Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1992

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1992 were Ashley for girls (109 babies) and Tyler for boys (141). Tyler ranked #8 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,154 babies born in South Dakota in 1992 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1992

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: 20 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Lacey: 24 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Kelli: 18 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Bailey: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Natasha: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Shelby: 66 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jenna: 33 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Miranda: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Mariah: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kelsey: 69 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Tanner: 69 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Brady: 22 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Lance: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Cole: 25 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Bryce: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Drew: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Levi: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jeremiah: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ethan: 36 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Derek: 44 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1992

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991	US rank
1	Ashley	109	–	1
2	Jessica	97	↑5	2
3	Samantha	91	↓1	6
4	Amanda	89	↓1	3
5	Emily	88	↑6	7
6	Sarah	79	↑3	5
7	Megan	75	↓1	10
8	Kayla	69	↓4	13
9	Kelsey	69	↓1	23
10	Shelby	66	↑2	34
11	Brittany	59	↓6	4
12	Elizabeth	58	↑5	9
13	Nicole	57	↑11	14
14	Alyssa	56	↓4	30
15	Rachel	56	↓1	16
16	Rebecca	53	↑2	20
17	Chelsea	48	↑13	15
18	Danielle	48	↑11	18
19	Taylor	48	↑3	17
20	Morgan	46	↑15	41
21	Jennifer	45	↓8	11
22	Amber	41	↓2	19
23	Melissa	40	↓7	24
24	Courtney	37	↓3	21
25	Katie	37	↑1	54
26	Stephanie	35	↓11	8
27	Jenna	33	↑6	67
28	Sara	33	↓5	37
29	Paige	31	new	64
30	Allison	29	↑2	48
31	Caitlin	29	↑8	62
32	Mariah	29	↑8	74
33	Brooke	28	↓6	59
34	Cassandra	27	↓15	52
35	Tiffany	27	↓10	32
36	Haley	26	new	56
37	Lauren	26	↑9	12
38	Kaitlyn	25	new	42
39	Mary	25	new	36
40	Michelle	25	↓6	25
41	Alexandra	24	new	29
42	Andrea	24	new	39
43	Brianna	24	↓2	43
44	Hannah	24	↓13	26
45	Jamie	24	new	75
46	Lacey	24	new	>100
47	Miranda	24	new	89
48	Alexis	22	new	40
49	Erin	22	↓7	46
50	Heather	22	↓22	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991	US rank
1	Tyler	141	↑1	8
2	Cody	106	↑4	24
3	Matthew	103	↑4	3
4	Michael	99	↓3	1
5	Zachary	97	↑9	16
6	Andrew	96	↑4	5
7	Jacob	96	↓4	15
8	Jordan	92	↓4	32
9	Ryan	92	–	13
10	Joshua	89	↓5	4
11	Christopher	83	↓3	2
12	Brandon	82	↑12	6
13	Kyle	75	–	22
14	Austin	74	↑6	38
15	Nicholas	71	↓3	12
16	Tanner	69	↑19	>100
17	Joseph	67	↓1	11
18	Dylan	64	↑22	28
19	Justin	64	↓8	18
20	Alexander	56	↑1	23
21	John	54	↑16	14
22	Taylor	54	↑5	52
23	Daniel	52	↓8	7
24	Adam	49	↓7	36
25	Eric	49	–	26
26	Nathan	48	↓3	44
27	Aaron	47	↑3	30
28	Alex	46	↑5	54
29	James	45	↑3	9
30	Derek	44	↓8	62
31	Trevor	42	↑11	63
32	Jeremy	40	↑15	47
33	Anthony	39	↑10	19
34	Benjamin	39	↓3	33
35	Thomas	39	↓6	27
36	David	38	↓18	10
37	William	38	↑1	20
38	Steven	37	↑3	29
39	Ethan	36	new	76
40	Robert	34	↑5	17
41	Travis	34	↓5	48
42	Jared	31	↓14	67
43	Jonathan	31	↑1	21
44	Kevin	31	new	25
45	Jason	30	new	46
46	Jesse	30	↓20	50
47	Samuel	29	↓28	40
48	Dustin	28	↓14	58
49	Logan	28	new	89
50	Patrick	28	↓2	39

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