Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1981

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1981 were Jennifer for girls (202 babies) and Joshua for boys (202). Joshua ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,918 babies born in South Dakota in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1981

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: 28 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Lacey: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Abby: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jessie: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Heidi: 47 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jill: 39 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kelli: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Mandy: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jodi: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Beth: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Cody: 44 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Tyler: 47 babies, 5× the national rate
Grant: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kelly: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dustin: 102 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jay: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jesse: 109 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lucas: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lance: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jon: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jennifer	202	–	1
2	Jessica	187	–	2
3	Sarah	130	↑2	4
4	Amanda	122	↓1	3
5	Melissa	114	↓1	5
6	Nicole	93	↑2	7
7	Amber	92	↑6	20
8	Sara	89	↑6	26
9	Amy	80	↓3	6
10	Heather	80	↓3	10
11	Rebecca	76	↓2	12
12	Erin	73	–	19
13	Elizabeth	72	↑8	9
14	Angela	67	↓4	15
15	Stephanie	61	↑1	8
16	Laura	58	↑3	21
17	Lisa	57	↓2	18
18	Jamie	50	–	28
19	Katie	50	↓2	44
20	Michelle	49	↓9	11
21	Heidi	47	↑15	84
22	April	46	↑7	25
23	Kimberly	46	↓1	13
24	Andrea	45	↑9	24
25	Kristin	45	↑9	31
26	Tiffany	42	↓2	14
27	Emily	41	–	29
28	Megan	41	↓8	33
29	Jill	39	↑2	78
30	Tara	38	–	45
31	Brooke	36	new	52
32	Rachel	36	↓4	22
33	Mary	34	↑2	27
34	Crystal	33	↓8	16
35	Lindsey	33	new	58
36	Kristen	30	new	38
37	Julie	28	↑1	37
38	Kari	28	↑12	>100
39	Christina	27	↓16	17
40	Kelly	27	↓15	23
41	Leah	27	new	81
42	Carrie	26	↓10	55
43	Lindsay	26	new	47
44	Stacy	25	↓1	65
45	Katherine	24	↑3	39
46	Ashley	23	new	34
47	Danielle	23	new	30
48	Kelli	23	new	>100
49	Shannon	23	↓3	32
50	Dawn	22	↓11	79

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Joshua	202	↑3	6
2	Matthew	189	↑1	3
3	Michael	184	↓2	1
4	Christopher	166	↑2	2
5	Justin	164	↓3	12
6	Ryan	153	↓1	13
7	Jason	150	–	4
8	Eric	112	↑1	17
9	Jesse	109	↑10	37
10	Daniel	103	↑7	10
11	Dustin	102	↑10	42
12	John	102	↓4	8
13	Joseph	102	↑13	11
14	Jeremy	100	↑2	22
15	David	97	↓4	5
16	Adam	94	↑4	20
17	Nicholas	92	↓7	21
18	Travis	92	↓6	40
19	Brian	91	↓5	14
20	Andrew	88	↑3	18
21	James	88	↓6	7
22	Nathan	80	↓4	36
23	Robert	75	↓10	9
24	Thomas	69	↑10	26
25	Chad	68	↑2	47
26	Aaron	67	↓4	30
27	Timothy	58	↑1	24
28	Benjamin	54	↑2	32
29	Scott	54	↓5	34
30	Brandon	52	↓5	19
31	Jeffrey	52	–	29
32	William	52	↓3	15
33	Jonathan	50	↓1	16
34	Anthony	48	↑1	23
35	Tyler	47	↑6	96
36	Steven	46	↑4	28
37	Cody	44	↑10	>100
38	Mark	42	↓5	33
39	Jacob	41	↑4	43
40	Paul	41	↓2	35
41	Richard	41	new	27
42	Derek	38	↓3	53
43	Jared	37	↑1	57
44	Kevin	36	↑1	25
45	Lucas	34	new	89
46	Patrick	33	↓4	38
47	Casey	32	↑1	85
48	Bradley	29	↓12	50
49	Kyle	29	new	52
50	Brett	28	new	79

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