State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1998 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,883 South Dakota births in 1998 across 407 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.

#52Tessaoutside the national top 200
#62Whitney#193 nationally
#63Abby#194 nationally
#59Carter#189 nationally
#73Chanceoutside the national top 200
#79Landonoutside the national top 200
#80Laneoutside the national top 200
#82Shaylaoutside the national top 200
#82Tyoutside the national top 200
#86Brooklyn#200 nationally
#50Brady#163 nationally
#89Treyoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Emily81US #1
#2Hannah74US #2
#3Taylor66US #7
#4Madison61US #9
#5Samantha59US #3
#6Morgan52US #23
#7Alexis50US #6
#8Megan50US #13
#9Ashley48US #5
#10Bailey43US #60
#11Sydney43US #28
#12Brooke40US #46
#13Sarah40US #4
#14Elizabeth39US #10
#15Jessica39US #8
#16Kaitlyn36US #35
#17Kayla36US #12
#18Rachel35US #15
#19Allison33US #38
#20Brianna30US #17
#21Emma30US #22
#22Alyssa28US #11
#23Amanda28US #19
#24Rebecca28US #30
#25Lauren27US #14
#26Haley25US #36
#27Amber24US #37
#28Anna24US #31
#29Grace24US #53
#30Brittany23US #25
#31Mariah23US #62
#32Abigail22US #18
#33Courtney22US #39
#34Hailey22US #70
#35Mikayla22US #82
#36Shelby22US #49
#37Jenna21US #65
#38Stephanie21US #29
#39Alexandra19US #27
#40Jordan19US #42
#41Kelsey19US #56
#42Mackenzie19US #64
#43Sierra19US #51
#44Julia18US #32
#45Kaylee18US #86
#46Paige18US #63
#47Danielle16US #41
#48Miranda16US #80
#49Molly16US #108
#50Nicole16US #24
#51Sara16US #48
#52Tessa16
#53Carly15US #141
#54Christina15US #69
#55Jamie15US #112
#56Jennifer15US #20
#57Katelyn15US #58
#58Kendra15US #154
#59Makayla15US #71
#60Michaela15US #103
#61Olivia15US #21
#62Whitney15US #193
#63Abby14US #194
#64Gabrielle14US #47
#65Heather14US #99
#66Katie14US #88
#67Mckenzie14US #142
#68Tiffany14US #67
#69Victoria14US #16
#70Autumn13US #77
#71Jasmine13US #26
#72Kylie13US #117
#73Madeline13US #50
#74Michelle13US #55
#75Natalie13US #40
#76April12US #182
#77Cassandra12US #85
#78Chelsea12US #94
#79Chloe12US #87
#80Erin12US #57
#81Katherine12US #33
#82Shayla12
#83Alexandria11US #81
#84Andrea11US #61
#85Angela11US #100
#86Brooklyn11US #200
#87Kennedy11US #183
#88Mary11US #44
#89Sabrina11US #68
#90Savannah11US #45
#91Sidney11
#92Sophia11US #73
#93Adrianna10US #191
#94Cheyenne10US #72
#95Kate10
#96Kylee10
#97Laura10US #74
#98Mercedes10
#99Selena10US #139
#100Tara10US #189

Boys

#1Austin120US #10
#2Jacob114US #2
#3Tyler79US #8
#4Matthew74US #3
#5Michael72US #1
#6Zachary71US #16
#7Nicholas63US #6
#8Andrew62US #9
#9Dylan62US #25
#10Hunter56US #36
#11Ethan55US #38
#12Logan54US #44
#13Noah52US #29
#14Tanner51US #82
#15Jordan50US #27
#16Joshua49US #4
#17Alexander47US #22
#18Samuel47US #28
#19Daniel46US #12
#20Kyle46US #24
#21Justin44US #20
#22John43US #15
#23Trevor43US #58
#24Joseph42US #11
#25Anthony41US #19
#26Brandon41US #7
#27Christopher41US #5
#28Cody41US #43
#29Cole41US #77
#30Caleb40US #42
#31Alex39US #55
#32Chase39US #67
#33Connor36US #47
#34Nathan36US #34
#35Ryan36US #17
#36Thomas36US #31
#37Mason35US #83
#38James34US #18
#39Jesse34US #70
#40Adam33US #45
#41William32US #14
#42Riley30US #128
#43Spencer30US #84
#44David29US #13
#45Benjamin28US #30
#46Isaac27US #65
#47Aaron26US #37
#48Dalton25US #88
#49Seth25US #86
#50Brady24US #163
#51Lucas24US #93
#52Cameron23US #35
#53Gabriel23US #54
#54Christian22US #26
#55Derek22US #110
#56Jackson21US #100
#57Robert21US #23
#58Taylor21US #104
#59Carter20US #189
#60Colton20US #106
#61Jared20US #51
#62Parker20US #142
#63Blake19US #85
#64Jonathan19US #21
#65Levi19US #158
#66Mitchell19US #103
#67Tristan19US #92
#68Bryce18US #94
#69Dawson18US #175
#70Sean18US #50
#71Wyatt18US #137
#72Alec17US #112
#73Chance17
#74Devin17US #62
#75Eric17US #39
#76Jason17US #40
#77Collin16US #130
#78Elijah16US #66
#79Landon16
#80Lane16
#81Nathaniel16US #60
#82Ty16
#83Dillon15US #134
#84Evan15US #63
#85Garrett15US #80
#86Ian15US #73
#87Isaiah15US #59
#88Kaleb15US #156
#89Trey15
#90Luke14US #75
#91Casey13US #170
#92Clayton13US #150
#93Jack13US #61
#94Kobe13
#95Mark13US #64
#96Micah13US #199
#97Bailey12US #154
#98Chandler12US #173
#99Marcus12US #96
#100Maxwell12US #136

On the move since 1997

Rising

↑57Mikayla#35
↑52Emma#21
↑45Carly#53
↑43Sara#51
↑40Stephanie#38
↑38Dalton#48
↑36Kaitlyn#16
↑36Jackson#56

Falling

↓41Savannah#90
↓32Garrett#85
↓32Luke#90
↓29Erin#80
↓27Victoria#69
↓27Kylie#72
↓23Jennifer#56
↓22Paige#46

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1997 rankings.