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Most Popular Names in South Dakota

The most common baby names registered in South Dakota across all years of SSA records, ranked by total birth count. The sparkline for each name shows its national popularity trend from 1880 to present, giving context for when that name was at its peak.

The top 100 names in South Dakota account for 455,736 total birth registrations. Click any name for a full national profile with gender data, decade breakdowns, and distribution across all 50 states.

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# Name Births Trend
1 Robert 18,045
2 James 15,698
3 John 14,511
4 Mary 14,265
5 Michael 12,992
6 David 12,407
7 Richard 10,577
8 William 10,505
9 Donald 9,811
10 Thomas 7,559
11 Charles 6,908
12 Daniel 6,421
13 Kenneth 5,965
14 Steven 5,887
15 Mark 5,814
16 Linda 5,698
17 Joseph 5,657
18 Patricia 5,535
19 Dorothy 5,495
20 Barbara 5,312
21 Paul 5,222
22 Ronald 5,213
23 Carol 4,995
24 Betty 4,874
25 Larry 4,837
26 Gary 4,835
27 Matthew 4,792
28 Donna 4,762
29 Margaret 4,543
30 Christopher 4,519
31 Elizabeth 4,502
32 Jennifer 4,428
33 Dennis 4,347
34 Helen 4,337
35 Karen 4,330
36 Susan 4,315
37 Scott 4,246
38 Douglas 4,112
39 Shirley 4,093
40 Timothy 3,998
41 Brian 3,979
42 Ruth 3,975
43 Jason 3,959
44 George 3,894
45 Joshua 3,729
46 Roger 3,723
47 Nancy 3,716
48 Kevin 3,715
49 Jeffrey 3,694
50 Dale 3,689
51 Andrew 3,682
52 Sandra 3,583
53 Sharon 3,571
54 Ryan 3,560
55 Lisa 3,400
56 Raymond 3,336
57 Harold 3,325
58 Jacob 3,293
59 Julie 3,264
60 Evelyn 3,111
61 Edward 3,106
62 Sarah 3,078
63 Jessica 3,067
64 Wayne 3,059
65 Lois 2,972
66 Terry 2,965
67 Tyler 2,940
68 Debra 2,938
69 Gerald 2,908
70 Joyce 2,853
71 Justin 2,830
72 Kathleen 2,824
73 Amy 2,798
74 Michelle 2,765
75 Jack 2,754
76 Rebecca 2,747
77 Jerry 2,734
78 Patrick 2,717
79 Doris 2,714
80 Beverly 2,676
81 Janet 2,675
82 Alice 2,668
83 Todd 2,601
84 Jean 2,589
85 Eric 2,568
86 Laura 2,561
87 Amanda 2,560
88 Pamela 2,523
89 Benjamin 2,490
90 Anthony 2,447
91 Lori 2,443
92 Marilyn 2,442
93 Phyllis 2,442
94 Janice 2,431
95 Gregory 2,413
96 Judy 2,381
97 Marvin 2,380
98 Keith 2,377
99 Anna 2,376
100 Emily 2,364