State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1994 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,667 South Dakota births in 1994 across 405 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.

#55Tessaoutside the national top 200
#47Mckenzie#192 nationally
#62Riley#194 nationally
#66Wyatt#197 nationally
#43Brady#173 nationally
#74Skyleroutside the national top 200
#76Chanceoutside the national top 200
#80Abbyoutside the national top 200
#81Laneoutside the national top 200
#84Darianoutside the national top 200
#91Tyoutside the national top 200
#60Mikayla#168 nationally

Girls

#1Megan93US #10
#2Ashley89US #2
#3Jessica80US #1
#4Samantha79US #4
#5Taylor78US #6
#6Elizabeth63US #9
#7Emily55US #3
#8Kelsey55US #29
#9Shelby55US #40
#10Morgan50US #25
#11Kayla49US #12
#12Sarah48US #5
#13Amanda47US #8
#14Nicole47US #11
#15Courtney46US #22
#16Brittany45US #7
#17Rachel42US #13
#18Hannah40US #16
#19Alexis39US #18
#20Haley36US #36
#21Marissa35US #53
#22Rebecca35US #24
#23Miranda34US #61
#24Brooke33US #54
#25Alyssa30US #26
#26Brianna30US #27
#27Jordan29US #52
#28Danielle27US #20
#29Jennifer27US #17
#30Paige27US #63
#31Stephanie27US #15
#32Katie26US #70
#33Allison25US #34
#34Alexandra24US #28
#35Anna24US #41
#36Kaitlyn24US #48
#37Whitney23US #91
#38Amber22US #21
#39Chelsea22US #38
#40Erin22US #45
#41Lauren22US #14
#42Cassandra21US #66
#43Katelyn21US #58
#44Lindsey21US #69
#45Mackenzie20US #102
#46Mariah20US #75
#47Mckenzie20US #192
#48Sara20US #43
#49Andrea19US #49
#50Jenna19US #80
#51Katherine19US #30
#52Mary19US #37
#53Molly19US #96
#54Sydney19US #76
#55Tessa19
#56Tiffany19US #35
#57Abigail18US #42
#58Kendra18US #126
#59Melissa18US #31
#60Mikayla18US #168
#61Victoria17US #19
#62Brandi16US #122
#63Heather16US #44
#64Jasmine16US #23
#65Kimberly16US #32
#66Kristen16US #55
#67Amy15US #77
#68Breanna15US #85
#69Cassidy15US #139
#70Cheyenne15US #99
#71Jamie15US #87
#72Kaitlin15US #93
#73Shannon15US #60
#74Carly14US #138
#75Hailey14US #119
#76Michelle14US #33
#77Tara14US #148
#78Madison13US #51
#79Natalie13US #56
#80Abby12
#81Alexa12US #95
#82Angela12US #81
#83Christina12US #39
#84Darian12
#85Erika12US #90
#86Leah12US #101
#87Maria12US #47
#88Meghan12US #100
#89Savannah12US #82
#90Autumn11US #117
#91Bailey11US #137
#92Bethany11US #116
#93Kara11US #134
#94Kaylee11US #154
#95Laura11US #46
#96Olivia11US #50
#97April10US #127
#98Gabrielle10US #67
#99Grace10US #103
#100Kathryn10US #79

Boys

#1Tyler131US #5
#2Austin130US #17
#3Zachary113US #12
#4Matthew111US #3
#5Jacob97US #7
#6Michael96US #1
#7Cody93US #25
#8Joshua86US #4
#9Brandon79US #6
#10Kyle74US #24
#11Andrew71US #10
#12Ryan70US #16
#13Dylan66US #32
#14Jordan66US #29
#15Alexander59US #22
#16Daniel57US #8
#17Tanner57US #96
#18John56US #15
#19Nicholas56US #9
#20Nathan53US #40
#21Christopher52US #2
#22Joseph52US #11
#23Anthony50US #18
#24Cole50US #111
#25Justin50US #20
#26Taylor49US #54
#27Alex48US #50
#28Samuel48US #33
#29Logan45US #70
#30Adam44US #38
#31Robert44US #21
#32David42US #13
#33Trevor41US #58
#34Mitchell40US #71
#35Thomas40US #27
#36Aaron37US #28
#37Jared37US #63
#38Eric36US #30
#39James36US #14
#40Benjamin35US #31
#41Jesse34US #45
#42Seth34US #90
#43Brady31US #173
#44Caleb31US #60
#45Jonathan30US #23
#46Travis29US #53
#47William29US #19
#48Derek26US #77
#49Dustin26US #56
#50Ethan26US #89
#51Casey25US #116
#52Mason25US #125
#53Timothy25US #39
#54Christian24US #35
#55Dillon24US #101
#56Levi24US #157
#57Steven24US #34
#58Dalton23US #85
#59Jason20US #46
#60Jeremy20US #47
#61Lucas20US #95
#62Riley20US #194
#63Cameron19US #52
#64Hunter19US #67
#65Patrick19US #42
#66Wyatt19US #197
#67Charles18US #43
#68Chase18US #114
#69Devin18US #61
#70Kevin18US #26
#71Luke18US #91
#72Scott17US #80
#73Shane17US #92
#74Skyler17
#75Alec16US #109
#76Chance16
#77Colton16US #121
#78Drew16US #171
#79Evan16US #62
#80Isaac16US #103
#81Lane16
#82Blake15US #81
#83Brian15US #37
#84Garrett15US #82
#85Nathaniel15US #78
#86Shawn15US #86
#87Zachery15US #180
#88Bryce14US #150
#89Connor14US #59
#90Stephen14US #49
#91Ty14
#92Gabriel13US #68
#93Mark13US #48
#94Paul13US #64
#95Sean13US #44
#96Cory12US #102
#97Devon12US #117
#98Douglas12US #156
#99Spencer12US #98
#100Collin11US #151

On the move since 1993

Rising

↑38Mckenzie#47
↑35Hunter#64
↑34Cole#24
↑29Devin#69
↑28Patrick#65
↑27Mitchell#34
↑26Marissa#21
↑26Lauren#41

Falling

↓56Laura#95
↓49Connor#89
↓45Spencer#99
↓40Heather#63
↓37Jamie#71
↓36Michelle#76
↓34April#97
↓32Bailey#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1993 rankings.