Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1995

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1995 were Ashley for girls (77 babies) and Austin for boys (126). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Austin ranked #10 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,420 babies born in South Dakota in 1995 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1995

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

Maggie: 15 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Lacey: 15 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Michaela: 26 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kendra: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jade: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Brandi: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Natasha: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Shelby: 53 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kaylee: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Miranda: 36 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Lane: 24 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Brady: 34 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Cole: 50 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Tanner: 60 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Wyatt: 37 babies, 6× the national rate
Preston: 21 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Landon: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Riley: 23 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Seth: 46 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Drew: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1995

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1994	US rank
1	Ashley	77	↑1	2
2	Taylor	74	↑3	6
3	Samantha	71	↑1	4
4	Jessica	66	↓1	1
5	Megan	63	↓4	13
6	Morgan	60	↑4	23
7	Emily	57	–	3
8	Amanda	53	↑5	9
9	Elizabeth	53	↓3	10
10	Shelby	53	↓1	38
11	Kayla	52	–	11
12	Hannah	50	↑6	7
13	Sarah	48	↓1	5
14	Courtney	45	↑1	17
15	Rachel	45	↑2	12
16	Nicole	41	↓2	19
17	Alexis	38	↑2	14
18	Brittany	36	↓2	8
19	Erin	36	↑21	49
20	Miranda	36	↑3	57
21	Brooke	35	↑3	52
22	Haley	35	↓2	32
23	Paige	34	↑7	58
24	Brianna	33	↑2	21
25	Allison	31	↑8	34
26	Amber	31	↑12	22
27	Jordan	31	–	50
28	Sydney	31	new	43
29	Jennifer	30	–	18
30	Katie	27	↑2	77
31	Madison	27	new	29
32	Michaela	26	new	>100
33	Danielle	25	↓5	24
34	Kelsey	25	↓26	33
35	Stephanie	25	↓4	16
36	Anna	24	↓1	31
37	Marissa	24	↓16	53
38	Chelsea	23	↑1	47
39	Heather	23	new	54
40	Katelyn	23	↑3	59
41	Kaitlyn	22	↓5	42
42	Mariah	22	↑4	71
43	Mackenzie	21	↑2	88
44	Mary	21	new	40
45	Abigail	20	new	36
46	Alyssa	20	↓21	27
47	Bailey	20	new	96
48	Katherine	20	new	30
49	Kendra	20	new	>100
50	Rebecca	20	↓28	28

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1994	US rank
1	Austin	126	↑1	10
2	Tyler	113	↓1	6
3	Jacob	107	↑2	4
4	Michael	87	↑2	1
5	Zachary	84	↓2	14
6	Christopher	83	↑15	3
7	Joshua	79	↑1	5
8	Cody	78	↓1	26
9	Brandon	75	–	8
10	Joseph	63	↑12	12
11	Andrew	62	–	11
12	Nicholas	62	↑7	7
13	Jordan	61	↑1	29
14	Matthew	61	↓10	2
15	Tanner	60	↑2	86
16	Dylan	58	↓3	34
17	Ryan	52	↓5	15
18	Alex	51	↑9	47
19	Daniel	51	↓3	9
20	Alexander	50	↓5	21
21	Cole	50	↑3	>100
22	Logan	50	↑7	51
23	Justin	48	↑2	18
24	Kyle	48	↓14	24
25	Benjamin	47	↑15	31
26	Seth	46	↑16	97
27	Nathan	44	↓7	39
28	Aaron	43	↑8	30
29	Adam	43	↑1	38
30	Caleb	43	↑14	54
31	Trevor	41	↑2	61
32	Robert	40	↓1	22
33	James	39	↑6	17
34	Christian	37	new	28
35	Wyatt	37	new	>100
36	Brady	34	↑7	>100
37	Taylor	34	↓11	69
38	Jeremy	33	new	48
39	Thomas	33	↓4	27
40	Blake	32	new	77
41	Ethan	32	↑9	75
42	William	32	↑5	20
43	Derek	31	↑5	83
44	Samuel	31	↓16	33
45	David	30	↓13	16
46	Lucas	30	new	91
47	Anthony	29	↓24	19
48	Connor	29	new	55
49	Jesse	29	↓8	46
50	John	29	↓32	13

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