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Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 2000 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,769 South Dakota births in 2000 across 398 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.

#50Abbyoutside the national top 200
#61Cadenoutside the national top 200
#15Carter#152 nationally
#64Josieoutside the national top 200
#64Tateoutside the national top 200
#65Treyoutside the national top 200
#54Kendra#187 nationally
#66Makenzie#199 nationally
#46Brooklyn#177 nationally
#60Brady#189 nationally
#70Kylee#197 nationally
#75Macyoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Hannah97US #2
#2Emily76US #1
#3Morgan65US #25
#4Taylor60US #10
#5Grace58US #19
#6Madison54US #3
#7Ashley48US #4
#8Sydney48US #23
#9Emma42US #17
#10Abigail41US #14
#11Alexis40US #6
#12Megan40US #18
#13Olivia40US #16
#14Elizabeth37US #9
#15Brianna36US #15
#16Rachel35US #21
#17Anna34US #22
#18Samantha33US #7
#19Haley32US #28
#20Lauren31US #11
#21Jessica28US #8
#22Allison27US #44
#23Bailey27US #68
#24Kaitlyn27US #30
#25Sarah26US #5
#26Kayla25US #13
#27Katelyn24US #54
#28Nicole24US #31
#29Hailey23US #35
#30Paige23US #69
#31Shelby23US #70
#32Sierra23US #53
#33Alyssa22US #12
#34Courtney22US #59
#35Jasmine22US #27
#36Mckenzie22US #133
#37Gabrielle21US #49
#38Jordan20US #50
#39Mariah20US #75
#40Amanda19US #32
#41Brooke19US #51
#42Kaylee19US #72
#43Mackenzie19US #43
#44Victoria19US #20
#45Chloe18US #38
#46Brooklyn17US #177
#47Cassandra17US #100
#48Makayla17US #67
#49Molly17US #96
#50Abby16
#51Alexandra16US #36
#52Amber16US #47
#53Autumn16US #77
#54Kendra16US #187
#55Kylie16US #104
#56Mary16US #46
#57Natalie16US #34
#58Cassidy15US #107
#59Erin15US #61
#60Hope15US #146
#61Isabella15US #45
#62Jada14US #84
#63Jenna14US #63
#64Josie14
#65Katherine14US #33
#66Makenzie14US #199
#67Danielle13US #48
#68Destiny13US #24
#69Faith13US #66
#70Kylee13US #197
#71Madeline13US #56
#72Miranda13US #112
#73Rebecca13US #39
#74Sophia13US #42
#75Macy12
#76Mikayla12US #108
#77Trinity12US #74
#78Andrea11US #55
#79Breanna11US #80
#80Caitlin11US #76
#81Cheyenne11US #99
#82Gracie11
#83Isabelle11US #144
#84Jade11US #116
#85Jaden11
#86Julia11US #29
#87Kennedy11US #139
#88Michaela11US #154
#89Savannah11US #37
#90Tessa11
#91Brittney10US #148
#92Caitlyn10US #118
#93Christina10US #73
#94Isabel10US #94
#95Kelsey10US #88
#96Leah10US #97
#97Madelyn10US #126
#98Peyton10US #168
#99Alexandria9US #91
#100Angel9US #119

Boys

#1Jacob121US #1
#2Dylan77US #24
#3Austin71US #23
#4Ethan69US #25
#5Nicholas65US #6
#6Tyler65US #10
#7Hunter61US #35
#8Zachary60US #15
#9Benjamin57US #26
#10Matthew53US #3
#11Nathan53US #30
#12Michael52US #2
#13Joshua50US #4
#14Samuel50US #28
#15Carter48US #152
#16Tanner46US #93
#17Caleb45US #38
#18Logan45US #40
#19Jordan44US #36
#20Joseph44US #8
#21Andrew43US #7
#22Cole43US #71
#23Noah43US #27
#24Brandon42US #12
#25Trevor40US #75
#26Mason39US #64
#27Alexander37US #20
#28Cody37US #60
#29Chase35US #77
#30Christopher34US #5
#31David34US #16
#32Riley34US #109
#33Ryan34US #13
#34Anthony33US #17
#35Blake33US #80
#36Daniel33US #9
#37Dalton31US #91
#38Isaac31US #53
#39Jackson31US #72
#40Connor30US #50
#41Alex29US #62
#42John28US #14
#43Justin28US #19
#44Lucas28US #83
#45Christian27US #22
#46Jack27US #46
#47Jared27US #56
#48Nathaniel27US #61
#49Seth27US #63
#50Wyatt27US #110
#51William26US #11
#52Thomas24US #33
#53Adam23US #45
#54Jason23US #39
#55Dawson22US #168
#56Kyle22US #37
#57Gabriel21US #44
#58Parker21US #127
#59Robert21US #29
#60Brady20US #189
#61Caden20
#62Levi20US #172
#63Luke20US #59
#64Tate20
#65Trey20
#66Tristan20US #105
#67Cameron19US #31
#68Carson19US #119
#69Jaden19US #154
#70Jayden19US #194
#71Evan18US #55
#72Gavin18US #85
#73Devon17US #133
#74Garrett17US #74
#75Isaiah17US #47
#76Jeremiah17US #102
#77Aaron16US #41
#78Charles16US #51
#79Devin16US #69
#80Dillon16US #169
#81Jonathan16US #21
#82Kaden16
#83Lane16
#84Payton16
#85Preston16US #142
#86Taylor16US #136
#87Brayden15US #199
#88Cade15
#89Collin15US #128
#90Dominic15US #118
#91Ian15US #73
#92Landon15US #200
#93Maxwell15US #113
#94Mitchell15US #132
#95Nolan15US #182
#96Alec14US #156
#97Colton14US #111
#98Grant14US #123
#99Timothy14US #58
#100Gage13US #166

On the move since 1999

Rising

↑43Gabrielle#37
↑38David#31
↑37Abby#50
↑37Amber#52
↑33Isabella#61
↑32Brooklyn#46
↑28Mary#56
↑23Benjamin#9

Falling

↓49Angel#100
↓41Leah#96
↓40Aaron#77
↓29Colton#97
↓28Mikayla#76
↓28Caitlin#80
↓27Danielle#67
↓26Kelsey#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1999 rankings.