State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 2001 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,889 South Dakota births in 2001 across 432 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.

#37Kendraoutside the national top 200
#45Kadenoutside the national top 200
#54Cadeoutside the national top 200
#55Caden#195 nationally
#55Hanna#186 nationally
#49Brayden#176 nationally
#85Macyoutside the national top 200
#85Treyoutside the national top 200
#82Braden#191 nationally
#95Paytonoutside the national top 200
#96Tysonoutside the national top 200
#67Levi#171 nationally

Girls

#1Madison68US #2
#2Hannah65US #3
#3Grace60US #16
#4Taylor57US #12
#5Emily54US #1
#6Morgan51US #29
#7Sydney51US #23
#8Abigail48US #8
#9Elizabeth48US #9
#10Alexis47US #5
#11Emma47US #13
#12Samantha42US #7
#13Haley38US #34
#14Ashley35US #4
#15Anna34US #19
#16Megan33US #20
#17Olivia31US #10
#18Brianna30US #18
#19Hailey30US #33
#20Jessica30US #11
#21Kaitlyn30US #31
#22Brooke29US #57
#23Rachel28US #24
#24Bailey27US #69
#25Mackenzie26US #40
#26Sarah26US #6
#27Alyssa25US #14
#28Isabella24US #28
#29Lauren24US #15
#30Sophia23US #37
#31Autumn22US #72
#32Chloe22US #30
#33Jenna22US #45
#34Jasmine20US #25
#35Kayla20US #17
#36Kelsey20US #100
#37Kendra20
#38Makayla20US #54
#39Paige20US #71
#40Courtney19US #73
#41Rebecca19US #46
#42Victoria19US #21
#43Amber18US #51
#44Gabrielle18US #50
#45Kylie18US #95
#46Shelby18US #68
#47Sierra18US #55
#48Allison17US #44
#49Amanda17US #39
#50Erin17US #60
#51Katelyn17US #52
#52Katherine17US #35
#53Mckenzie17US #135
#54Faith16US #53
#55Hanna16US #186
#56Breanna15US #94
#57Kaylee15US #66
#58Kennedy15US #138
#59Madeline15US #56
#60Mariah15US #85
#61Marissa15US #79
#62Alexandra14US #38
#63Alicia14US #130
#64Avery14US #152
#65Danielle14US #63
#66Destiny14US #22
#67Gracie14US #170
#68Jennifer14US #26
#69Katie14US #99
#70Miranda14US #128
#71Molly14US #90
#72Savannah14US #42
#73Brooklyn13US #172
#74Caitlyn13US #133
#75Cassandra13US #122
#76Hope13US #150
#77Jade13US #98
#78Mary13US #48
#79Meghan13US #159
#80Payton13US #164
#81Trinity13US #67
#82Abby12US #163
#83Isabelle12US #113
#84Jordan12US #47
#85Macy12
#86Ashlyn11US #157
#87Cassidy11US #107
#88Christina11US #80
#89Jordyn11US #174
#90Julia11US #27
#91Kimberly11US #61
#92Maria11US #41
#93Michaela11US #178
#94Nicole11US #36
#95Andrea10US #49
#96Angel10US #104
#97Jayden10
#98Kylee10US #195
#99Makenzie10US #196
#100Sadie10

Boys

#1Jacob93US #1
#2Dylan79US #21
#3Ethan68US #17
#4Hunter65US #36
#5Austin64US #25
#6Tyler63US #13
#7Michael62US #2
#8Zachary61US #16
#9Logan59US #29
#10Andrew55US #7
#11Mason55US #54
#12Noah54US #28
#13Matthew51US #3
#14Nicholas49US #6
#15Joseph47US #8
#16Carter46US #111
#17Joshua43US #4
#18Brandon42US #18
#19Nathan42US #31
#20Samuel42US #26
#21Caleb40US #37
#22Isaac39US #47
#23Justin38US #22
#24Thomas38US #33
#25Benjamin37US #27
#26Jackson37US #60
#27Jordan37US #39
#28William34US #10
#29Christopher33US #5
#30Ryan33US #15
#31Alexander32US #20
#32Cody32US #64
#33Cole31US #74
#34Adam30US #51
#35James30US #19
#36Riley30US #105
#37Jack29US #48
#38Seth29US #68
#39Tanner29US #101
#40Daniel28US #9
#41Trevor28US #76
#42John27US #14
#43Aaron25US #42
#44Blake25US #77
#45Kaden25
#46Anthony24US #11
#47Connor24US #49
#48Wyatt24US #107
#49Brayden23US #176
#50David23US #12
#51Gabriel23US #38
#52Gavin23US #78
#53Spencer23US #103
#54Cade22
#55Caden22US #195
#56Chase22US #79
#57Tristan22US #108
#58Alex21US #62
#59Christian21US #24
#60Jared21US #65
#61Jason21US #41
#62Kaleb21US #116
#63Parker21US #123
#64Carson20US #95
#65Jayden20US #140
#66Jonathan20US #23
#67Levi20US #171
#68Dalton19US #98
#69Gage19US #144
#70Jaden19US #114
#71Kyle19US #40
#72Luke19US #50
#73Sean19US #57
#74Taylor19US #165
#75Grant18US #135
#76Lucas18US #83
#77Nathaniel18US #61
#78Robert18US #30
#79Brady17US #174
#80Elijah17US #45
#81Garrett17US #80
#82Braden16US #191
#83Ian16US #70
#84Preston16US #152
#85Trey16
#86Cameron15US #35
#87Eric15US #44
#88Hayden15US #117
#89Isaiah15US #43
#90Peyton15US #177
#91Charles14US #55
#92Devin14US #71
#93Dustin14US #158
#94Jesse14US #91
#95Payton14
#96Tyson14
#97Colton13US #118
#98Kyler13
#99Mitchell13US #156
#100Steven13US #63

On the move since 2000

Rising

↑59Kelsey#36
↑44Sophia#30
↑38Brayden#49
↑37Kaden#45
↑34Aaron#43
↑34Cade#54
↑33Isabella#28
↑32Rebecca#41

Falling

↓66Nicole#94
↓46Jordan#84
↓33Makenzie#99
↓32Abby#82
↓32Lucas#76
↓31Dalton#68
↓29Cassidy#87
↓29Nathaniel#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2000 rankings.