Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1996

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1996 were Samantha for girls (74 babies) and Jacob for boys (132). Samantha ranked #5 nationally for girls. Jacob ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,258 babies born in South Dakota in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1996

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

Shania: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Bailey: 30 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kendra: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Brooke: 47 babies, 4× the national rate
Mikayla: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Hailey: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Autumn: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kylie: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Shelby: 49 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Mariah: 34 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Lane: 23 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Levi: 36 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Riley: 33 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Tanner: 55 babies, 6× the national rate
Wyatt: 35 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Trey: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Preston: 20 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Brady: 22 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Cole: 38 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Parker: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Samantha	74	↑2	5
2	Emily	69	↑5	1
3	Ashley	65	↓2	3
4	Jessica	62	–	2
5	Taylor	62	↓3	6
6	Hannah	58	↑6	7
7	Megan	58	↓2	12
8	Sarah	52	↑5	4
9	Morgan	51	↓3	25
10	Rachel	51	↑5	9
11	Courtney	50	↑3	21
12	Shelby	49	↓2	35
13	Brooke	47	↑8	45
14	Elizabeth	45	↓5	10
15	Kayla	43	↓4	11
16	Amanda	39	↓8	13
17	Alexis	38	–	8
18	Kelsey	37	↑16	36
19	Alyssa	36	↑27	23
20	Danielle	34	↑13	29
21	Haley	34	↑1	30
22	Madison	34	↑9	15
23	Mariah	34	↑19	63
24	Sydney	34	↑4	39
25	Brittany	32	↓7	14
26	Rebecca	32	↑24	24
27	Allison	31	↓2	38
28	Bailey	30	↑19	85
29	Paige	30	↓6	65
30	Kaitlyn	28	↑11	40
31	Brianna	27	↓7	17
32	Nicole	27	↓16	22
33	Alexandra	26	new	26
34	Mackenzie	26	↑9	75
35	Hailey	25	new	93
36	Katie	25	↓6	81
37	Abigail	23	↑8	32
38	Anna	23	↓2	33
39	Erin	23	↓20	51
40	Lauren	23	new	16
41	Amber	21	↓15	27
42	Jenna	21	new	83
43	Katherine	21	↑5	31
44	Autumn	20	new	>100
45	Jennifer	20	↓16	19
46	Katelyn	20	↓6	64
47	Miranda	20	↓27	76
48	Breanna	19	new	74
49	Marissa	19	↓12	59
50	Savannah	19	new	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Jacob	132	↑2	3
2	Tyler	121	–	7
3	Austin	113	↓2	9
4	Matthew	101	↑10	2
5	Zachary	76	–	14
6	Andrew	72	↑5	10
7	Cody	70	↑1	31
8	Joshua	69	↓1	5
9	Benjamin	67	↑16	29
10	Joseph	64	–	12
11	Brandon	63	↓2	8
12	Michael	60	↓8	1
13	Jordan	57	–	27
14	Justin	57	↑9	20
15	Nicholas	57	↓3	6
16	Tanner	55	↓1	90
17	Christopher	51	↓11	4
18	Kyle	51	↑6	25
19	Ryan	51	↓2	16
20	Samuel	49	↑24	30
21	Alexander	45	↓1	22
22	Daniel	45	↓3	11
23	Nathan	45	↑4	37
24	Dylan	44	↓8	33
25	John	43	↑25	15
26	Aaron	40	↑2	34
27	Logan	40	↓5	42
28	Alex	39	↓10	53
29	David	39	↑16	13
30	Trevor	39	↑1	63
31	Cole	38	↓10	>100
32	Caleb	37	↓2	48
33	Levi	36	new	>100
34	Adam	35	↓5	39
35	William	35	↑7	18
36	Wyatt	35	↓1	>100
37	Ethan	34	↑4	62
38	Chase	33	new	76
39	Riley	33	new	>100
40	Thomas	33	↓1	28
41	Hunter	32	new	47
42	Taylor	32	↓5	82
43	Tristan	32	new	68
44	Robert	31	↓12	23
45	Christian	30	↓11	24
46	Dalton	29	new	99
47	James	29	↓14	17
48	Mason	29	new	>100
49	Lucas	28	↓3	93
50	Anthony	25	↓3	19

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