Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1997

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1997 were Hannah for girls (76 babies) and Jacob for boys (121). Hannah ranked #5 nationally for girls. Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,919 babies born in South Dakota in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1997

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

Kendra: 24 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Mckenzie: 21 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Abby: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Hope: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kylie: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Hailey: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Cassidy: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Paige: 31 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Makayla: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Mariah: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Riley: 42 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Tanner: 61 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Carter: 20 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Landon: 19 babies, 6× the national rate
Brady: 25 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Cole: 58 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Wyatt: 24 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Levi: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Taylor: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Mason: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Hannah	76	↑5	5
2	Samantha	76	↓1	6
3	Emily	70	↓1	1
4	Taylor	70	↑1	7
5	Ashley	60	↓2	3
6	Morgan	56	↑3	22
7	Megan	53	–	11
8	Alexis	49	↑9	8
9	Madison	49	↑13	10
10	Jessica	48	↓6	2
11	Brianna	45	↑20	17
12	Elizabeth	45	↑2	9
13	Rachel	45	↓3	13
14	Alyssa	39	↑5	15
15	Amanda	39	↑1	16
16	Sydney	37	↑8	35
17	Courtney	36	↓6	28
18	Haley	35	↑3	31
19	Kayla	34	↓4	12
20	Rebecca	34	↑6	25
21	Shelby	34	↓9	43
22	Abigail	33	↑15	26
23	Allison	31	↑4	39
24	Paige	31	↑5	64
25	Sarah	31	↓17	4
26	Jordan	30	new	40
27	Danielle	29	↓7	34
28	Kelsey	29	↓10	57
29	Hailey	28	↑6	80
30	Nicole	28	↑2	21
31	Amber	27	↑10	29
32	Brooke	27	↓19	45
33	Jennifer	27	↑12	18
34	Mariah	27	↓11	67
35	Sierra	27	new	56
36	Alexandra	25	↓3	30
37	Anna	25	↑1	33
38	Bailey	25	↓10	65
39	Lauren	25	↑1	14
40	Kendra	24	new	>100
41	Miranda	24	↑6	70
42	Victoria	24	new	19
43	Brittany	22	↓18	20
44	Jenna	22	↓2	76
45	Kylie	22	new	>100
46	Cassidy	21	new	>100
47	Katie	21	↓11	87
48	Mckenzie	21	new	>100
49	Savannah	21	↑1	47
50	Makayla	20	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Jacob	121	–	2
2	Austin	105	↑1	9
3	Michael	81	↑9	1
4	Tyler	75	↓2	10
5	Matthew	73	↓1	3
6	Zachary	67	↓1	13
7	Andrew	66	↓1	7
8	Cody	64	↓1	36
9	Dylan	62	↑15	30
10	Joshua	62	↓2	5
11	Nicholas	61	↑4	6
12	Tanner	61	↑4	82
13	Brandon	60	↓2	8
14	Cole	58	↑17	72
15	Logan	57	↑12	42
16	Joseph	54	↓6	12
17	Jordan	53	↓4	26
18	Nathan	52	↑5	34
19	Ryan	51	–	16
20	Ethan	48	↑17	46
21	Alexander	45	–	22
22	Alex	44	↑6	55
23	Anthony	44	↑27	18
24	Hunter	43	↑17	44
25	Samuel	43	↓5	27
26	Riley	42	↑13	>100
27	Noah	41	new	38
28	Christopher	40	↓11	4
29	Trevor	40	↑1	62
30	John	38	↓5	15
31	Kyle	38	↓13	24
32	James	37	↑15	17
33	Justin	35	↓19	20
34	Benjamin	32	↓25	29
35	Aaron	30	↓9	33
36	Chase	30	↑2	77
37	Taylor	30	↑5	87
38	Thomas	30	↑2	31
39	Jesse	29	new	63
40	Mason	29	↑8	89
41	Robert	29	↑3	23
42	Adam	28	↓8	39
43	Connor	28	new	52
44	Daniel	28	↓22	11
45	David	28	↓16	14
46	Jonathan	28	new	21
47	William	28	↓12	19
48	Dustin	27	new	88
49	Christian	26	↓4	25
50	Brady	25	new	>100

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