Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1974

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (221 babies) and Jason for boys (249). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,569 babies born in South Dakota in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1974

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

Jolene: 23 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Kari: 28 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Nichole: 23 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jody: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Becky: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jodi: 34 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kristi: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Shelly: 26 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Sara: 38 babies, 3× the national rate
Tricia: 16 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Cody: 23 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Wade: 27 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Heath: 21 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Darin: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Dustin: 31 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Cory: 32 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kelly: 24 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Travis: 75 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Chad: 158 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dean: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	221	–	1
2	Amy	121	–	2
3	Heather	100	↑2	4
4	Angela	91	–	5
5	Michelle	86	↓2	3
6	Melissa	82	–	7
7	Lisa	79	–	8
8	Nicole	77	–	11
9	Kimberly	66	↑3	6
10	Dawn	65	↑3	22
11	Sarah	61	↑12	20
12	Stephanie	59	↓3	9
13	Rebecca	57	↓3	10
14	Julie	50	↓3	14
15	Stacy	45	↑4	38
16	Susan	44	↓1	27
17	Carrie	41	↑17	42
18	Tina	39	↑3	25
19	Sara	38	↑8	61
20	Shannon	38	↑8	18
21	Tanya	38	↓7	46
22	Tara	38	↓2	39
23	Laura	37	↑1	21
24	Lori	37	↓8	30
25	Mary	37	↑13	13
26	Jodi	34	↓1	91
27	Christina	31	↑8	16
28	Heidi	31	↑4	60
29	Stacey	31	–	48
30	Wendy	31	new	32
31	April	30	new	28
32	Elizabeth	30	↑17	12
33	Jessica	30	↑12	17
34	Holly	29	↓3	56
35	Kristi	29	↓9	>100
36	Brenda	28	↓6	59
37	Jill	28	–	58
38	Kari	28	↑4	>100
39	Tammy	28	↓22	24
40	Tonya	28	↑1	37
41	Tracy	27	↓23	23
42	Shelly	26	new	>100
43	Denise	25	new	53
44	Melanie	24	↓22	51
45	Jolene	23	new	>100
46	Misty	23	–	66
47	Nichole	23	new	>100
48	Kelly	22	↓5	15
49	Christine	21	↓13	19
50	Jody	21	–	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jason	249	–	2
2	Michael	191	–	1
3	Christopher	159	↑1	3
4	Chad	158	↓1	26
5	Brian	117	–	8
6	Ryan	116	↑10	25
7	Matthew	112	–	9
8	John	105	↑5	6
9	Scott	103	↓3	18
10	David	102	↓1	4
11	James	97	↓3	5
12	Steven	84	↑16	19
13	Eric	83	↓1	13
14	Mark	83	–	16
15	Jeffrey	77	↑3	15
16	Jeremy	75	↑5	24
17	Travis	75	↓2	54
18	Daniel	71	↓8	11
19	William	71	–	10
20	Robert	67	↓9	7
21	Justin	64	↑10	43
22	Aaron	63	↑11	32
23	Joshua	63	↑13	29
24	Joseph	53	↑2	12
25	Thomas	51	↑4	20
26	Shawn	48	↓6	30
27	Todd	42	↓3	39
28	Troy	41	↓6	63
29	Nathan	40	↑20	52
30	Shane	40	↓7	56
31	Bradley	39	↑6	58
32	Kevin	39	↓15	14
33	Timothy	39	↓1	22
34	Anthony	38	↑11	21
35	Richard	34	↓10	17
36	Andrew	32	↑8	28
37	Cory	32	↓3	>100
38	Dustin	31	new	>100
39	Brent	30	↑11	76
40	Paul	30	↓13	27
41	Gregory	29	↑5	31
42	Jonathan	29	↓3	33
43	Patrick	29	↓3	38
44	Adam	27	new	36
45	Charles	27	↓15	23
46	Craig	27	↑2	57
47	Jesse	27	new	67
48	Jon	27	↓10	94
49	Wade	27	↓6	>100
50	Corey	26	↓15	77

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