Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1988

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1988 were Ashley for girls (162 babies) and Michael for boys (141). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 8,427 babies born in South Dakota in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1988

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: 23 babies, 9× the national rate
Heidi: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kelli: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lacey: 21 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kelsey: 50 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Chelsey: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Paige: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Katie: 58 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tara: 35 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Miranda: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Tanner: 24 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Brady: 18 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Trevor: 36 babies, 4× the national rate
Tyler: 126 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bryce: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Seth: 32 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Drew: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jordan: 75 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Austin: 48 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Logan: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Ashley	162	–	2
2	Amanda	135	–	3
3	Jessica	130	–	1
4	Megan	90	↑2	12
5	Kayla	87	↑2	20
6	Jennifer	86	↓1	5
7	Samantha	73	↑2	8
8	Sarah	73	↓4	4
9	Elizabeth	72	↑12	10
10	Emily	60	↑4	18
11	Melissa	60	↑5	16
12	Brittany	59	–	6
13	Danielle	58	↓3	17
14	Katie	58	↑5	40
15	Heather	56	↓4	14
16	Rachel	56	↑2	19
17	Tiffany	56	↑19	13
18	Amber	52	↓10	15
19	Stephanie	51	↑5	7
20	Chelsea	50	↑20	33
21	Kelsey	50	↓8	64
22	Sara	47	↓5	30
23	Amy	41	–	29
24	Michelle	40	↑5	21
25	Rebecca	38	↓5	26
26	Nicole	37	↓11	9
27	Alyssa	35	↑15	47
28	Courtney	35	↑17	24
29	Tara	35	↑19	67
30	Angela	34	↓3	38
31	Jamie	33	↓3	45
32	Kimberly	33	↑2	25
33	Laura	33	↓11	23
34	Jenna	32	↑5	66
35	Cassandra	29	new	59
36	Andrea	28	↓10	35
37	Erin	28	↓5	37
38	Lindsey	27	↓8	48
39	Whitney	27	↓14	39
40	Alicia	26	↓7	50
41	Katherine	25	–	27
42	Christina	24	↓4	22
43	Lisa	24	↓12	43
44	Abby	23	new	>100
45	Erica	23	↑2	31
46	Mary	23	↑4	34
47	Hannah	22	new	61
48	Allison	21	↓11	46
49	Kristen	21	new	36
50	Lacey	21	↓15	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Michael	141	↑3	1
2	Joshua	135	–	4
3	Tyler	126	–	33
4	Christopher	122	↑2	2
5	Matthew	122	↓4	3
6	Andrew	121	↑1	5
7	Kyle	110	↑1	21
8	Justin	108	↑1	7
9	Ryan	102	↓4	13
10	Nicholas	81	↑2	14
11	Daniel	80	↓1	8
12	John	78	↑20	11
13	David	77	↑3	6
14	Cody	75	↓1	43
15	Jordan	75	↑12	52
16	Brandon	70	↑2	17
17	Jacob	70	↑11	28
18	Joseph	69	↑5	12
19	Zachary	68	↑6	29
20	Benjamin	65	↑4	30
21	Adam	64	↓10	26
22	Dustin	63	↓3	48
23	Eric	62	↓9	19
24	Aaron	61	↑2	31
25	James	60	↓10	9
26	Derek	57	↓4	53
27	Jason	55	↑2	27
28	Nathan	55	↓8	44
29	Robert	54	↓8	10
30	Travis	54	↑1	41
31	Anthony	51	↓1	18
32	Jeremy	49	↑2	35
33	Alex	48	↑4	58
34	Austin	48	↑13	63
35	William	46	↑9	16
36	Timothy	45	↑5	25
37	Brian	44	↓2	22
38	Jared	44	↑1	60
39	Jesse	44	↓3	55
40	Jonathan	42	↓7	15
41	Thomas	42	↓24	23
42	Steven	40	↓2	24
43	Kevin	39	↑3	20
44	Trevor	36	new	87
45	Alexander	34	new	34
46	Samuel	34	new	45
47	Scott	34	↓9	47
48	Seth	32	new	90
49	Shane	31	new	67
50	Bradley	28	new	57

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