State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1997 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,919 South Dakota births in 1997 across 388 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.

#61Carteroutside the national top 200
#66Landonoutside the national top 200
#69Sadieoutside the national top 200
#63Abby#192 nationally
#75Josieoutside the national top 200
#40Kendra#153 nationally
#90Kyleeoutside the national top 200
#26Riley#135 nationally
#50Brady#159 nationally
#94Laneoutside the national top 200
#65Hope#171 nationally
#95Shaniaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Hannah76US #5
#2Samantha76US #6
#3Emily70US #1
#4Taylor70US #7
#5Ashley60US #3
#6Morgan56US #22
#7Megan53US #11
#8Alexis49US #8
#9Madison49US #10
#10Jessica48US #2
#11Brianna45US #17
#12Elizabeth45US #9
#13Rachel45US #13
#14Alyssa39US #15
#15Amanda39US #16
#16Sydney37US #35
#17Courtney36US #28
#18Haley35US #31
#19Kayla34US #12
#20Shelby34US #43
#21Abigail33US #26
#22Rebecca33US #25
#23Allison31US #39
#24Paige31US #64
#25Sarah31US #4
#26Jordan30US #40
#27Danielle29US #34
#28Kelsey29US #57
#29Hailey28US #80
#30Nicole28US #21
#31Amber27US #29
#32Brooke27US #45
#33Jennifer27US #18
#34Mariah27US #67
#35Sierra27US #56
#36Alexandra25US #30
#37Anna25US #33
#38Bailey25US #65
#39Lauren25US #14
#40Kendra24US #153
#41Miranda24US #70
#42Victoria24US #19
#43Brittany22US #20
#44Jenna22US #76
#45Kylie22US #116
#46Cassidy21US #105
#47Katie21US #87
#48Mckenzie21US #150
#49Savannah21US #47
#50Makayla20US #102
#51Erin19US #52
#52Kaitlyn19US #41
#53Katelyn19US #63
#54Mackenzie18US #71
#55Molly18US #98
#56Olivia18US #27
#57Madeline17US #59
#58Autumn16US #91
#59Grace16US #69
#60Kaylee16US #107
#61Lindsey16US #95
#62Michaela16US #100
#63Abby15US #192
#64Heather15US #90
#65Hope15US #171
#66Marissa15US #60
#67Jade14US #129
#68Maria14US #38
#69Sadie14
#70Cassandra13US #81
#71Mary13US #46
#72Alicia12US #89
#73Emma12US #36
#74Jasmine12US #24
#75Josie12
#76Kimberly12US #49
#77Kristen12US #82
#78Stephanie12US #23
#79Alexandria11US #78
#80Erica11US #84
#81Hanna11US #178
#82Katherine11US #32
#83Rachael11US #154
#84Shannon11US #85
#85Whitney11US #158
#86Alexa10US #106
#87Angela10US #93
#88Destiny10US #42
#89Jamie10US #103
#90Kylee10
#91Leah10US #104
#92Mikayla10US #112
#93Monica10US #79
#94Sara10US #50
#95Shania10
#96Tiffany10US #61
#97Amy9US #92
#98Carly9US #137
#99Laura9US #66
#100Meghan9US #113

Boys

#1Jacob121US #2
#2Austin105US #9
#3Michael81US #1
#4Tyler75US #10
#5Matthew73US #3
#6Zachary67US #13
#7Andrew66US #7
#8Cody64US #36
#9Dylan62US #30
#10Joshua62US #5
#11Nicholas61US #6
#12Tanner61US #82
#13Brandon60US #8
#14Cole58US #72
#15Logan57US #42
#16Joseph54US #12
#17Jordan53US #26
#18Nathan52US #34
#19Ryan51US #16
#20Ethan48US #46
#21Alexander45US #22
#22Alex44US #55
#23Anthony44US #18
#24Hunter43US #44
#25Samuel43US #27
#26Riley42US #135
#27Noah41US #38
#28Christopher40US #4
#29Trevor40US #62
#30John38US #15
#31Kyle38US #24
#32James37US #17
#33Justin35US #20
#34Benjamin32US #29
#35Aaron30US #33
#36Chase30US #77
#37Taylor30US #87
#38Thomas30US #31
#39Jesse29US #63
#40Mason29US #89
#41Robert29US #23
#42Adam28US #39
#43Connor28US #52
#44Daniel28US #11
#45David28US #14
#46Jonathan28US #21
#47William28US #19
#48Dustin27US #88
#49Christian26US #25
#50Brady25US #159
#51Lucas24US #98
#52Wyatt24US #137
#53Garrett23US #85
#54Jared23US #56
#55Caleb22US #47
#56Isaac22US #73
#57Tristan22US #92
#58Luke21US #78
#59Spencer21US #104
#60Bryce20US #112
#61Carter20
#62Sean20US #48
#63Seth20US #97
#64Charles19US #49
#65Collin19US #122
#66Landon19
#67Patrick19US #50
#68Blake18US #80
#69Derek18US #106
#70Devin18US #59
#71Jason18US #41
#72Mitchell18US #96
#73Steven18US #40
#74Evan17US #61
#75Levi17US #156
#76Grant16US #115
#77Jack16US #76
#78Nathaniel16US #65
#79Timothy16US #43
#80Shane15US #114
#81Colton14US #108
#82Dillon14US #132
#83Eric14US #35
#84Paul14US #79
#85Travis14US #81
#86Dalton13US #90
#87Elijah13US #74
#88Gabriel13US #57
#89Isaiah13US #60
#90Jeremy13US #64
#91Mark13US #58
#92Jackson12US #124
#93Kaleb12US #185
#94Lane12
#95Parker12US #150
#96Skyler12
#97Chance11US #191
#98Colin11US #125
#99Preston11US #178
#100Tate11

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑49Mckenzie#48
↑46Garrett#53
↑44Olivia#56
↑36Bryce#60
↑32Dustin#48
↑32Sean#62
↑30Victoria#42
↑29Carter#61

Falling

↓42Levi#75
↓40Dalton#86
↓39Katherine#82
↓37Lane#94
↓36Shania#95
↓30Mikayla#92
↓27Colton#81
↓27Chance#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.