Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1984

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1984 were Jessica for girls (166 babies) and Matthew for boys (220). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,614 babies born in South Dakota in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1984

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

Kayla: 42 babies, 6× the national rate
Kelsey: 22 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Lacey: 29 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Abby: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Beth: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kari: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Katie: 69 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Nichole: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Heidi: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cassie: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Darin: 16 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Cole: 22 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Lucas: 36 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Kelly: 17 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Cody: 76 babies, 5× the national rate
Levi: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Trevor: 33 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Tyler: 103 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lance: 25 babies, 4× the national rate
Luke: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Jessica	166	↑1	2
2	Jennifer	156	↓1	1
3	Ashley	155	↑2	3
4	Amanda	151	↓1	4
5	Heather	92	↑5	9
6	Melissa	91	↑3	8
7	Sarah	89	↓3	5
8	Megan	88	–	11
9	Amber	71	↓3	18
10	Nicole	70	↓3	7
11	Katie	69	↑15	44
12	Amy	67	↓1	13
13	Danielle	67	↑16	16
14	Laura	61	↑5	19
15	Stephanie	61	↓1	6
16	Andrea	60	↑11	28
17	Lindsey	58	↑7	35
18	Rachel	58	↑2	15
19	Rebecca	58	↓1	23
20	Elizabeth	57	↓8	10
21	Erin	53	↓5	25
22	Michelle	53	↓7	17
23	Angela	48	↓6	26
24	Jamie	47	↓3	31
25	Jenna	45	new	54
26	Sara	45	↓13	32
27	Kimberly	43	↑8	22
28	Emily	42	↓3	24
29	Kayla	42	↓6	100
30	Tara	41	↑1	49
31	Crystal	39	↑1	12
32	Samantha	37	↑5	39
33	Stacy	36	↑17	67
34	Alicia	35	–	40
35	Lisa	35	↓13	29
36	Katherine	33	↑4	30
37	Tiffany	33	↑5	14
38	Kelly	31	↑1	27
39	April	29	new	42
40	Lacey	29	↑1	>100
41	Shannon	29	↑6	37
42	Holly	28	↑6	53
43	Kristin	28	↓10	47
44	Kathryn	27	new	48
45	Brittany	24	new	41
46	Carrie	24	↓3	78
47	Christina	24	↓9	20
48	Nichole	24	new	97
49	Tracy	24	new	91
50	Chelsea	23	new	84

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Matthew	220	–	3
2	Joshua	185	↑2	4
3	Michael	176	–	1
4	Christopher	151	↓2	2
5	Adam	136	↑3	18
6	Andrew	119	↑3	14
7	Daniel	114	↑5	6
8	Ryan	111	↓3	12
9	Jason	109	↓2	11
10	Tyler	103	↑5	47
11	Nicholas	96	↑5	20
12	Dustin	95	↑1	41
13	David	89	↓2	5
14	Justin	89	↓8	13
15	Kyle	85	↑10	34
16	Joseph	84	↑7	10
17	Nathan	83	↑1	38
18	Eric	79	↓4	22
19	John	78	↓9	8
20	Brandon	77	↑1	15
21	Travis	77	↑3	42
22	Cody	76	↑17	62
23	Brian	75	↓3	17
24	James	73	↓2	7
25	Timothy	69	↑19	26
26	Aaron	66	↓9	29
27	Robert	63	↓8	9
28	Jeremy	62	↓2	31
29	Jacob	61	↑13	37
30	Jonathan	61	↑7	19
31	Jesse	60	↓3	50
32	Anthony	58	↑4	21
33	Thomas	54	↓4	25
34	Jeffrey	49	↓4	28
35	Scott	48	↓4	39
36	William	46	↓2	16
37	Derek	45	↓2	52
38	Kevin	45	↑5	24
39	Mark	45	↓7	32
40	Steven	45	↓2	23
41	Benjamin	44	↓14	30
42	Zachary	43	new	45
43	Jared	41	↓3	59
44	Richard	41	↑6	27
45	Chad	39	↓12	51
46	Lucas	36	new	>100
47	Patrick	35	↓2	36
48	Trevor	33	new	>100
49	Jordan	32	new	65
50	Bradley	28	↓4	53

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