Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1989

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1989 were Ashley for girls (123 babies) and Michael for boys (134). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 8,352 babies born in South Dakota in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1989

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: 17 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Kelli: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Chelsey: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Lacey: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Miranda: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kelsey: 59 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Katie: 43 babies, 3× the national rate
Brianna: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Cassandra: 37 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Brandi: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Brady: 22 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Tanner: 31 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Levi: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jordan: 107 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Austin: 67 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lucas: 27 babies, 4× the national rate
Drew: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Bryce: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Seth: 32 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lance: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Ashley	123	–	2
2	Amanda	121	–	4
3	Jessica	120	–	1
4	Brittany	108	↑8	3
5	Sarah	92	↑3	5
6	Samantha	86	↑1	6
7	Megan	81	↓3	11
8	Kayla	75	↓3	20
9	Emily	67	↑1	13
10	Kelsey	59	↑11	31
11	Jennifer	58	↓5	7
12	Stephanie	57	↑7	8
13	Rebecca	56	↑12	24
14	Elizabeth	54	↓5	10
15	Nicole	52	↑11	12
16	Amber	50	↑2	14
17	Melissa	50	↓6	19
18	Laura	48	↑15	25
19	Rachel	48	↓3	18
20	Heather	46	↓5	15
21	Tiffany	46	↓4	16
22	Katie	43	↓8	45
23	Sara	43	↓1	29
24	Danielle	42	↓11	17
25	Chelsea	41	↓5	27
26	Michelle	41	↓2	22
27	Alyssa	37	–	33
28	Cassandra	37	↑7	54
29	Courtney	36	↓1	21
30	Amy	33	↓7	35
31	Andrea	33	↑5	39
32	Jamie	31	↓1	52
33	Whitney	31	↑6	57
34	Lindsey	30	↑4	48
35	Alicia	29	↑5	53
36	Katherine	27	↑5	26
37	Mary	26	↑9	38
38	Kimberly	25	↓6	28
39	Brianna	24	new	77
40	Angela	23	↓10	47
41	Chelsey	22	new	>100
42	Christina	22	–	23
43	Jordan	22	new	72
44	Alexandra	21	new	43
45	Erin	21	↓8	40
46	Hannah	21	↑1	42
47	Erica	20	↓2	34
48	Lacey	20	↑2	>100
49	Miranda	20	new	>100
50	Tara	20	↓21	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Michael	134	–	1
2	Joshua	125	–	4
3	Andrew	123	↑3	7
4	Matthew	120	↑1	3
5	Christopher	117	↓1	2
6	Tyler	112	↓3	30
7	Kyle	108	–	20
8	Jordan	107	↑7	44
9	Nicholas	99	↑1	14
10	Justin	88	↓2	8
11	Ryan	88	↓2	13
12	Jacob	82	↑5	26
13	Daniel	76	↓2	6
14	Nathan	72	↑14	43
15	Austin	67	↑19	59
16	Cody	67	↓2	45
17	Adam	65	↑4	27
18	David	65	↓5	5
19	Eric	62	↑4	21
20	John	62	↓8	12
21	Aaron	60	↑3	31
22	Derek	58	↑4	54
23	James	58	↑2	9
24	Travis	58	↑6	41
25	Anthony	56	↑6	16
26	Zachary	55	↓7	25
27	Benjamin	52	↓7	29
28	Joseph	52	↓10	11
29	Dustin	51	↓7	48
30	Jonathan	51	↑10	17
31	Jared	50	↑7	57
32	Brandon	48	↓16	18
33	Jesse	48	↑6	50
34	Thomas	47	↑7	23
35	Robert	45	↓6	10
36	William	44	↓1	15
37	Jeremy	42	↓5	34
38	Alexander	40	↑7	32
39	Alex	39	↓6	60
40	Jason	38	↓13	35
41	Brian	35	↓4	24
42	Mark	34	new	42
43	Steven	34	↓1	22
44	Casey	32	new	90
45	Seth	32	↑3	94
46	Trevor	32	↓2	83
47	Patrick	31	new	38
48	Tanner	31	new	>100
49	Charles	29	new	36
50	Paul	29	new	49

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