State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 2006 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,411 South Dakota births in 2006 across 497 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.

#50Dawsonoutside the national top 200
#57Tessaoutside the national top 200
#65Treyoutside the national top 200
#66Josieoutside the national top 200
#75Lincolnoutside the national top 200
#80Laneoutside the national top 200
#46Mckenzie#166 nationally
#59Jordyn#179 nationally
#81Addisynoutside the national top 200
#83Brooklynnoutside the national top 200
#84Cadenceoutside the national top 200
#84Paytonoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Emma64US #2
#2Hannah63US #8
#3Ava60US #5
#4Grace56US #16
#5Madison52US #3
#6Addison50US #28
#7Emily50US #1
#8Olivia49US #7
#9Abigail45US #6
#10Hailey44US #25
#11Alexis41US #14
#12Ella41US #21
#13Taylor39US #23
#14Chloe38US #18
#15Isabella38US #4
#16Elizabeth37US #11
#17Brooklyn36US #66
#18Avery33US #52
#19Sophia32US #9
#20Samantha31US #10
#21Morgan28US #35
#22Nevaeh28US #43
#23Brooke26US #44
#24Kaitlyn26US #41
#25Claire25US #86
#26Sydney25US #34
#27Alyssa24US #19
#28Lauren24US #24
#29Mya24US #102
#30Trinity24US #64
#31Jenna23US #88
#32Paige23US #77
#33Isabelle22US #84
#34Lily22US #33
#35Natalie22US #17
#36Allison21US #47
#37Bailey21US #112
#38Faith21US #62
#39Savannah21US #30
#40Kaylee20US #42
#41Kylie20US #67
#42Sarah20US #15
#43Ashlyn19US #141
#44Brianna19US #20
#45Lillian18US #38
#46Mckenzie18US #166
#47Rachel18US #48
#48Zoey18US #119
#49Jasmine17US #29
#50Lydia17US #130
#51Mackenzie17US #53
#52Mia17US #13
#53Alexa16US #39
#54Anna16US #22
#55Rylee16US #135
#56Makayla15US #45
#57Tessa15
#58Ashley14US #12
#59Jordyn14US #179
#60Leah14US #68
#61Madeline14US #71
#62Megan14US #60
#63Aubrey13US #93
#64Isabel13US #87
#65Jada13US #92
#66Josie13
#67Kennedy13US #115
#68Lilly13US #150
#69Amelia12US #83
#70Gracie12US #103
#71Haley12US #75
#72Jessica12US #32
#73Katelyn12US #61
#74Katherine12US #37
#75Kayla12US #26
#76Keira12US #110
#77Rebecca12US #96
#78Reese12US #161
#79Riley12US #56
#80Sierra12US #140
#81Addisyn11
#82Autumn11US #95
#83Brooklynn11
#84Cadence11
#85Kathryn11US #143
#86Kylee11US #146
#87Macy11
#88Maria11US #46
#89Mariah11US #82
#90Molly11US #105
#91Shelby11US #133
#92Taya11
#93Alexandra10US #40
#94Angel10US #159
#95Angelina10US #49
#96Brenna10
#97Ellie10US #175
#98Gabriella10US #50
#99Jayda10
#100Julia10US #31

Boys

#1Jacob81US #1
#2Ethan76US #4
#3Carter55US #75
#4Logan55US #20
#5Mason55US #40
#6Landon54US #50
#7Hunter53US #54
#8Joshua52US #3
#9Jackson50US #35
#10Samuel50US #25
#11Noah48US #15
#12Andrew46US #7
#13Michael46US #2
#14Alexander45US #12
#15Austin43US #41
#16Aiden42US #32
#17Carson42US #87
#18Benjamin41US #24
#19Caleb41US #34
#20Daniel41US #6
#21Dylan41US #26
#22Gabriel41US #28
#23Jack41US #36
#24Joseph41US #11
#25Matthew40US #5
#26Owen40US #58
#27Zachary40US #33
#28Ryan38US #14
#29Tyler38US #18
#30William38US #10
#31Isaiah37US #39
#32Riley37US #101
#33Connor36US #53
#34Gavin36US #38
#35Kaden36US #92
#36Anthony35US #9
#37Cole35US #84
#38Thomas35US #51
#39Elijah34US #29
#40Isaac34US #48
#41James33US #16
#42Nathan33US #23
#43Brayden32US #79
#44Evan31US #42
#45Wyatt31US #82
#46David29US #13
#47Alex28US #67
#48Hayden28US #73
#49Aidan27US #44
#50Dawson27
#51Ashton26US #121
#52Parker26US #116
#53Cooper25US #113
#54Jonathan25US #22
#55Luke25US #43
#56Nicholas25US #17
#57Charles24US #60
#58Christopher24US #8
#59Lucas24US #59
#60Caden23US #91
#61Ian23US #80
#62Blake22US #97
#63Christian22US #21
#64Cody22US #105
#65Trey22
#66John21US #19
#67Robert21US #47
#68Jesse20US #102
#69Jordan20US #46
#70Adam19US #64
#71Jace19US #187
#72Jayden19US #49
#73Brady18US #106
#74Levi18US #133
#75Lincoln18
#76Tanner18US #142
#77Trevor18US #125
#78Tristan18US #86
#79Colton17US #135
#80Lane17
#81Sean17US #68
#82Spencer17US #184
#83Justin16US #45
#84Payton16
#85Brandon15US #27
#86Conner15US #144
#87Jason15US #55
#88Josiah15US #117
#89Kyle15US #81
#90Max15US #160
#91Seth15US #103
#92Braeden14
#93Jake14US #108
#94Keegan14
#95Paul14US #132
#96Steven14US #90
#97Talan14
#98Ty14
#99Aaron13US #57
#100Ayden13US #119

On the move since 2005

Rising

↑45Faith#38
↑43Bailey#37
↑41Mckenzie#46
↑41Parker#52
↑39Savannah#39
↑35Jasmine#49
↑35Jack#23
↑34Isaiah#31

Falling

↓41Megan#62
↓39Katelyn#73
↓37Kylee#86
↓37Tanner#76
↓32Rebecca#77
↓32Mariah#89
↓32Seth#91
↓31Katherine#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2005 rankings.