Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1973

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (248 babies) and Jason for boys (251). Jason ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,143 babies born in South Dakota in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1973

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

Kari: 24 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Karla: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Jody: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kristi: 31 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jodi: 31 babies, 4× the national rate
Becky: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Nichole: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Sara: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tanya: 46 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lynn: 15 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Wade: 28 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Darin: 22 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Cory: 36 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Lance: 27 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Heath: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Dustin: 25 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Chad: 169 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Travis: 76 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kelly: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Corey: 34 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	248	–	1
2	Amy	120	–	2
3	Michelle	114	–	3
4	Angela	89	↑3	7
5	Heather	82	↑3	8
6	Melissa	74	–	6
7	Lisa	69	↓3	5
8	Nicole	65	↓3	11
9	Stephanie	61	↑1	9
10	Rebecca	59	↑4	10
11	Julie	54	↑1	12
12	Kimberly	54	↓1	4
13	Dawn	52	↓4	21
14	Tanya	46	↑20	50
15	Susan	40	↓2	25
16	Lori	39	↓1	28
17	Tammy	38	↓1	15
18	Tracy	38	↑6	20
19	Stacy	37	↓2	32
20	Tara	35	↑15	37
21	Tina	35	↑16	24
22	Melanie	34	↑6	43
23	Sarah	34	↑21	35
24	Laura	32	↑1	19
25	Jodi	31	↑2	100
26	Kristi	31	↓7	>100
27	Sara	30	new	89
28	Shannon	30	↓6	22
29	Stacey	29	↓8	41
30	Brenda	28	↓1	53
31	Holly	28	new	54
32	Heidi	26	↓14	65
33	Michele	26	↑9	44
34	Carrie	25	new	46
35	Christina	25	new	16
36	Christine	25	↓13	17
37	Jill	25	↑1	62
38	Mary	25	↓18	14
39	Tamara	25	↑6	66
40	Teresa	25	↓4	45
41	Tonya	25	↑9	36
42	Kari	24	new	>100
43	Kelly	24	new	18
44	Crystal	23	new	48
45	Jessica	23	↑1	34
46	Misty	23	new	90
47	Kristin	22	↓15	78
48	Barbara	21	new	63
49	Elizabeth	21	↓8	13
50	Jody	21	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jason	251	–	3
2	Michael	196	–	1
3	Chad	169	–	25
4	Christopher	161	–	2
5	Brian	142	↑3	8
6	Scott	100	↑1	18
7	Matthew	92	↑12	10
8	James	91	↑1	4
9	David	89	↓3	5
10	Daniel	88	↑2	11
11	Robert	88	↓6	7
12	Eric	85	↑6	13
13	John	84	↓3	6
14	Mark	82	↑3	15
15	Travis	76	↑1	53
16	Ryan	70	↑4	30
17	Kevin	63	↓2	14
18	Jeffrey	60	↓5	17
19	William	58	↑3	9
20	Shawn	57	↑4	27
21	Jeremy	54	↑11	33
22	Troy	54	↓8	59
23	Shane	50	↑7	54
24	Todd	50	↑5	35
25	Richard	49	↓2	16
26	Joseph	46	↑8	12
27	Paul	45	↓6	24
28	Steven	45	↓17	20
29	Thomas	45	↓4	19
30	Charles	44	↑5	23
31	Justin	43	↑2	51
32	Timothy	43	↓6	22
33	Aaron	40	↑8	34
34	Cory	36	↑5	>100
35	Corey	34	new	89
36	Joshua	32	new	42
37	Bradley	30	↓9	62
38	Jon	30	–	94
39	Jonathan	29	new	31
40	Patrick	29	↓13	37
41	Donald	28	new	38
42	Jamie	28	new	70
43	Wade	28	new	>100
44	Andrew	27	↑3	29
45	Anthony	27	↓9	21
46	Gregory	27	↓15	26
47	Lance	27	new	>100
48	Craig	26	↓5	48
49	Nathan	26	↓5	63
50	Brent	25	↓5	80

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