Popular baby names in South Dakota, 2000

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 2000 were Hannah for girls (97 babies) and Jacob for boys (121). Hannah ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 6,769 babies born in South Dakota in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 2000

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

Abby: 16 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Brooklyn: 17 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Kendra: 16 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Mckenzie: 22 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Morgan: 65 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Hope: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bailey: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Grace: 58 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Paige: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Shelby: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Tate: 20 babies, 18.4× the national rate
Carter: 48 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Lane: 16 babies, 8× the national rate
Caden: 20 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Kaden: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Trey: 20 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Tanner: 46 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Brady: 20 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Jayden: 19 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Payton: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Hannah	97	↑1	2
2	Emily	76	↑1	1
3	Morgan	65	↑9	25
4	Taylor	60	↑1	10
5	Grace	58	↑6	19
6	Madison	54	↓2	3
7	Ashley	48	↑1	4
8	Sydney	48	↑2	23
9	Emma	42	↑7	17
10	Abigail	41	↑7	14
11	Alexis	40	↓10	6
12	Megan	40	↑3	18
13	Olivia	40	↑16	16
14	Elizabeth	37	↓5	9
15	Brianna	36	↑3	15
16	Rachel	35	↓10	21
17	Anna	34	↑8	22
18	Samantha	33	↓11	7
19	Haley	32	↑1	28
20	Lauren	31	↑2	11
21	Jessica	28	↓7	8
22	Allison	27	↑15	44
23	Bailey	27	↑7	68
24	Kaitlyn	27	↓3	30
25	Sarah	26	↓12	5
26	Kayla	25	↑8	13
27	Katelyn	24	↑11	54
28	Nicole	24	↑14	31
29	Hailey	23	↓3	35
30	Paige	23	↓7	69
31	Shelby	23	↑12	70
32	Sierra	23	↑4	53
33	Alyssa	22	↓14	12
34	Courtney	22	↑10	59
35	Jasmine	22	↑11	27
36	Mckenzie	22	↓1	>100
37	Gabrielle	21	new	49
38	Jordan	20	new	50
39	Mariah	20	↓15	75
40	Amanda	19	↓8	32
41	Brooke	19	↓8	51
42	Kaylee	19	↓15	72
43	Mackenzie	19	↓12	43
44	Victoria	19	new	20
45	Chloe	18	new	38
46	Brooklyn	17	new	>100
47	Cassandra	17	new	100
48	Makayla	17	↓7	67
49	Molly	17	new	96
50	Abby	16	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Jacob	121	–	1
2	Dylan	77	↑2	24
3	Austin	71	↓1	23
4	Ethan	69	↑8	25
5	Nicholas	65	↑9	6
6	Tyler	65	↓3	10
7	Hunter	61	↑10	35
8	Zachary	60	↑7	15
9	Benjamin	57	↑23	26
10	Matthew	53	↓3	3
11	Nathan	53	↑5	30
12	Michael	52	↓1	2
13	Joshua	50	↓3	4
14	Samuel	50	↓1	28
15	Carter	48	↑18	>100
16	Tanner	46	↑5	93
17	Caleb	45	↑5	38
18	Logan	45	↓13	40
19	Jordan	44	↑16	36
20	Joseph	44	↑6	8
21	Andrew	43	↓13	7
22	Cole	43	↑2	71
23	Noah	43	↓17	27
24	Brandon	42	↓15	12
25	Trevor	40	↑6	75
26	Mason	39	↓8	64
27	Alexander	37	↓7	20
28	Cody	37	↓5	60
29	Chase	35	↑13	77
30	Christopher	34	↓2	5
31	David	34	new	16
32	Riley	34	↓13	>100
33	Ryan	34	↓8	13
34	Anthony	33	↑13	17
35	Blake	33	new	80
36	Daniel	33	↑12	9
37	Dalton	31	↑12	91
38	Isaac	31	↓4	53
39	Jackson	31	↑5	72
40	Connor	30	↑3	50
41	Alex	29	↑4	62
42	John	28	↓3	14
43	Justin	28	↓13	19
44	Lucas	28	new	83
45	Christian	27	new	22
46	Jack	27	–	46
47	Jared	27	new	56
48	Nathaniel	27	new	61
49	Seth	27	↓11	63
50	Wyatt	27	new	>100

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