State roster

Top names in South Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 2010 South Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,993 South Dakota births in 2010 across 529 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.

#42Kinleyoutside the national top 200
#50Lincoln#199 nationally
#62Hadleyoutside the national top 200
#64Kendraoutside the national top 200
#64Rykeroutside the national top 200
#66Tenleyoutside the national top 200
#68Ashlynnoutside the national top 200
#69Dawsonoutside the national top 200
#71Josieoutside the national top 200
#78Presleyoutside the national top 200
#81Ceciliaoutside the national top 200
#70Josephine#185 nationally

Girls

#1Sophia59US #2
#2Ava56US #5
#3Emma53US #3
#4Isabella51US #1
#5Olivia49US #4
#6Brooklyn40US #34
#7Ella39US #13
#8Avery37US #23
#9Alexis34US #16
#10Chloe34US #9
#11Harper33US #120
#12Addison32US #11
#13Elizabeth31US #12
#14Hannah30US #20
#15Abigail29US #7
#16Anna28US #27
#17Claire28US #53
#18Emily27US #6
#19Hailey27US #19
#20Lillian27US #22
#21Nevaeh27US #25
#22Taylor27US #37
#23Grace24US #18
#24Madison24US #8
#25Peyton23US #51
#26Khloe21US #42
#27Lily21US #17
#28Lucy21US #75
#29Mya21US #101
#30Kaylee20US #35
#31Natalie20US #14
#32Allison19US #38
#33Autumn19US #81
#34Ellie19US #104
#35Leah19US #24
#36Morgan19US #63
#37Aaliyah18US #56
#38Mackenzie18US #68
#39Rylee18US #102
#40Zoey18US #47
#41Aubrey17US #45
#42Kinley17
#43Lydia17US #110
#44Sarah17US #26
#45Alyssa16US #21
#46Mariah16US #97
#47Paige16US #100
#48Payton16US #79
#49Samantha16US #15
#50Sophie16US #59
#51Amelia15US #41
#52Brooklynn15US #142
#53Faith15US #74
#54Isabelle15US #105
#55Jocelyn15US #65
#56Layla15US #36
#57Bailey14US #78
#58Bella14US #48
#59Brooke14US #73
#60Eva14US #91
#61Evelyn14US #39
#62Hadley14
#63Jordyn14US #112
#64Kendra14
#65Sydney14US #60
#66Tenley14
#67Arianna13US #54
#68Ashlynn13
#69Brianna13US #30
#70Josephine13US #185
#71Josie13
#72Kennedy13US #111
#73Lauren13US #58
#74Lilly13US #106
#75Allie12US #189
#76Charlotte12US #46
#77Jenna12US #141
#78Presley12
#79Victoria12US #32
#80Alivia11US #175
#81Cecilia11
#82Clara11US #167
#83Julia11US #55
#84Katelyn11US #103
#85Kylie11US #57
#86Macy11
#87Makenna11
#88Mary11US #108
#89Mckenzie11US #145
#90Savannah11US #44
#91Sierra11
#92Violet11US #122
#93Alaina10
#94Ashlyn10US #157
#95Gabriella10US #33
#96Gracie10US #130
#97Izabella10US #138
#98Kenley10
#99Kinsley10
#100Nora10US #159

Boys

#1Jacob68US #1
#2Mason67US #12
#3Noah63US #7
#4Carter51US #48
#5Landon51US #33
#6Aiden47US #9
#7Benjamin46US #22
#8Gavin46US #38
#9Owen46US #47
#10Ethan45US #2
#11Jackson44US #25
#12Jack43US #45
#13Wyatt40US #57
#14James39US #19
#15Liam39US #30
#16Samuel39US #24
#17Logan38US #17
#18Cooper37US #75
#19Elijah37US #18
#20Evan37US #36
#21William37US #5
#22Joseph36US #20
#23Andrew35US #14
#24Dylan35US #31
#25Lucas35US #35
#26Brody34US #83
#27Isaac34US #39
#28Levi33US #70
#29Alexander32US #6
#30Brayden30US #40
#31Caleb30US #32
#32Carson30US #82
#33John30US #26
#34Blake29US #87
#35Hudson29US #139
#36Jaxon29US #99
#37Michael28US #3
#38Bentley27US #100
#39Colton27US #73
#40Connor27US #49
#41David27US #15
#42Hunter27US #58
#43Joshua27US #11
#44Tyler27US #34
#45Gabriel26US #21
#46Jayden26US #4
#47Luke25US #41
#48Austin24US #64
#49Jace24US #146
#50Lincoln24US #199
#51Eli23US #65
#52Ryan23US #23
#53Ian22US #72
#54Nathan22US #27
#55Nolan22US #104
#56Christian21US #29
#57Easton21US #145
#58Matthew21US #16
#59Thomas21US #62
#60Asher20US #138
#61Cole20US #90
#62Hayden20US #96
#63Justin20US #50
#64Ryker20
#65Zachary20US #61
#66Ashton19US #127
#67Chase19US #66
#68Christopher19US #13
#69Dawson19
#70Jeremiah19US #51
#71Riley19US #105
#72Rylan19US #183
#73Henry18US #67
#74Jonathan18US #28
#75Miles18US #137
#76Anthony17US #10
#77Cameron17US #60
#78Charles17US #63
#79Dominic17US #74
#80Micah17US #108
#81Tristan17US #84
#82Daniel16US #8
#83Parker16US #85
#84Isaiah15US #43
#85Jordan15US #46
#86Kaden15US #106
#87Nicholas15US #37
#88Tucker15
#89Alex14US #93
#90Brady14US #126
#91Braxton14US #170
#92Jaxson14US #172
#93Max14US #98
#94Oliver14US #88
#95Ryder14US #135
#96Trevor14US #167
#97Trey14
#98Aaron13US #55
#99Conner13US #158
#100Grant13US #155

On the move since 2009

Rising

↑66Khloe#26
↑54Allison#32
↑51James#14
↑49Blake#34
↑48Ellie#34
↑46Liam#15
↑46Connor#40
↑41Lincoln#50

Falling

↓50Lauren#73
↓45Riley#71
↓43Daniel#82
↓42Ashlyn#94
↓42Anthony#76
↓42Oliver#94
↓39Katelyn#84
↓33Charles#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2009 rankings.