State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1995 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,420 South Dakota births in 1995 across 396 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.

#36Brady#188 nationally
#54Laneoutside the national top 200
#67Laceyoutside the national top 200
#68Maggieoutside the national top 200
#72Abbyoutside the national top 200
#80Kennedyoutside the national top 200
#64Preston#182 nationally
#83Landonoutside the national top 200
#56Riley#170 nationally
#91Shaniaoutside the national top 200
#95Josieoutside the national top 200
#95Skyleroutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Ashley77US #2
#2Taylor74US #6
#3Samantha71US #4
#4Jessica66US #1
#5Megan63US #13
#6Morgan60US #23
#7Emily57US #3
#8Amanda53US #9
#9Elizabeth53US #10
#10Shelby53US #38
#11Kayla52US #11
#12Hannah50US #7
#13Sarah48US #5
#14Courtney45US #17
#15Rachel45US #12
#16Nicole41US #19
#17Alexis38US #14
#18Brittany36US #8
#19Erin36US #49
#20Miranda36US #57
#21Brooke35US #52
#22Haley35US #32
#23Paige34US #58
#24Brianna33US #21
#25Allison31US #34
#26Amber31US #22
#27Jordan31US #50
#28Sydney31US #43
#29Jennifer30US #18
#30Katie27US #77
#31Madison27US #29
#32Michaela26US #107
#33Danielle25US #24
#34Kelsey25US #33
#35Stephanie25US #16
#36Anna24US #31
#37Marissa24US #53
#38Chelsea23US #47
#39Heather23US #54
#40Katelyn23US #59
#41Kaitlyn22US #42
#42Mariah22US #71
#43Mackenzie21US #88
#44Mary21US #40
#45Abigail20US #36
#46Alyssa20US #27
#47Bailey20US #96
#48Katherine20US #30
#49Kendra20US #133
#50Rebecca20US #28
#51Cassandra19US #78
#52Laura19US #56
#53Brandi18US #124
#54Brittney18US #99
#55Melissa18US #35
#56Sara18US #48
#57Victoria18US #20
#58Andrea17US #55
#59Cheyenne17US #86
#60Kimberly17US #37
#61Hailey16US #111
#62Kaylee16US #127
#63Kylie16US #106
#64Alexandra15US #26
#65Jade15US #166
#66Jamie15US #93
#67Lacey15
#68Maggie15
#69Natasha15US #154
#70Sierra15US #60
#71Tiffany15US #46
#72Abby14
#73Caitlyn14US #138
#74Erica14US #69
#75Lauren14US #15
#76Whitney14US #115
#77Destiny13US #66
#78Grace13US #97
#79Jenna13US #84
#80Kennedy13
#81Kristen13US #65
#82Lindsey13US #82
#83Makayla13US #164
#84Olivia13US #39
#85Christina12US #45
#86Kaitlin12US #94
#87Kristin12US #131
#88Mckenzie12US #165
#89Mikayla12US #146
#90Natalie12US #51
#91Shania12
#92Amy11US #75
#93Briana11US #74
#94Cassidy11US #108
#95Josie11
#96Katrina11US #181
#97Kristina11US #130
#98Lindsay11US #125
#99Shannon11US #73
#100Tessa11

Boys

#1Austin126US #10
#2Tyler113US #6
#3Jacob107US #4
#4Michael87US #1
#5Zachary84US #14
#6Christopher83US #3
#7Joshua79US #5
#8Cody78US #26
#9Brandon75US #8
#10Joseph63US #12
#11Andrew62US #11
#12Nicholas62US #7
#13Jordan61US #29
#14Matthew61US #2
#15Tanner60US #86
#16Dylan58US #34
#17Ryan52US #15
#18Alex51US #47
#19Daniel51US #9
#20Alexander50US #21
#21Cole50US #118
#22Logan50US #51
#23Justin48US #18
#24Kyle48US #24
#25Benjamin47US #31
#26Seth46US #97
#27Nathan44US #39
#28Aaron43US #30
#29Adam43US #38
#30Caleb43US #54
#31Trevor41US #61
#32Robert40US #22
#33James39US #17
#34Christian37US #28
#35Wyatt37US #128
#36Brady34US #188
#37Taylor34US #69
#38Jeremy33US #48
#39Thomas33US #27
#40Blake32US #77
#41Ethan32US #75
#42William32US #20
#43Derek31US #83
#44Samuel31US #33
#45David30US #16
#46Lucas30US #91
#47Anthony29US #19
#48Connor29US #55
#49Jesse29US #46
#50John29US #13
#51Dalton28US #87
#52Mitchell27US #79
#53Hunter24US #53
#54Lane24
#55Eric23US #32
#56Riley23US #170
#57Travis23US #66
#58Alec22US #112
#59Dustin22US #62
#60Patrick22US #43
#61Richard22US #42
#62Chase21US #95
#63Luke21US #82
#64Preston21US #182
#65Brett19US #106
#66Dillon19US #122
#67Jason19US #41
#68Spencer19US #104
#69Steven19US #37
#70Drew18US #160
#71Isaac18US #98
#72Levi18US #154
#73Nathaniel18US #73
#74Casey17US #135
#75Devin17US #58
#76Jonathan17US #23
#77Mason17US #102
#78Cameron16US #49
#79Devon16US #119
#80Garrett16US #80
#81Mark16US #52
#82Brian15US #36
#83Landon15
#84Charles14US #44
#85Evan14US #60
#86Jackson14US #161
#87Jared14US #63
#88Scott14US #92
#89Sean14US #45
#90Shawn14US #100
#91Bryce13US #145
#92Colin13US #134
#93Kevin13US #25
#94Marcus13US #81
#95Skyler13
#96Timothy13US #40
#97Carter12
#98Colton12US #105
#99Corey12US #74
#100Paul12US #71

On the move since 1994

Rising

↑47Madison#31
↑44Bailey#47
↑43Laura#52
↑42Blake#40
↑41Connor#48
↑32Kaylee#62
↑31Wyatt#35
↑31Spencer#68

Falling

↓50Jared#87
↓45Tessa#100
↓43Timothy#96
↓41Mckenzie#88
↓39Whitney#76
↓38Lindsey#82
↓34Lauren#75
↓32John#50

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1994 rankings.