Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1986

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1986 were Ashley for girls (175 babies) and Michael for boys (189). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 8,837 babies born in South Dakota in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1986

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: 19 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Jill: 26 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Kayla: 57 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kelsey: 28 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Heidi: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Lacey: 24 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kari: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Misty: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jenna: 46 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Miranda: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Wade: 15 babies, 8× the national rate
Brady: 17 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Tyler: 130 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Casey: 44 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Austin: 34 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lance: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Drew: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ross: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Cody: 63 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lee: 15 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Ashley	175	–	2
2	Amanda	150	–	3
3	Jessica	150	–	1
4	Sarah	121	↑2	5
5	Jennifer	107	↓1	4
6	Amber	95	↑7	13
7	Megan	87	↓2	11
8	Stephanie	73	↓1	6
9	Elizabeth	69	↓1	10
10	Brittany	65	↑14	8
11	Melissa	65	–	12
12	Emily	60	↑10	24
13	Nicole	60	↓4	7
14	Katie	58	↑4	38
15	Danielle	57	–	16
16	Kayla	57	↑16	64
17	Samantha	57	↑14	21
18	Heather	55	↓8	9
19	Amy	54	↓7	22
20	Laura	54	–	20
21	Sara	53	↓4	27
22	Rebecca	48	↓3	26
23	Michelle	47	–	23
24	Jenna	46	↑2	55
25	Rachel	45	↓9	15
26	Lindsey	44	↑1	39
27	Erin	39	↓2	30
28	Angela	37	–	33
29	Kimberly	36	↓8	18
30	Katherine	32	↑4	28
31	Andrea	31	↓1	36
32	Christina	31	↑5	19
33	Courtney	31	new	35
34	Alicia	30	↑2	45
35	Jamie	30	↓21	34
36	Lisa	30	↑12	40
37	Tiffany	30	↑4	17
38	Allison	28	↑6	42
39	Kelsey	28	new	>100
40	Whitney	28	new	32
41	Cassandra	27	↑9	60
42	Kelly	27	↓3	29
43	Jill	26	–	>100
44	Kristen	26	↑2	41
45	Erica	25	↓7	31
46	Crystal	24	↓13	25
47	Lacey	24	↓7	>100
48	Mary	24	new	37
49	Tara	24	↓20	56
50	Heidi	23	↓8	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Michael	189	↑1	1
2	Matthew	159	↑1	3
3	Christopher	142	↓2	2
4	Tyler	130	↑2	40
5	Ryan	122	↑5	11
6	Joshua	120	↓2	4
7	Andrew	115	↓2	8
8	Daniel	108	–	6
9	Kyle	101	↑4	23
10	Justin	91	↓3	14
11	Adam	90	↓2	24
12	David	85	↑13	5
13	John	85	↑4	10
14	Brandon	84	↑4	13
15	Joseph	77	↓3	12
16	Eric	74	↑5	22
17	Robert	72	↑7	9
18	Jason	71	↓7	18
19	Nicholas	67	↓4	17
20	Aaron	66	↑2	33
21	Nathan	65	↓2	43
22	Dustin	64	↓6	42
23	Cody	63	–	56
24	James	63	↓4	7
25	Benjamin	56	↑2	30
26	Jacob	54	↑4	31
27	Brian	53	↑1	20
28	Jeremy	53	↓14	28
29	Thomas	53	↑2	26
30	Jordan	52	↑11	53
31	Anthony	50	↑3	19
32	Jonathan	50	–	16
33	Steven	48	↑3	25
34	Travis	47	↓5	49
35	Casey	44	new	83
36	Timothy	43	↑12	27
37	William	43	–	15
38	Jesse	41	↓12	48
39	Mark	40	–	35
40	Jared	39	↑3	58
41	Zachary	35	↓1	38
42	Austin	34	–	90
43	Derek	34	↑3	57
44	Patrick	33	↑3	39
45	Shane	33	new	67
46	Brett	32	new	69
47	Chad	32	↑3	59
48	Shawn	32	new	55
49	Alex	31	new	64
50	Charles	31	new	34

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