28US #40
#31Stephanie27US #10
#32Alexis26US #27
#33Erin26US #48
#34Jamie26US #79
#35Caitlin25US #64
#36Allison24US #41
#37Cassandra24US #66
#38Katelyn24US #54
#39Laura24US #43
#40Michelle23US #31
#41Miranda23US #89
#42Alexandra22US #28
#43Kaitlyn22US #46
#44Molly22US #87
#45Paige22US #60
#46Jordan21US #58
#47Marissa21US #59
#48Mary21US #36
#49Melissa20US #30
#50Anna19US #47
#51Mariah19US #81
#52Whitney19US #82
#53Abby18
#54Alexandria18US #69
#55Katherine18US #29
#56Tiffany18US #33
#57Victoria18US #19
#58Abigail17US #67
#59Bailey17US #146
#60Brittney17US #77
#61Erica17US #49
#62Andrea16US #44
#63April16US #112
#64Jenna16US #70
#65Kaitlin16US #99
#66Kendra16US #128
#67Lauren16US #12
#68Lindsey16US #56
#69Amy15US #65
#70Briana15US #71
#71Christina15US #35
#72Hailey15US #130
#73Olivia15US #50
#74Alexa14US #107
#75Alicia14US #76
#76Kylie14
#77Autumn13US #149
#78Emma13US #80
#79Julia13US #72
#80Carissa12
#81Chelsey12US #145
#82Cheyenne12US #135
#83Jasmine12US #23
#84Madison12US #78
#85Mckenzie12
#86Angela11US #73
#87Erika11US #85
#88Heidi11
#89Kathryn11US #68
#90Kristen11US #61
#91Leah11US #92
#92Shannon11US #53
#93Bethany10US #115
#94Breanna10US #83
#95Jade10US #150
#96Julie10US #119
#97Krista10US #166
#98Lacey10US #194
#99Meghan10US #93
#100Michaela10US #169

Boys

#1Tyler130US #5
#2Austin125US #26
#3Michael104US #1
#4Jacob100US #9
#5Zachary98US #15
#6Cody95US #24
#7Joshua95US #4
#8Matthew95US #3
#9Jordan82US #28
#10Nicholas77US #8
#11Andrew75US #10
#12Kyle75US #23
#13Ryan73US #13
#14Alexander70US #21
#15Aaron63US #30
#16Nathan63US #41
#17Brandon60US #6
#18Dylan59US #33
#19Christopher57US #2
#20Joseph57US #12
#21Daniel56US #7
#22John51US #16
#23Justin50US #20
#24Thomas47US #27
#25Adam45US #39
#26Derek45US #67
#27Anthony44US #19
#28Trevor43US #64
#29Benjamin42US #32
#30Tanner42US #98
#31Taylor42US #51
#32David41US #11
#33Alex39US #52
#34James38US #14
#35Samuel38US #37
#36Jared37US #63
#37Logan37US #76
#38Dustin36US #59
#39William36US #18
#40Connor35US #57
#41Jesse35US #48
#42Brady34US #174
#43Jonathan33US #22
#44Robert33US #17
#45Steven33US #31
#46Caleb32US #66
#47Travis32US #50
#48Eric31US #29
#49Seth31US #93
#50Timothy30US #38
#51Christian28US #35
#52Dalton27US #106
#53Jeremy27US #46
#54Spencer26US #96
#55Brian25US #34
#56Chase25US #116
#57Casey24US #112
#58Cole24US #130
#59Ethan23US #92
#60Jason23US #45
#61Mitchell23US #81
#62Levi22US #162
#63Lucas22US #95
#64Luke22US #87
#65Mark22US #49
#66Bryce21US #163
#67Evan21US #62
#68Blake20US #83
#69Jeffrey20US #53
#70Nathaniel20US #75
#71Riley20
#72Mason19US #137
#73Cameron18US #54
#74Marcus18US #74
#75Trey18US #191
#76Bradley17US #73
#77Collin17US #149
#78Richard17US #40
#79Shane17US #84
#80Charles16US #44
#81Dillon16US #90
#82Colton15US #126
#83Drew15US #173
#84Garrett15US #79
#85Kevin15US #25
#86Scott15US #69
#87Sean15US #42
#88Shawn15US #77
#89Dakota14US #85
#90Paul14US #56
#91Brett13US #102
#92Colin13US #121
#93Patrick13US #43
#94Troy13US #131
#95Ty13
#96Tyson13
#97Brent12US #178
#98Devin12US #71
#99Hunter12US #97
#100Landon12

On the move since 1992

Rising

↑42Marissa#47
↑38Abigail#58
↑35Dalton#52
↑33Kaitlin#65
↑31Erica#61
↑29Kendra#66
↑27Heather#23
↑26Nathaniel#70

Falling

↓52Lacey#98
↓43Patrick#93
↓41Kevin#85
↓37Jenna#64
↓34Scott#86
↓30Lauren#67
↓28Sean#87
↓26Melissa#49

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1992 rankings.