Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1983

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (175 babies) and Matthew for boys (220). Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,724 babies born in South Dakota in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1983

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, 7× the national rate
Kayla: 49 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Abby: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Heidi: 36 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lacey: 28 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Beth: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Alison: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Miranda: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Tasha: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jill: 22 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Darin: 15 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Wade: 15 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Tyler: 87 babies, 5× the national rate
Cole: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Ross: 19 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Cody: 44 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Austin: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Luke: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Mathew: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Brett: 40 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	175	–	1
2	Jessica	163	–	2
3	Amanda	141	↑1	3
4	Sarah	135	↓1	5
5	Ashley	131	↑20	4
6	Amber	108	↑2	17
7	Nicole	94	–	7
8	Megan	87	↑28	21
9	Melissa	85	↓4	6
10	Heather	84	↑4	9
11	Amy	76	↓2	12
12	Elizabeth	69	↓1	10
13	Sara	68	↑3	31
14	Stephanie	68	↑5	8
15	Michelle	66	–	13
16	Erin	63	↓4	18
17	Angela	61	↓11	22
18	Rebecca	61	↓8	19
19	Laura	59	↑1	23
20	Rachel	56	↑3	20
21	Jamie	53	↓3	28
22	Lisa	52	↓5	27
23	Kayla	49	↑12	81
24	Lindsey	49	↑3	35
25	Emily	46	↓12	25
26	Katie	44	↓2	45
27	Andrea	43	↓6	30
28	Kari	37	↑14	>100
29	Danielle	36	↑9	29
30	Heidi	36	↑1	95
31	Tara	36	↑2	51
32	Crystal	35	↓6	11
33	Kristin	34	↓11	42
34	Alicia	33	new	41
35	Kimberly	32	↓7	15
36	Lindsay	32	↑5	36
37	Samantha	32	↑11	40
38	Christina	31	↑9	16
39	Kelly	31	↑5	26
40	Katherine	29	–	34
41	Lacey	28	↑4	>100
42	Tiffany	25	↓8	14
43	Carrie	24	–	65
44	Anna	23	↓7	55
45	Christine	23	new	47
46	Leslie	23	new	67
47	Shannon	23	↓1	38
48	Holly	22	new	48
49	Jill	22	↓19	98
50	Stacy	22	new	61

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Matthew	220	–	3
2	Christopher	177	↑1	2
3	Michael	168	↑1	1
4	Joshua	157	↓2	5
5	Ryan	142	↑2	13
6	Justin	138	–	12
7	Jason	132	↓2	7
8	Adam	122	–	18
9	Andrew	116	↑7	15
10	John	109	↑8	9
11	David	108	↓2	4
12	Daniel	105	↑1	8
13	Dustin	88	↓1	43
14	Eric	87	↑7	20
15	Tyler	87	↑14	57
16	Nicholas	83	↓1	21
17	Aaron	82	↑5	29
18	Nathan	81	↑6	40
19	Robert	80	↓8	10
20	Brian	78	↓10	14
21	Brandon	77	↑4	17
22	James	77	↓8	6
23	Joseph	77	↓6	11
24	Travis	76	↓4	41
25	Kyle	71	↑10	34
26	Jeremy	66	↓7	30
27	Benjamin	64	↑7	32
28	Jesse	64	↓5	46
29	Thomas	63	↑4	24
30	Jeffrey	61	–	28
31	Scott	60	↑10	38
32	Mark	58	↓1	31
33	Chad	57	↑3	49
34	William	55	↑13	16
35	Derek	54	↑2	51
36	Anthony	52	↑2	22
37	Jonathan	52	↓10	19
38	Steven	48	↓10	23
39	Cody	44	–	81
40	Jared	41	↑10	56
41	Brett	40	↑1	73
42	Jacob	37	↓2	36
43	Kevin	37	–	25
44	Timothy	37	↓18	26
45	Patrick	36	↓1	37
46	Bradley	34	↑2	52
47	Paul	31	↓15	39
48	Shawn	31	↑1	53
49	Casey	30	↓4	90
50	Richard	30	↓4	27

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