Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1998

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1998 were Emily for girls (81 babies) and Austin for boys (120). Austin ranked #10 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,883 babies born in South Dakota in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1998

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: 16 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Whitney: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Bailey: 43 babies, 5× the national rate
Kendra: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Carly: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Brooke: 40 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Mikayla: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Morgan: 52 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Sydney: 43 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Hailey: 22 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Lane: 16 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Ty: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Brady: 24 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Carter: 20 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Chance: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Tanner: 51 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Riley: 30 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Landon: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Trey: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dawson: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1998

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Emily	81	↑2	1
2	Hannah	74	↓1	2
3	Taylor	66	↑1	7
4	Madison	61	↑5	9
5	Samantha	59	↓3	3
6	Morgan	52	–	23
7	Alexis	50	↑1	6
8	Megan	50	↓1	13
9	Ashley	48	↓4	5
10	Bailey	43	↑28	60
11	Sydney	43	↑5	28
12	Brooke	40	↑20	46
13	Sarah	40	↑12	4
14	Elizabeth	39	↓2	10
15	Jessica	39	↓5	8
16	Kaitlyn	36	new	35
17	Kayla	36	↑2	12
18	Rachel	35	↓5	15
19	Allison	33	↑4	38
20	Brianna	30	↓9	17
21	Emma	30	new	22
22	Alyssa	28	↓8	11
23	Amanda	28	↓8	19
24	Rebecca	28	↓4	30
25	Lauren	27	↑14	14
26	Haley	25	↓8	36
27	Amber	24	↑4	37
28	Anna	24	↑9	31
29	Grace	24	new	53
30	Brittany	23	↑13	25
31	Mariah	23	↑3	62
32	Abigail	22	↓10	18
33	Courtney	22	↓16	39
34	Hailey	22	↓5	70
35	Mikayla	22	new	82
36	Shelby	22	↓15	49
37	Jenna	21	↑7	65
38	Stephanie	21	new	29
39	Alexandra	19	↓3	27
40	Jordan	19	↓14	42
41	Kelsey	19	↓13	56
42	Mackenzie	19	new	64
43	Sierra	19	↓8	51
44	Julia	18	new	32
45	Kaylee	18	new	86
46	Paige	18	↓22	63
47	Danielle	16	↓20	41
48	Miranda	16	↓7	80
49	Molly	16	new	>100
50	Nicole	16	↓20	24

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Austin	120	↑1	10
2	Jacob	114	↓1	2
3	Tyler	79	↑1	8
4	Matthew	74	↑1	3
5	Michael	72	↓2	1
6	Zachary	71	–	16
7	Nicholas	63	↑4	6
8	Andrew	62	↓1	9
9	Dylan	62	–	25
10	Hunter	56	↑14	36
11	Ethan	55	↑9	38
12	Logan	54	↑3	44
13	Noah	52	↑14	29
14	Tanner	51	↓2	82
15	Jordan	50	↑2	27
16	Joshua	49	↓6	4
17	Alexander	47	↑4	22
18	Samuel	47	↑7	28
19	Daniel	46	↑25	12
20	Kyle	46	↑11	24
21	Justin	44	↑12	20
22	John	43	↑8	15
23	Trevor	43	↑6	58
24	Joseph	42	↓8	11
25	Anthony	41	↓2	19
26	Brandon	41	↓13	7
27	Christopher	41	↑1	5
28	Cody	41	↓20	43
29	Cole	41	↓15	77
30	Caleb	40	new	42
31	Alex	39	↓9	55
32	Chase	39	↑4	67
33	Connor	36	↑10	47
34	Nathan	36	↓16	34
35	Ryan	36	↓16	17
36	Thomas	36	↑2	31
37	Mason	35	↑3	83
38	James	34	↓6	18
39	Jesse	34	–	70
40	Adam	33	↑2	45
41	William	32	↑6	14
42	Riley	30	↓16	>100
43	Spencer	30	new	84
44	David	29	↑1	13
45	Benjamin	28	↓11	30
46	Isaac	27	new	65
47	Aaron	26	↓12	37
48	Dalton	25	new	88
49	Seth	25	new	86
50	Brady	24	–	>100

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