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Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1999 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,101 South Dakota births in 1999 across 416 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.

#33Carter#179 nationally
#60Jaydenoutside the national top 200
#70Maggieoutside the national top 200
#72Tateoutside the national top 200
#80Laneoutside the national top 200
#75Jordyn#193 nationally
#83Jadenoutside the national top 200
#67Kara#183 nationally
#85Braydenoutside the national top 200
#86Sadieoutside the national top 200
#86Brockoutside the national top 200
#87Cadeoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Alexis74US #3
#2Hannah71US #2
#3Emily67US #1
#4Madison65US #7
#5Taylor62US #8
#6Rachel52US #19
#7Samantha52US #5
#8Ashley51US #6
#9Elizabeth47US #10
#10Sydney44US #23
#11Grace42US #27
#12Morgan42US #24
#13Sarah41US #4
#14Jessica40US #9
#15Megan40US #15
#16Emma39US #17
#17Abigail38US #18
#18Brianna37US #14
#19Alyssa33US #11
#20Haley33US #31
#21Kaitlyn32US #33
#22Lauren32US #12
#23Paige30US #67
#24Mariah29US #68
#25Anna28US #29
#26Hailey28US #54
#27Kaylee28US #69
#28Brittany25US #35
#29Olivia25US #20
#30Bailey24US #65
#31Mackenzie24US #52
#32Amanda23US #22
#33Brooke23US #47
#34Kayla23US #13
#35Mckenzie23US #141
#36Sierra23US #49
#37Allison22US #40
#38Katelyn22US #55
#39Natalie21US #34
#40Danielle20US #43
#41Makayla20US #66
#42Nicole20US #25
#43Shelby20US #62
#44Courtney18US #44
#45Erin18US #58
#46Jasmine18US #26
#47Kylie18US #109
#48Mikayla18US #85
#49Rebecca18US #38
#50Hope17US #143
#51Angel16US #121
#52Caitlin16US #93
#53Jenna16US #61
#54Jordan16US #48
#55Leah16US #103
#56Molly16US #102
#57Cassandra15US #87
#58Cassidy15US #99
#59Miranda15US #94
#60Sara15US #50
#61Victoria15US #16
#62Chloe14US #63
#63Destiny14US #28
#64Faith14US #76
#65Jennifer14US #21
#66Julia14US #30
#67Kara14US #183
#68Katie14US #92
#69Kelsey14US #72
#70Maggie14
#71Maria14US #39
#72Alexandra13US #32
#73Autumn13US #77
#74Holly13US #180
#75Jordyn13US #193
#76Stephanie13US #37
#77Alexandria12US #83
#78Brooklyn12US #182
#79Chelsea12US #122
#80Gabrielle12US #46
#81Hanna12US #168
#82Isabel12US #97
#83Jade12US #117
#84Mary12US #45
#85Michaela12US #125
#86Sadie12
#87Abby11US #174
#88Alicia11US #108
#89Amber11US #41
#90Angela11US #90
#91Caitlyn11US #124
#92Claire11US #86
#93Hayley11US #144
#94Isabella11US #60
#95Kaitlin11US #155
#96Kennedy11US #165
#97Marissa11US #73
#98Sidney11
#99Tessa11
#100Breanna10US #74

Boys

#1Jacob109US #1
#2Austin90US #13
#3Tyler89US #10
#4Dylan84US #23
#5Logan71US #42
#6Noah67US #24
#7Matthew66US #3
#8Andrew63US #7
#9Brandon61US #11
#10Joshua61US #4
#11Michael58US #2
#12Ethan56US #37
#13Samuel54US #27
#14Nicholas53US #5
#15Zachary53US #17
#16Nathan51US #32
#17Hunter50US #36
#18Mason49US #71
#19Riley48US #127
#20Alexander46US #21
#21Tanner46US #87
#22Caleb45US #41
#23Cody45US #45
#24Cole45US #75
#25Ryan44US #12
#26Joseph42US #8
#27William40US #14
#28Christopher39US #6
#29James35US #19
#30Justin35US #20
#31Trevor34US #66
#32Benjamin33US #29
#33Carter33US #179
#34Isaac33US #64
#35Jordan33US #30
#36Kyle33US #28
#37Aaron32US #38
#38Seth32US #65
#39John30US #15
#40Thomas30US #31
#41Adam29US #44
#42Chase29US #76
#43Connor29US #48
#44Jackson29US #83
#45Alex28US #58
#46Jack28US #52
#47Anthony27US #18
#48Daniel27US #9
#49Dalton26US #86
#50Isaiah26US #51
#51Blake25US #84
#52Wyatt25US #131
#53Bryce24US #93
#54Evan23US #57
#55Lucas23US #90
#56Luke23US #67
#57Christian22US #25
#58Elijah22US #60
#59Jason22US #40
#60Jayden22
#61Jonathan22US #22
#62Tristan22US #99
#63Cameron21US #33
#64Carson21US #156
#65Dawson21US #136
#66Jared21US #54
#67Nathaniel20US #62
#68Colton19US #109
#69David19US #16
#70Jesse19US #82
#71Levi19US #170
#72Tate19
#73Brady18US #184
#74Garrett18US #78
#75Parker18US #124
#76Taylor18US #120
#77Devon17US #125
#78Trey17US #189
#79Gavin16US #101
#80Lane16
#81Robert16US #26
#82Eric15US #39
#83Jaden15
#84Landon15US #196
#85Brayden14
#86Brock14
#87Cade14
#88Chance14
#89Derek14US #113
#90Dillon14US #142
#91Marcus14US #98
#92Owen14US #153
#93Patrick14US #63
#94Payton14
#95Scott14US #140
#96Spencer14US #92
#97Devin13US #68
#98Gage13US #178
#99Jeremy13US #81
#100Jonah13US #197

On the move since 1998

Rising

↑47Jack#46
↑37Isaiah#50
↑36Natalie#39
↑35Erin#45
↑34Luke#56
↑32Olivia#29
↑32Mckenzie#35
↑30Evan#54

Falling

↓62Amber#89
↓53Spencer#96
↓47Tessa#99
↓38Stephanie#76
↓34Derek#89
↓33Alexandra#72
↓31Jesse#70
↓29Daniel#48

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1998 rankings.