Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1991

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1991 were Ashley for girls (117 babies) and Michael for boys (147). Social Security records list 8,129 babies born in South Dakota in 1991 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1991

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: 16 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Heidi: 16 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Lacey: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kendra: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jenna: 30 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Cassandra: 42 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kelsey: 72 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rachael: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Brooke: 33 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Katie: 37 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Brady: 18 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Tanner: 43 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Cole: 31 babies, 7× the national rate
Lance: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Levi: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Bryce: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Colton: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Mason: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jared: 47 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Casey: 31 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1991

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Ashley	117	–	1
2	Samantha	98	↑4	5
3	Amanda	93	↓1	4
4	Kayla	92	↑4	12
5	Brittany	86	↓1	3
6	Megan	83	↑1	11
7	Jessica	80	↓2	2
8	Kelsey	72	↑3	26
9	Sarah	68	↓6	6
10	Alyssa	60	↑8	30
11	Emily	59	↓2	10
12	Shelby	57	new	33
13	Jennifer	56	↑2	8
14	Rachel	52	↑3	14
15	Stephanie	51	↓5	7
16	Melissa	46	↑9	20
17	Elizabeth	45	↓4	9
18	Rebecca	43	↓2	21
19	Cassandra	42	↑2	54
20	Amber	41	↓6	16
21	Courtney	40	↓2	19
22	Taylor	40	↑21	32
23	Sara	39	↑3	37
24	Nicole	38	↓12	15
25	Tiffany	38	↑4	27
26	Katie	37	↓6	53
27	Brooke	33	↑9	65
28	Heather	33	↓4	23
29	Danielle	32	↓7	17
30	Chelsea	31	↓7	18
31	Hannah	31	↑18	29
32	Allison	30	↓5	50
33	Jenna	30	new	80
34	Michelle	29	↑1	22
35	Morgan	29	new	49
36	Amy	26	↓5	43
37	Brittney	26	new	58
38	Angela	25	new	59
39	Caitlin	25	–	55
40	Mariah	24	new	69
41	Brianna	23	↑7	51
42	Erin	23	↓14	44
43	Lindsey	23	↓9	52
44	Kendra	22	new	>100
45	Kimberly	22	↑1	34
46	Lauren	22	↓9	13
47	Erica	21	↓5	40
48	Jordan	21	↓3	62
49	Molly	21	new	74
50	Christina	20	new	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Michael	147	↑1	1
2	Tyler	145	↓1	16
3	Jacob	115	↑4	17
4	Jordan	115	↑1	29
5	Joshua	111	↓2	4
6	Cody	108	↑7	24
7	Matthew	105	↓3	3
8	Christopher	95	–	2
9	Ryan	95	–	11
10	Andrew	93	↓4	5
11	Justin	88	–	14
12	Nicholas	80	↑2	12
13	Kyle	79	↓3	21
14	Zachary	76	↓2	22
15	Daniel	64	–	6
16	Joseph	60	↑3	9
17	Adam	58	↑3	36
18	David	58	↓2	8
19	Samuel	58	↑26	39
20	Austin	56	↑8	50
21	Alexander	53	↑22	26
22	Derek	50	↑15	59
23	Nathan	50	↓6	42
24	Brandon	49	↑5	15
25	Eric	49	↓4	25
26	Jesse	48	↓2	51
27	Taylor	48	↑5	52
28	Jared	47	↑11	64
29	Thomas	47	↓2	28
30	Aaron	45	↑3	31
31	Benjamin	45	↓9	33
32	James	44	↓14	7
33	Alex	43	↑9	63
34	Dustin	43	↑6	56
35	Tanner	43	↑11	>100
36	Travis	43	↓5	44
37	John	42	↓11	10
38	William	42	↓3	19
39	Brian	40	↑5	30
40	Dylan	40	new	46
41	Steven	40	↓3	27
42	Trevor	39	↓17	69
43	Anthony	37	↓7	18
44	Jonathan	36	↓3	20
45	Robert	33	↓22	13
46	Timothy	33	new	32
47	Jeremy	32	–	43
48	Patrick	32	new	35
49	Casey	31	new	90
50	Cole	31	new	>100

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