Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1982

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (213 babies) and Matthew for boys (194). Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 10,094 babies born in South Dakota in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1982

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

Abby: 25 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Kayla: 36 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kari: 31 babies, 5× the national rate
Jill: 40 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lacey: 29 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Heidi: 39 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kristi: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kelli: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Molly: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jaime: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Levi: 19 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Cody: 45 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kelly: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Tyler: 54 babies, 4× the national rate
Dustin: 97 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Brett: 39 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Casey: 32 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Troy: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lucas: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lee: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	213	–	1
2	Jessica	196	–	2
3	Sarah	161	–	4
4	Amanda	146	–	3
5	Melissa	98	–	5
6	Angela	97	↑8	16
7	Nicole	97	↓1	6
8	Amber	95	↓1	18
9	Amy	83	–	10
10	Rebecca	82	↑1	15
11	Elizabeth	73	↑2	8
12	Erin	72	–	20
13	Emily	68	↑14	24
14	Heather	67	↓4	12
15	Michelle	67	↑5	11
16	Sara	61	↓8	28
17	Lisa	59	–	23
18	Jamie	57	–	29
19	Stephanie	56	↓4	7
20	Laura	53	↓4	22
21	Andrea	50	↑3	27
22	Kristin	49	↑3	37
23	Rachel	49	↑9	21
24	Katie	48	↓5	45
25	Ashley	47	↑21	17
26	Crystal	44	↑8	9
27	Lindsey	43	↑8	40
28	Kimberly	42	↓5	14
29	April	40	↓7	32
30	Jill	40	↓1	89
31	Heidi	39	↓10	86
32	Mary	38	↑1	30
33	Tara	37	↓3	47
34	Tiffany	37	↓8	13
35	Kayla	36	new	>100
36	Megan	36	↓8	34
37	Anna	32	new	56
38	Danielle	32	↑9	31
39	Julie	32	↓2	41
40	Katherine	32	↑5	36
41	Lindsay	32	↑2	39
42	Kari	31	↓4	>100
43	Carrie	30	↓1	57
44	Kelly	29	↓4	25
45	Lacey	29	new	>100
46	Shannon	28	↑3	38
47	Christina	27	↓8	19
48	Samantha	27	new	44
49	Leah	26	↓8	79
50	Abby	25	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Matthew	194	↑1	3
2	Joshua	184	↓1	7
3	Christopher	174	↑1	2
4	Michael	159	↓1	1
5	Jason	144	↑2	4
6	Justin	143	↓1	12
7	Ryan	142	↓1	13
8	Adam	114	↑8	19
9	David	104	↑6	5
10	Brian	99	↑9	14
11	Robert	99	↑12	9
12	Dustin	97	↓1	42
13	Daniel	95	↓3	10
14	James	95	↑7	6
15	Nicholas	95	↑2	22
16	Andrew	93	↑4	17
17	Joseph	88	↓4	11
18	John	85	↓6	8
19	Jeremy	82	↓5	28
20	Travis	80	↓2	39
21	Eric	74	↓13	20
22	Aaron	73	↑4	30
23	Jesse	73	↓14	43
24	Nathan	72	↓2	36
25	Brandon	69	↑5	18
26	Timothy	66	↑1	24
27	Jonathan	64	↑6	16
28	Steven	63	↑8	26
29	Tyler	54	↑6	66
30	Jeffrey	53	↑1	29
31	Mark	53	↑7	32
32	Paul	52	↑8	35
33	Thomas	52	↓9	23
34	Benjamin	51	↓6	33
35	Kyle	48	↑14	47
36	Chad	47	↓11	48
37	Derek	47	↑5	50
38	Anthony	45	↓4	21
39	Cody	45	↓2	95
40	Jacob	44	↓1	41
41	Scott	41	↓12	34
42	Brett	39	↑8	72
43	Kevin	37	↑1	25
44	Patrick	37	↑2	37
45	Casey	32	↑2	86
46	Richard	32	↓5	27
47	William	31	↓15	15
48	Bradley	29	–	51
49	Shawn	29	new	52
50	Jared	28	↓7	54

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