State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 2002 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,901 South Dakota births in 2002 across 424 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.

#36Dawson#193 nationally
#48Tessaoutside the national top 200
#49Ellie#200 nationally
#51Josieoutside the national top 200
#27Kaden#174 nationally
#61Kendraoutside the national top 200
#52Maggie#190 nationally
#79Laneoutside the national top 200
#40Hope#160 nationally
#63Payton#183 nationally
#30Brady#147 nationally
#86Mercedesoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Hannah72US #3
#2Emily67US #1
#3Grace57US #15
#4Abigail56US #7
#5Emma53US #4
#6Morgan52US #29
#7Madison50US #2
#8Alexis44US #5
#9Taylor42US #18
#10Elizabeth41US #11
#11Megan41US #22
#12Hailey35US #31
#13Paige35US #51
#14Olivia34US #10
#15Sydney34US #23
#16Allison33US #44
#17Kaylee32US #57
#18Samantha31US #9
#19Anna29US #20
#20Brianna29US #17
#21Rachel29US #24
#22Brooke28US #52
#23Isabella28US #14
#24Haley27US #35
#25Kaitlyn26US #32
#26Alyssa25US #12
#27Ashley25US #6
#28Autumn25US #73
#29Chloe25US #25
#30Lauren25US #13
#31Mackenzie25US #42
#32Sarah24US #8
#33Jessica22US #16
#34Kylie22US #61
#35Bailey21US #84
#36Jenna20US #47
#37Trinity20US #70
#38Victoria20US #21
#39Alexandra19US #38
#40Hope19US #160
#41Jasmine19US #26
#42Katelyn19US #53
#43Mckenzie19US #143
#44Shelby19US #75
#45Amanda18US #46
#46Cassidy17US #131
#47Jada17US #78
#48Tessa17
#49Ellie16US #200
#50Jordan16US #45
#51Josie16
#52Maggie16US #190
#53Mariah16US #130
#54Savannah16US #39
#55Abby15US #166
#56Avery15US #132
#57Destiny15US #34
#58Jordyn15US #157
#59Julia15US #33
#60Katherine15US #36
#61Kendra15
#62Mary15US #49
#63Payton15US #183
#64Amy14US #110
#65Breanna14US #104
#66Ella14US #89
#67Lily14US #79
#68Madeline14US #56
#69Maria14US #40
#70Nicole14US #37
#71Amber13US #65
#72Brooklyn13US #152
#73Christina13US #97
#74Danielle13US #71
#75Kayla13US #19
#76Kennedy13US #136
#77Sierra13US #62
#78Erin12US #72
#79Jade12US #86
#80Makayla12US #50
#81Natalie12US #30
#82Riley12US #77
#83Courtney11US #88
#84Heather11US #159
#85Lydia11US #137
#86Mercedes11
#87Rebecca11US #54
#88Stephanie11US #41
#89Taryn11
#90Alexandria10US #106
#91Arianna10US #114
#92Aubrey10US #196
#93Caitlyn10US #148
#94Carly10
#95Gracie10US #153
#96Jamie10US #164
#97Kara10
#98Kelsey10US #118
#99Kira10
#100Kylee10US #161

Boys

#1Jacob102US #1
#2Ethan74US #5
#3Mason71US #53
#4Logan69US #29
#5Samuel57US #25
#6Tyler56US #14
#7Dylan53US #23
#8Austin52US #26
#9Caleb51US #35
#10Hunter51US #38
#11Matthew51US #4
#12Andrew49US #6
#13Zachary48US #19
#14Jackson47US #50
#15Michael46US #2
#16Nicholas46US #9
#17Noah46US #31
#18Ryan46US #16
#19Joseph45US #7
#20Elijah42US #41
#21Joshua42US #3
#22Carter41US #108
#23Cole40US #69
#24William40US #11
#25Nathan37US #28
#26Alexander36US #15
#27Kaden36US #174
#28Riley36US #99
#29Benjamin35US #27
#30Brady34US #147
#31Brayden34US #138
#32Daniel34US #10
#33Connor32US #47
#34Carson30US #105
#35Seth30US #72
#36Dawson29US #193
#37Gabriel29US #32
#38Trevor29US #81
#39Blake28US #76
#40Gavin28US #61
#41Wyatt28US #121
#42Brandon27US #20
#43Christopher27US #8
#44Evan27US #56
#45Isaac27US #48
#46Jayden27US #101
#47John27US #17
#48Justin27US #22
#49Chase26US #82
#50Thomas26US #36
#51Aaron25US #43
#52David25US #13
#53Jonathan25US #21
#54Jordan25US #37
#55Anthony24US #12
#56Levi24US #164
#57Luke24US #46
#58James23US #18
#59Jesse23US #90
#60Kaleb23US #111
#61Parker23US #126
#62Adam22US #55
#63Alex22US #63
#64Caden22US #153
#65Cody22US #71
#66Christian21US #24
#67Jaden21US #87
#68Kyle21US #40
#69Landon21US #142
#70Tristan21US #103
#71Dalton20US #117
#72Garrett20US #91
#73Hayden19US #96
#74Isaiah19US #45
#75Devon18US #160
#76Ian18US #67
#77Jack18US #44
#78Jared18US #84
#79Lane18
#80Nathaniel18US #62
#81Robert18US #34
#82Spencer18US #110
#83Xavier18US #88
#84Braden17US #168
#85Devin17US #74
#86Eric17US #52
#87Tanner17US #112
#88Tate17
#89Ty17
#90Cameron16US #39
#91Dominic16US #83
#92Lucas16US #75
#93Maxwell16US #129
#94Payton16
#95Cade15
#96Colton15US #128
#97Peyton15
#98Preston15US #155
#99Jaxon14
#100Richard14US #77

On the move since 2001

Rising

↑60Elijah#20
↑49Brady#30
↑44Trinity#37
↑41Cassidy#46
↑40Kaylee#17
↑36Hope#40
↑35Jesse#59
↑34Jordan#50

Falling

↓62Kelsey#98
↓48Tanner#87
↓46Rebecca#87
↓43Courtney#83
↓42Makayla#80
↓41Cade#95
↓40Kayla#75
↓40Jack#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2001 rankings.