Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1993

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1993 were Ashley for girls (105 babies) and Tyler for boys (130). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Tyler ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,753 babies born in South Dakota in 1993 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1993

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: 18 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Bailey: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Shelby: 53 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Miranda: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jamie: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kendra: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kelsey: 68 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Brooke: 37 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Molly: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Hailey: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Brady: 34 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Riley: 20 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Tanner: 42 babies, 5× the national rate
Levi: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Trey: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Bryce: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Cole: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Chase: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dalton: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Drew: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1993

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Ashley	105	–	2
2	Samantha	88	↑1	4
3	Jessica	87	↓1	1
4	Taylor	87	↑15	7
5	Emily	79	–	5
6	Megan	75	↑1	11
7	Amanda	69	↓3	8
8	Kelsey	68	↑1	24
9	Sarah	61	↓3	3
10	Kayla	60	↓2	16
11	Rachel	60	↑4	14
12	Brittany	59	↓1	6
13	Shelby	53	↓3	37
14	Rebecca	48	↑2	22
15	Danielle	47	↑3	18
16	Elizabeth	46	↓4	9
17	Courtney	44	↑7	20
18	Nicole	40	↓5	13
19	Haley	38	↑17	42
20	Brooke	37	↑13	52
21	Jennifer	36	–	15
22	Alyssa	34	↓8	26
23	Heather	32	↑27	38
24	Morgan	32	↓4	34
25	Brianna	30	↑18	32
26	Chelsea	30	↓9	25
27	Amber	29	↓5	17
28	Katie	29	↓3	63
29	Hannah	28	↑15	21
30	Sara	28	↓2	40
31	Stephanie	27	↓5	10
32	Alexis	26	↑16	27
33	Erin	26	↑16	48
34	Jamie	26	↑11	79
35	Caitlin	25	↓4	64
36	Allison	24	↓6	41
37	Cassandra	24	↓3	66
38	Katelyn	24	new	54
39	Laura	24	new	43
40	Michelle	23	–	31
41	Miranda	23	↑6	89
42	Alexandra	22	↓1	28
43	Kaitlyn	22	↓5	46
44	Molly	22	new	87
45	Paige	22	↓16	60
46	Jordan	21	new	58
47	Marissa	21	new	59
48	Mary	21	↓9	36
49	Melissa	20	↓26	30
50	Anna	19	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Tyler	130	–	5
2	Austin	125	↑12	26
3	Michael	104	↑1	1
4	Jacob	100	↑3	9
5	Zachary	98	–	15
6	Cody	95	↓4	24
7	Joshua	95	↑3	4
8	Matthew	95	↓5	3
9	Jordan	82	↓1	28
10	Nicholas	77	↑5	8
11	Andrew	75	↓5	10
12	Kyle	75	↑1	23
13	Ryan	73	↓4	13
14	Alexander	70	↑6	21
15	Aaron	63	↑12	30
16	Nathan	63	↑10	41
17	Brandon	60	↓5	6
18	Dylan	59	–	33
19	Christopher	57	↓8	2
20	Joseph	57	↓3	12
21	Daniel	56	↑2	7
22	John	51	↓1	16
23	Justin	50	↓4	20
24	Thomas	47	↑11	27
25	Adam	45	↓1	39
26	Derek	45	↑4	67
27	Anthony	44	↑6	19
28	Trevor	43	↑3	64
29	Benjamin	42	↑5	32
30	Tanner	42	↓14	98
31	Taylor	42	↓9	51
32	David	41	↑4	11
33	Alex	39	↓5	52
34	James	38	↓5	14
35	Samuel	38	↑12	37
36	Jared	37	↑6	63
37	Logan	37	↑12	76
38	Dustin	36	↑10	59
39	William	36	↓2	18
40	Connor	35	new	57
41	Jesse	35	↑5	48
42	Brady	34	new	>100
43	Jonathan	33	–	22
44	Robert	33	↓4	17
45	Steven	33	↓7	31
46	Caleb	32	new	66
47	Travis	32	↓6	50
48	Eric	31	↓23	29
49	Seth	31	new	93
50	Timothy	30	new	38

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