Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1994

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1994 were Megan for girls (93 babies) and Tyler for boys (132). Megan ranked #10 nationally for girls. Tyler ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,669 babies born in South Dakota in 1994 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1994

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

Tessa: 19 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Mckenzie: 20 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Mikayla: 18 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Shelby: 55 babies, 4× the national rate
Kendra: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Whitney: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Cassidy: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Miranda: 34 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Mackenzie: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Brandi: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Lane: 16 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Brady: 31 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Cole: 50 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Tanner: 57 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Riley: 20 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Skyler: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Wyatt: 19 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Chance: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Levi: 24 babies, 5× the national rate
Mason: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1994

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Megan	93	↑5	10
2	Ashley	89	↓1	2
3	Jessica	80	–	1
4	Samantha	79	↓2	4
5	Taylor	78	↓1	6
6	Elizabeth	63	↑10	9
7	Emily	55	↓2	3
8	Kelsey	55	–	29
9	Shelby	55	↑4	40
10	Morgan	50	↑14	25
11	Kayla	49	↓1	12
12	Sarah	48	↓3	5
13	Amanda	47	↓6	8
14	Nicole	47	↑4	11
15	Courtney	46	↑2	22
16	Brittany	45	↓4	7
17	Rachel	42	↓6	13
18	Hannah	40	↑11	16
19	Alexis	39	↑13	18
20	Haley	36	↓1	36
21	Marissa	35	↑26	53
22	Rebecca	35	↓8	24
23	Miranda	34	↑18	61
24	Brooke	33	↓4	54
25	Alyssa	30	↓3	26
26	Brianna	30	↓1	27
27	Jordan	29	↑19	52
28	Danielle	27	↓13	20
29	Jennifer	27	↓8	17
30	Paige	27	↑15	63
31	Stephanie	27	–	15
32	Katie	26	↓4	70
33	Allison	25	↑3	34
34	Alexandra	24	↑8	28
35	Anna	24	↑15	41
36	Kaitlyn	24	↑7	48
37	Whitney	23	new	91
38	Amber	22	↓11	21
39	Chelsea	22	↓13	38
40	Erin	22	↓7	45
41	Lauren	22	new	14
42	Cassandra	21	↓5	66
43	Katelyn	21	↓5	58
44	Lindsey	21	new	69
45	Mackenzie	20	new	>100
46	Mariah	20	new	75
47	Mckenzie	20	new	>100
48	Sara	20	↓18	43
49	Andrea	19	new	49
50	Jenna	19	new	80

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Tyler	132	–	5
2	Austin	130	–	17
3	Zachary	113	↑2	12
4	Matthew	111	↑4	3
5	Jacob	97	↓1	7
6	Michael	96	↓3	1
7	Cody	93	↓1	25
8	Joshua	86	↓1	4
9	Brandon	79	↑8	6
10	Kyle	74	↑2	24
11	Andrew	71	–	10
12	Ryan	70	↑1	16
13	Dylan	66	↑5	32
14	Jordan	66	↓5	29
15	Alexander	59	↓1	22
16	Daniel	57	↑5	8
17	Tanner	57	↑13	96
18	John	56	↑4	15
19	Nicholas	56	↓9	9
20	Nathan	53	↓4	40
21	Christopher	52	↓2	2
22	Joseph	52	↓2	11
23	Anthony	50	↑4	18
24	Cole	50	new	>100
25	Justin	50	↓2	20
26	Taylor	49	↑5	54
27	Alex	48	↑6	50
28	Samuel	48	↑7	33
29	Logan	45	↑8	70
30	Adam	44	↓5	38
31	Robert	44	↑13	21
32	David	42	–	13
33	Trevor	41	↓5	58
34	Mitchell	40	new	71
35	Thomas	40	↓11	27
36	Aaron	37	↓21	28
37	Jared	37	↓1	63
38	Eric	36	↑10	30
39	James	36	↓5	14
40	Benjamin	35	↓11	31
41	Jesse	34	–	45
42	Seth	34	↑7	90
43	Brady	31	↓1	>100
44	Caleb	31	↑2	60
45	Jonathan	30	↓2	23
46	Travis	29	↑1	53
47	William	29	↓8	19
48	Derek	26	↓22	77
49	Dustin	26	↓11	56
50	Ethan	26	new	89

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