Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1975

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (220 babies) and Jason for boys (232). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,649 babies born in South Dakota in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1975

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: 37 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Jolene: 16 babies, 6× the national rate
Kristi: 39 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Nichole: 23 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jody: 22 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jodi: 38 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kelli: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tricia: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Krista: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Heidi: 36 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Cody: 28 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Darin: 18 babies, 7× the national rate
Kelly: 28 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Heath: 20 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Travis: 90 babies, 5× the national rate
Wade: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lance: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Dustin: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Cory: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Troy: 42 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	220	–	1
2	Amy	144	–	2
3	Heather	129	–	3
4	Angela	108	–	5
5	Michelle	100	–	6
6	Melissa	94	–	4
7	Sarah	75	↑4	17
8	Lisa	68	↓1	8
9	Kimberly	63	–	7
10	Nicole	61	↓2	10
11	Stephanie	61	↑1	9
12	Jessica	57	↑21	13
13	Rebecca	55	–	11
14	Julie	47	–	18
15	Dawn	46	↓5	23
16	Laura	46	↑7	20
17	Sara	41	↑2	54
18	Kristi	39	↑17	>100
19	Tanya	39	↑2	50
20	Jodi	38	↑6	94
21	Kelly	38	↑27	16
22	Carrie	37	↓5	29
23	Kari	37	↑15	>100
24	Heidi	36	↑4	66
25	Lori	35	↓1	39
26	Tara	35	↓4	41
27	Jill	34	↑10	46
28	Amanda	33	new	14
29	Stacy	33	↓14	34
30	Wendy	33	–	33
31	Holly	32	↑3	55
32	Stacey	31	↓3	44
33	Christina	30	↓6	12
34	Andrea	29	new	28
35	Brenda	28	↑1	67
36	Christine	28	↑13	22
37	Elizabeth	27	↓5	15
38	Shannon	27	↓18	21
39	Susan	27	↓23	32
40	Mary	26	↓15	19
41	Denise	25	↑2	64
42	Erin	25	new	38
43	Tiffany	25	new	37
44	Tonya	25	↓4	45
45	April	24	↓14	25
46	Danielle	23	new	42
47	Nichole	23	–	>100
48	Rachel	23	new	26
49	Tina	23	↓31	35
50	Jody	22	–	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jason	232	–	2
2	Michael	217	–	1
3	Ryan	142	↑3	23
4	Christopher	141	↓1	3
5	Chad	130	↓1	27
6	Matthew	119	↑1	9
7	Scott	110	↑2	17
8	Jeremy	109	↑8	24
9	Brian	105	↓4	8
10	David	105	–	5
11	John	103	↓3	7
12	James	101	↓1	4
13	Robert	92	↑7	6
14	Travis	90	↑3	51
15	Daniel	88	↑3	11
16	Joshua	86	↑7	26
17	Justin	75	↑4	37
18	Eric	70	↓5	13
19	Jeffrey	70	↓4	14
20	Mark	68	↓6	19
21	Aaron	63	↑1	32
22	Shawn	55	↑4	31
23	Steven	55	↓11	18
24	Todd	51	↑3	43
25	Joseph	49	↓1	12
26	Timothy	46	↑7	22
27	William	45	↓8	10
28	Bradley	43	↑3	52
29	Nathan	43	–	45
30	Thomas	43	↓5	20
31	Troy	42	↓3	69
32	Shane	41	↓2	57
33	Kevin	40	↓1	15
34	Paul	39	↑6	29
35	Corey	38	↑15	71
36	Jamie	38	new	62
37	Adam	36	↑7	38
38	Andrew	36	↓2	28
39	Benjamin	34	new	36
40	Jonathan	34	↑2	30
41	Richard	34	↓6	16
42	Anthony	31	↓8	21
43	Dustin	30	↓5	96
44	Cory	29	↓7	99
45	Cody	28	new	>100
46	Kelly	28	new	>100
47	Bryan	27	new	47
48	Charles	27	↓3	25
49	Gregory	27	↓8	33
50	Craig	25	↓4	58

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