Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1987

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1987 were Ashley for girls (203 babies) and Matthew for boys (153). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,796 babies born in South Dakota in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1987

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

Kelsey: 66 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Lacey: 30 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Chelsey: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Miranda: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Brooke: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Heidi: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kayla: 84 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kelli: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tracy: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Stacy: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Brady: 15 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Tyler: 141 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lucas: 28 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Ross: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Casey: 37 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Logan: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cody: 77 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lee: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Mitchell: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Mathew: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Ashley	203	–	2
2	Amanda	166	–	3
3	Jessica	134	–	1
4	Sarah	119	–	5
5	Jennifer	104	–	4
6	Megan	95	↑1	12
7	Kayla	84	↑9	27
8	Amber	72	↓2	15
9	Samantha	70	↑8	11
10	Danielle	67	↑5	14
11	Heather	67	↑7	9
12	Brittany	66	↓2	7
13	Kelsey	66	↑26	67
14	Emily	61	↓2	19
15	Nicole	60	↓2	8
16	Melissa	57	↓5	13
17	Sara	52	↑4	29
18	Rachel	51	↑7	17
19	Katie	50	↓5	38
20	Rebecca	49	↑2	25
21	Elizabeth	47	↓12	10
22	Laura	46	↓2	22
23	Amy	45	↓4	24
24	Stephanie	44	↓16	6
25	Whitney	42	↑15	32
26	Andrea	40	↑5	36
27	Angela	40	↑1	35
28	Jamie	38	↑7	39
29	Michelle	38	↓6	21
30	Lindsey	37	↓4	41
31	Lisa	37	↑5	40
32	Erin	32	↓5	34
33	Alicia	31	↑1	46
34	Kimberly	30	↓5	23
35	Lacey	30	↑12	>100
36	Tiffany	30	↑1	18
37	Allison	29	↑1	44
38	Christina	29	↓6	20
39	Jenna	29	↓15	57
40	Chelsea	27	new	47
41	Katherine	27	↓11	28
42	Alyssa	26	new	60
43	Kelly	26	↓1	30
44	Brooke	25	new	94
45	Courtney	24	↓12	33
46	Crystal	24	–	26
47	Erica	24	↓2	31
48	Tara	24	↑1	69
49	Anna	23	new	52
50	Mary	22	↓2	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Matthew	153	↑1	3
2	Joshua	150	↑4	4
3	Tyler	141	↑1	39
4	Michael	133	↓3	1
5	Ryan	133	–	13
6	Christopher	126	↓3	2
7	Andrew	113	–	6
8	Kyle	100	↑1	22
9	Justin	95	↑1	9
10	Daniel	93	↓2	7
11	Adam	87	–	27
12	Nicholas	80	↑7	16
13	Cody	77	↑10	49
14	Eric	75	↑2	21
15	James	74	↑9	8
16	David	71	↓4	5
17	Thomas	70	↑12	24
18	Brandon	69	↓4	14
19	Dustin	69	↑3	44
20	Nathan	63	↑1	45
21	Robert	63	↓4	10
22	Derek	62	↑21	54
23	Joseph	62	↓8	12
24	Benjamin	61	↑1	28
25	Zachary	60	↑16	33
26	Aaron	59	↓6	34
27	Jordan	55	↑3	52
28	Jacob	54	↓2	31
29	Jason	54	↓11	23
30	Anthony	52	↑1	17
31	Travis	50	↑3	42
32	John	48	↓19	11
33	Jonathan	48	↓1	18
34	Jeremy	45	↓6	29
35	Brian	44	↓8	20
36	Jesse	43	↑2	55
37	Alex	42	↑12	60
38	Scott	41	new	43
39	Jared	40	↑1	58
40	Steven	39	↓7	25
41	Timothy	38	↓5	26
42	Casey	37	↓7	80
43	Mark	37	↓4	36
44	William	36	↓7	15
45	Paul	35	new	46
46	Kevin	31	new	19
47	Austin	29	↓5	76
48	Jeffrey	28	new	32
49	Lucas	28	new	>100
50	Patrick	28	↓6	41

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