Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1977

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (208 babies) and Jason for boys (233). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,344 babies born in South Dakota in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1977

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

Becky: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kari: 32 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Nichole: 30 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Heidi: 50 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jodi: 37 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jody: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Mandy: 30 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kendra: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ann: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Paula: 17 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Wade: 23 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Cody: 24 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Dean: 16 babies, 6× the national rate
Travis: 91 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lance: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dale: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cory: 46 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kelly: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tyler: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Troy: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	208	–	1
2	Amy	154	–	3
3	Heather	121	–	5
4	Jessica	114	↑3	4
5	Angela	104	↓1	6
6	Sarah	92	–	11
7	Melissa	84	↓2	2
8	Michelle	82	–	7
9	Nicole	72	–	15
10	Stephanie	68	–	14
11	Sara	67	↑2	27
12	Lisa	66	↓1	12
13	Rebecca	65	↓1	17
14	Kimberly	60	↑1	8
15	Amanda	55	↑2	9
16	Heidi	50	–	81
17	Elizabeth	49	↑8	13
18	Amber	48	↑3	33
19	Jamie	48	↑11	18
20	Carrie	47	↓1	28
21	Stacy	47	↑6	42
22	Julie	43	↓4	22
23	Erin	42	↓1	23
24	Laura	41	↓10	20
25	Jill	39	↑1	41
26	Tara	39	↑7	35
27	Kelly	38	↑7	10
28	Shannon	38	↓8	19
29	Christina	37	↓5	16
30	Jodi	37	new	>100
31	Dawn	35	–	43
32	Emily	33	↑15	37
33	Rachel	33	↓5	26
34	Kari	32	new	>100
35	Andrea	31	↓12	24
36	Misty	31	↑6	40
37	Tracy	31	↑7	50
38	Mandy	30	new	94
39	Nichole	30	↑1	>100
40	Crystal	29	new	25
41	Lori	29	new	57
42	Mary	27	↓3	21
43	Wendy	27	↓14	49
44	Christine	26	↑1	30
45	Melanie	26	new	53
46	April	25	↓11	29
47	Danielle	25	↓10	31
48	Susan	25	new	45
49	Katherine	24	new	44
50	Stacey	24	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jason	233	–	2
2	Michael	201	–	1
3	Ryan	186	↑1	16
4	Matthew	168	↑1	9
5	Jeremy	163	↑2	15
6	Christopher	157	↓3	3
7	David	127	↑1	4
8	Joshua	123	↑3	14
9	Brian	109	↑1	8
10	Eric	104	↓1	17
11	John	102	↑2	7
12	Chad	96	↓6	34
13	Travis	91	↑4	44
14	James	88	↑2	5
15	Justin	85	↑4	30
16	Robert	81	↓1	6
17	Scott	77	↓5	27
18	Joseph	74	↑9	10
19	Daniel	73	↓5	11
20	Nathan	70	–	36
21	Steven	67	↑1	23
22	Aaron	65	↑1	32
23	Jeffrey	65	↓5	19
24	Adam	63	↑15	33
25	Kevin	61	↑10	13
26	Mark	58	↓5	25
27	Timothy	58	↓1	18
28	Jesse	55	↑8	54
29	Andrew	51	↑8	24
30	Shawn	48	↓5	37
31	Benjamin	47	↓1	29
32	Cory	46	↑6	67
33	Thomas	45	↓5	22
34	Richard	44	↑9	20
35	Anthony	41	↑5	21
36	William	40	↓12	12
37	Charles	39	↑11	26
38	Brandon	38	new	41
39	Corey	38	↓8	52
40	Jared	37	new	76
41	Paul	37	↓12	31
42	Troy	34	↓10	88
43	Shane	32	↓10	61
44	Todd	32	↑5	50
45	Jamie	31	↑1	82
46	Bryan	30	↓1	42
47	Jonathan	29	↓6	28
48	Jacob	28	new	56
49	Brent	27	↓2	85
50	Dustin	25	↓8	81

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