Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1976

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (220 babies) and Jason for boys (262). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,985 babies born in South Dakota in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1976

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

Nichole: 27 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Becky: 18 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Heidi: 51 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kristi: 29 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jody: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kari: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kelli: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kara: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Sara: 61 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Amber: 43 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Wade: 18 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Cody: 19 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Tyler: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Troy: 46 babies, 4× the national rate
Cory: 38 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jay: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kelly: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Travis: 78 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Chad: 131 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Corey: 48 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	220	–	1
2	Amy	141	–	2
3	Heather	127	–	4
4	Angela	109	–	5
5	Melissa	105	↑1	3
6	Sarah	93	↑1	15
7	Jessica	81	↑5	8
8	Michelle	73	↓3	6
9	Nicole	72	↑1	13
10	Stephanie	65	↑1	11
11	Lisa	63	↓3	9
12	Rebecca	61	↑1	12
13	Sara	61	↑4	27
14	Laura	58	↑2	20
15	Kimberly	55	↓6	7
16	Heidi	51	↑8	70
17	Amanda	48	↑11	10
18	Julie	48	↓4	21
19	Carrie	45	↑3	28
20	Shannon	44	↑18	17
21	Amber	43	new	49
22	Erin	43	↑20	24
23	Andrea	42	↑11	25
24	Christina	42	↑9	14
25	Elizabeth	40	↑12	16
26	Jill	39	↑1	52
27	Stacy	38	↑2	38
28	Rachel	36	↑20	23
29	Wendy	35	↑1	39
30	Jamie	34	new	18
31	Dawn	33	↓16	35
32	Tanya	32	↓13	61
33	Tara	32	↓7	42
34	Kelly	31	↓13	19
35	April	30	↑10	30
36	Kristi	29	↓18	>100
37	Danielle	28	↑9	33
38	Jaime	28	new	29
39	Mary	27	↑1	22
40	Nichole	27	↑7	>100
41	Michele	26	new	63
42	Misty	26	new	46
43	Teresa	26	new	66
44	Tracy	26	new	37
45	Christine	25	↓9	26
46	Brenda	24	↓11	77
47	Emily	24	new	50
48	Denise	23	↓7	69
49	Tina	23	–	48
50	Tonya	22	↓6	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jason	262	–	2
2	Michael	188	–	1
3	Christopher	154	↑1	3
4	Ryan	147	↓1	16
5	Matthew	134	↑1	9
6	Chad	131	↓1	29
7	Jeremy	116	↑1	14
8	David	109	↑2	4
9	Eric	102	↑9	13
10	Brian	101	↓1	8
11	Joshua	92	↑5	18
12	Scott	90	↓5	24
13	John	87	↓2	6
14	Daniel	85	↑1	10
15	Robert	80	↓2	7
16	James	78	↓4	5
17	Travis	78	↓3	46
18	Jeffrey	70	↑1	17
19	Justin	70	↓2	33
20	Nathan	66	↑9	39
21	Mark	65	↓1	25
22	Steven	61	↑1	20
23	Aaron	58	↓2	30
24	William	55	↑3	11
25	Shawn	54	↓3	34
26	Timothy	54	–	21
27	Joseph	52	↓2	12
28	Thomas	52	↑2	23
29	Paul	50	↑5	28
30	Benjamin	49	↑9	32
31	Corey	48	↑4	64
32	Troy	46	↓1	73
33	Shane	43	↓1	57
34	Bradley	42	↓6	51
35	Kevin	42	↓2	15
36	Jesse	41	new	55
37	Andrew	40	↑1	27
38	Cory	38	↑6	83
39	Adam	36	↓2	36
40	Anthony	35	↑2	22
41	Jonathan	35	↓1	31
42	Dustin	33	↑1	82
43	Richard	32	↓2	19
44	Patrick	31	new	41
45	Bryan	30	↑2	43
46	Jamie	30	↓10	62
47	Brent	28	new	78
48	Charles	28	–	26
49	Todd	27	↓25	50
50	Kyle	26	new	80

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