Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1985

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1985 were Ashley for girls (164 babies) and Christopher for boys (188). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,254 babies born in South Dakota in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1985

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: 34 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Jill: 26 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Lacey: 27 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Heidi: 26 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kari: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kelli: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Miranda: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Alyssa: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Misty: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Molly: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Brady: 18 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Bryce: 17 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Austin: 39 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Luke: 38 babies, 5× the national rate
Levi: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Ross: 23 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Tyler: 121 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lance: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Cody: 70 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lucas: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Ashley	164	↑2	2
2	Amanda	159	↑2	4
3	Jessica	155	↓2	1
4	Jennifer	120	↓2	3
5	Megan	112	↑3	10
6	Sarah	97	↑1	5
7	Stephanie	87	↑8	6
8	Elizabeth	85	↑12	9
9	Nicole	83	↑1	7
10	Heather	82	↓5	8
11	Melissa	70	↓5	11
12	Amy	66	–	20
13	Amber	63	↓4	16
14	Jamie	62	↑10	27
15	Danielle	59	↓2	18
16	Rachel	56	↑2	13
17	Sara	56	↑9	30
18	Katie	54	↓7	39
19	Rebecca	54	–	25
20	Laura	51	↓6	14
21	Kimberly	49	↑6	19
22	Emily	48	↑6	24
23	Michelle	48	↓1	22
24	Brittany	45	↑21	17
25	Erin	42	↓4	26
26	Jenna	41	↓1	50
27	Lindsey	40	↓10	37
28	Angela	37	↓5	31
29	Tara	37	↑1	51
30	Andrea	35	↓14	33
31	Samantha	35	↑1	29
32	Kayla	34	↓3	>100
33	Crystal	31	↓2	21
34	Katherine	29	↑2	32
35	Lindsay	28	new	40
36	Alicia	27	↓2	45
37	Christina	27	↑10	12
38	Erica	27	new	34
39	Kelly	27	↓1	28
40	Lacey	27	–	>100
41	Tiffany	27	↓4	23
42	Heidi	26	new	>100
43	Jill	26	new	>100
44	Allison	24	new	46
45	Anna	24	new	54
46	Kristen	24	new	38
47	Kristin	24	↓4	49
48	Lisa	24	↓13	36
49	April	22	↓10	47
50	Cassandra	21	new	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Christopher	188	↑3	2
2	Michael	172	↑1	1
3	Matthew	169	↓2	3
4	Joshua	160	↓2	4
5	Andrew	123	↑1	11
6	Tyler	121	↑4	43
7	Justin	113	↑7	15
8	Daniel	112	↓1	5
9	Adam	107	↓4	22
10	Ryan	105	↓2	12
11	Jason	101	↓2	14
12	Joseph	92	↑4	10
13	Kyle	92	↑2	27
14	Jeremy	89	↑14	30
15	Nicholas	88	↓4	19
16	Dustin	87	↓4	41
17	John	87	↑2	9
18	Brandon	80	↑2	13
19	Nathan	79	↓2	40
20	James	78	↑4	7
21	Eric	77	↓3	21
22	Aaron	75	↑4	33
23	Cody	70	↓1	52
24	Robert	70	↑3	8
25	David	68	↓12	6
26	Jesse	61	↑5	51
27	Benjamin	59	↑14	31
28	Brian	59	↓5	18
29	Travis	57	↓8	46
30	Jacob	54	↓1	35
31	Thomas	53	↑2	25
32	Jonathan	51	↓2	17
33	Jeffrey	50	↑1	29
34	Anthony	48	↓2	20
35	Scott	48	–	44
36	Steven	48	↑4	24
37	William	48	↓1	16
38	Kevin	42	–	23
39	Mark	42	–	32
40	Zachary	41	↑2	39
41	Jordan	40	↑8	62
42	Austin	39	new	>100
43	Jared	39	–	58
44	Luke	38	new	>100
45	Paul	38	new	42
46	Derek	37	↓9	56
47	Patrick	36	–	37
48	Timothy	35	↓23	26
49	Bradley	31	↑1	53
50	Chad	30	↓5	57

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