Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1990

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1990 were Ashley for girls (110 babies) and Tyler for boys (147). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Tyler ranked #21 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,242 babies born in South Dakota in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1990

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

Kelli: 26 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Abby: 19 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Lacey: 24 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Chelsey: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kelsey: 68 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Katie: 43 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Miranda: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Cassandra: 40 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Whitney: 32 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Brooke: 27 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Tanner: 33 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Brady: 18 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Lance: 19 babies, 5× the national rate
Trevor: 51 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Ross: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dillon: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Levi: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jordan: 126 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Seth: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Chase: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Ashley	110	–	2
2	Amanda	103	–	4
3	Sarah	101	↑2	6
4	Brittany	92	–	3
5	Jessica	92	↓2	1
6	Samantha	82	–	5
7	Megan	80	–	11
8	Kayla	75	–	14
9	Emily	72	–	12
10	Stephanie	69	↑2	7
11	Kelsey	68	↓1	32
12	Nicole	58	↑3	13
13	Elizabeth	53	↑1	9
14	Amber	52	↑2	15
15	Jennifer	52	↓4	8
16	Rebecca	52	↓3	21
17	Rachel	49	↑2	16
18	Alyssa	46	↑9	27
19	Courtney	43	↑10	17
20	Katie	43	↑2	53
21	Cassandra	40	↑7	49
22	Danielle	38	↑2	18
23	Chelsea	35	↑2	24
24	Heather	35	↓4	19
25	Melissa	35	↓8	20
26	Sara	35	↓3	34
27	Allison	32	new	48
28	Erin	32	↑17	43
29	Tiffany	32	↓8	23
30	Whitney	32	↑3	60
31	Amy	31	↓1	38
32	Jamie	30	–	55
33	Katherine	30	↑3	26
34	Lindsey	30	–	51
35	Michelle	30	↓9	22
36	Brooke	27	new	70
37	Lauren	27	new	10
38	Anna	26	new	45
39	Caitlin	26	new	50
40	Kelli	26	new	>100
41	Laura	26	↓23	29
42	Erica	25	↑5	36
43	Taylor	25	new	46
44	Lacey	24	↑4	>100
45	Jordan	23	↓2	59
46	Kimberly	23	↓8	31
47	Alicia	22	↓12	54
48	Brianna	22	↓9	61
49	Hannah	22	↓3	30
50	Paige	22	new	79

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Tyler	147	↑5	21
2	Michael	141	↓1	1
3	Joshua	131	↓1	4
4	Matthew	127	–	3
5	Jordan	126	↑3	29
6	Andrew	104	↓3	7
7	Jacob	102	↑5	20
8	Christopher	91	↓3	2
9	Ryan	89	↑2	11
10	Kyle	80	↓3	18
11	Justin	79	↓1	9
12	Zachary	74	↑14	22
13	Cody	72	↑3	31
14	Nicholas	68	↓5	14
15	Daniel	67	↓2	5
16	David	61	↑2	6
17	Nathan	59	↓3	44
18	James	58	↑5	8
19	Joseph	57	↑9	10
20	Adam	55	↓3	32
21	Eric	55	↓2	24
22	Benjamin	54	↑5	33
23	Robert	53	↑12	13
24	Jesse	52	↑9	48
25	Trevor	51	↑21	76
26	John	50	↓6	12
27	Thomas	50	↑7	26
28	Austin	49	↓13	55
29	Brandon	49	↑3	19
30	Ethan	48	new	58
31	Travis	47	↓7	42
32	Taylor	45	new	64
33	Aaron	44	↓12	34
34	Jason	44	↑6	46
35	William	44	↑1	16
36	Anthony	43	↓11	15
37	Derek	42	↓15	54
38	Steven	40	↑5	25
39	Jared	39	↓8	63
40	Dustin	38	↓11	50
41	Jonathan	38	↓11	17
42	Alex	37	↓3	59
43	Alexander	37	↓5	28
44	Brian	35	↓3	27
45	Samuel	35	new	45
46	Tanner	33	↑2	>100
47	Jeremy	31	↓10	40
48	Richard	30	new	35
49	Jeffrey	29	new	43
50	Sean	29	new	37

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