Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1971

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (194 babies) and Michael for boys (203). Social Security records list 9,042 babies born in South Dakota in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1971

Names given at least 15 times in South Dakota that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Kristi: 49 babies, 6× the national rate
Kari: 23 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Tami: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Jodi: 36 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Becky: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jody: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tamara: 38 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Vicki: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jill: 42 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Sheila: 31 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Wade: 31 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Darin: 27 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Cory: 33 babies, 6× the national rate
Chad: 159 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kelly: 27 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Travis: 58 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Justin: 34 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bradley: 62 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Troy: 76 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jay: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	194	↑3	1
2	Amy	145	↑1	5
3	Lisa	124	↓2	3
4	Michelle	120	↓2	2
5	Julie	89	↑3	10
6	Angela	79	↑3	6
7	Kimberly	75	↓2	4
8	Tammy	67	↑2	8
9	Dawn	65	↓3	14
10	Heather	65	↑8	12
11	Melissa	63	–	7
12	Lori	59	↓5	25
13	Nicole	56	↑13	27
14	Mary	51	↓2	9
15	Kristi	49	↑2	>100
16	Susan	49	↓3	17
17	Stephanie	47	↓3	11
18	Brenda	46	↓3	43
19	Rebecca	44	↑14	23
20	Tina	43	↓1	20
21	Jill	42	↑16	59
22	Christine	41	↑3	18
23	Teresa	40	↓2	34
24	Stacey	39	new	41
25	Laura	38	↓9	16
26	Tamara	38	↑1	80
27	Jodi	36	↑1	94
28	Stacy	36	↓5	32
29	Karen	32	↑2	15
30	Kristin	32	↑8	71
31	Sheila	31	↑3	81
32	Tracy	31	↓8	13
33	Heidi	30	↑16	77
34	Shannon	30	↓4	21
35	Wendy	30	↓15	29
36	Carrie	27	↑5	55
37	Rhonda	27	↓15	46
38	Patricia	26	↑6	26
39	Ann	25	new	78
40	Debra	25	↑10	57
41	Barbara	24	↓5	47
42	Cynthia	24	new	24
43	Denise	24	↓8	36
44	Paula	24	↑2	63
45	Elizabeth	23	↑3	19
46	Kari	23	↓4	>100
47	Michele	23	↓4	39
48	Nancy	23	↓9	52
49	Sandra	23	↓20	31
50	Cindy	22	new	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	203	–	1
2	Jason	199	–	8
3	Chad	159	↑4	29
4	Scott	151	↓1	10
5	David	148	↓1	3
6	Robert	129	–	5
7	John	120	↑1	4
8	James	118	↓3	2
9	Brian	114	↑2	9
10	Christopher	108	↑6	6
11	Todd	85	↑1	30
12	Mark	82	↓3	13
13	Jeffrey	80	↓3	12
14	Daniel	78	↑1	20
15	Troy	76	↓2	46
16	Steven	75	↓2	16
17	Matthew	71	↑3	19
18	Shawn	71	↑13	28
19	Eric	69	↑5	18
20	Paul	67	↓1	24
21	Thomas	65	↓4	17
22	Timothy	63	–	21
23	Bradley	62	↑2	58
24	William	61	↓3	7
25	Travis	58	↑2	61
26	Richard	57	↓8	11
27	Kevin	54	↓4	14
28	Patrick	42	↑4	35
29	Shane	41	↑8	60
30	Gregory	39	–	26
31	Aaron	38	new	41
32	Ryan	38	new	51
33	Craig	37	↑2	43
34	Terry	35	↑4	56
35	Joseph	34	↓7	15
36	Justin	34	new	>100
37	Cory	33	↑13	>100
38	Charles	32	↓12	22
39	Anthony	31	↓6	23
40	Wade	31	↑5	>100
41	Corey	30	↑1	77
42	Douglas	30	↓13	39
43	Lance	30	↓3	98
44	Jay	29	↓1	>100
45	Joel	28	↑3	86
46	Keith	28	new	37
47	Darin	27	new	>100
48	Kelly	27	↓1	>100
49	Kenneth	27	↓10	25
50	Ronald	26	new	31

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