Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1999

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1999 were Alexis for girls (74 babies) and Jacob for boys (109). Alexis ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 7,102 babies born in South Dakota in 1999 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1999

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

Mckenzie: 23 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Hope: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Paige: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Mariah: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kaylee: 28 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kylie: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Angel: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Hailey: 28 babies, 3× the national rate
Bailey: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Mikayla: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Tate: 19 babies, 18.3× the national rate
Jayden: 22 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Carter: 33 babies, 8× the national rate
Lane: 16 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Riley: 48 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Tanner: 46 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Brady: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Trey: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Mason: 49 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Carson: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1999

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Alexis	74	↑6	3
2	Hannah	71	–	2
3	Emily	67	↓2	1
4	Madison	65	–	7
5	Taylor	62	↓2	8
6	Rachel	52	↑12	19
7	Samantha	52	↓2	5
8	Ashley	51	↑1	6
9	Elizabeth	47	↑5	10
10	Sydney	44	↑1	23
11	Grace	42	↑18	27
12	Morgan	42	↓6	24
13	Sarah	41	–	4
14	Jessica	40	↑1	9
15	Megan	40	↓7	15
16	Emma	39	↑5	17
17	Abigail	38	↑15	18
18	Brianna	37	↑2	14
19	Alyssa	33	↑3	11
20	Haley	33	↑6	31
21	Kaitlyn	32	↓5	33
22	Lauren	32	↑3	12
23	Paige	30	↑23	67
24	Mariah	29	↑7	68
25	Anna	28	↑3	29
26	Hailey	28	↑8	54
27	Kaylee	28	↑18	69
28	Brittany	25	↑2	35
29	Olivia	25	new	20
30	Bailey	24	↓20	65
31	Mackenzie	24	↑11	52
32	Amanda	23	↓9	22
33	Brooke	23	↓21	47
34	Kayla	23	↓17	13
35	Mckenzie	23	new	>100
36	Sierra	23	↑7	49
37	Allison	22	↓18	40
38	Katelyn	22	new	55
39	Natalie	21	new	34
40	Danielle	20	↑7	43
41	Makayla	20	new	66
42	Nicole	20	↑8	25
43	Shelby	20	↓7	62
44	Courtney	18	↓11	44
45	Erin	18	new	58
46	Jasmine	18	new	26
47	Kylie	18	new	>100
48	Mikayla	18	↓13	85
49	Rebecca	18	↓25	38
50	Hope	17	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Jacob	109	↑1	1
2	Austin	90	↓1	13
3	Tyler	89	–	10
4	Dylan	84	↑5	23
5	Logan	71	↑7	42
6	Noah	67	↑7	24
7	Matthew	66	↓3	3
8	Andrew	63	–	7
9	Brandon	61	↑17	11
10	Joshua	61	↑6	4
11	Michael	58	↓6	2
12	Ethan	56	↓1	37
13	Samuel	54	↑5	27
14	Nicholas	53	↓7	5
15	Zachary	53	↓9	17
16	Nathan	51	↑18	32
17	Hunter	50	↓7	36
18	Mason	49	↑19	71
19	Riley	48	↑23	>100
20	Alexander	46	↓3	21
21	Tanner	46	↓7	87
22	Caleb	45	↑8	41
23	Cody	45	↑5	45
24	Cole	45	↑5	75
25	Ryan	44	↑10	12
26	Joseph	42	↓2	8
27	William	41	↑14	14
28	Christopher	39	↓1	6
29	James	35	↑9	19
30	Justin	35	↓9	20
31	Trevor	34	↓8	66
32	Benjamin	33	↑13	29
33	Carter	33	new	>100
34	Isaac	33	↑12	64
35	Jordan	33	↓20	30
36	Kyle	33	↓16	28
37	Aaron	32	↑10	38
38	Seth	32	↑11	65
39	John	30	↓17	15
40	Thomas	30	↓4	31
41	Adam	29	↓1	44
42	Chase	29	↓10	76
43	Connor	29	↓10	48
44	Jackson	29	new	83
45	Alex	28	↓14	58
46	Jack	28	new	52
47	Anthony	27	↓22	18
48	Daniel	27	↓29	9
49	Dalton	26	↓1	86
50	Isaiah	26	new	51

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