Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1972

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (207 babies) and Jason for boys (213). Jason ranked #7 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,273 babies born in South Dakota in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1972

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: 37 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Tami: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Becky: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Jodi: 31 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Nichole: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Vicki: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kristine: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Heidi: 38 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ann: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lynn: 17 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Darin: 32 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Wade: 23 babies, 8× the national rate
Cory: 30 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Heath: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Travis: 65 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kelly: 24 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Chad: 167 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Troy: 68 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jon: 31 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bradley: 43 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	207	–	1
2	Amy	126	–	5
3	Michelle	119	↑1	2
4	Lisa	107	↓1	3
5	Nicole	80	↑8	10
6	Melissa	75	↑5	7
7	Angela	70	↓1	6
8	Heather	58	↑2	9
9	Dawn	57	–	20
10	Stephanie	57	↑7	8
11	Kimberly	56	↓4	4
12	Julie	50	↓7	12
13	Susan	50	↑3	24
14	Rebecca	47	↑5	14
15	Lori	45	↓3	28
16	Tammy	43	↓8	11
17	Stacy	41	↑11	33
18	Heidi	38	↑15	64
19	Kristi	37	↓4	>100
20	Mary	37	↓6	13
21	Stacey	37	↑3	41
22	Shannon	35	↑12	22
23	Christine	34	↓1	16
24	Tracy	33	↑8	19
25	Laura	32	–	17
26	Denise	31	↑17	35
27	Jodi	31	–	97
28	Melanie	30	new	42
29	Brenda	28	↓11	44
30	Karen	28	↓1	21
31	Ann	26	↑8	91
32	Kristin	26	↓2	67
33	Pamela	26	new	34
34	Tanya	26	new	54
35	Tara	26	new	38
36	Teresa	26	↓13	39
37	Tina	26	↓17	18
38	Jill	24	↓17	62
39	Paula	24	↑5	72
40	Sandra	24	↑9	31
41	Elizabeth	23	↑4	15
42	Michele	23	↑5	36
43	Nancy	23	↑5	63
44	Sarah	23	new	49
45	Tamara	23	↓19	84
46	Jessica	22	new	46
47	Shelly	22	new	94
48	Kristine	21	new	>100
49	Rhonda	21	↓12	60
50	Tonya	21	new	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jason	213	↑1	7
2	Michael	207	↓1	1
3	Chad	167	–	25
4	Christopher	142	↑6	2
5	Robert	125	↑1	6
6	David	118	↓1	4
7	Scott	115	↓3	11
8	Brian	110	↑1	8
9	James	104	↓1	3
10	John	94	↓3	5
11	Steven	91	↑5	19
12	Daniel	85	↑2	15
13	Jeffrey	76	–	17
14	Troy	68	↑1	49
15	Kevin	67	↑12	13
16	Travis	65	↑9	57
17	Mark	62	↓5	18
18	Eric	61	↑1	16
19	Matthew	58	↓2	10
20	Ryan	58	↑12	39
21	Paul	57	↓1	24
22	William	54	↑2	9
23	Richard	52	↑3	14
24	Shawn	50	↓6	28
25	Thomas	48	↓4	20
26	Timothy	48	↓4	21
27	Patrick	44	↑1	35
28	Bradley	43	↓5	61
29	Todd	43	↓18	31
30	Shane	42	↓1	55
31	Gregory	41	↓1	26
32	Jeremy	38	new	42
33	Justin	38	↑3	60
34	Joseph	36	↑1	12
35	Charles	34	↑3	23
36	Anthony	32	↑3	22
37	Darin	32	↑10	>100
38	Jon	31	new	89
39	Cory	30	↓2	>100
40	Douglas	29	↑2	43
41	Aaron	28	↓10	40
42	Brett	27	new	80
43	Craig	26	↓10	46
44	Nathan	26	new	79
45	Brent	25	new	77
46	Dennis	25	new	52
47	Andrew	24	new	30
48	Kelly	24	–	>100
49	Larry	24	new	47
50	Ronald	24	–	32

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