Popular baby names in South Dakota, 2001

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 2001 were Madison for girls (68 babies) and Jacob for boys (93). Madison ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 6,889 babies born in South Dakota in 2001 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 2001

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: 20 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Hanna: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Mckenzie: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bailey: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kennedy: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kelsey: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Morgan: 51 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Brooke: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kylie: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Sydney: 51 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Kaden: 25 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Carter: 46 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Cade: 22 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Caden: 22 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Brayden: 23 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Trey: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Levi: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Taylor: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Braden: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Riley: 30 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 2001

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Madison	68	↑5	2
2	Hannah	65	↓1	3
3	Grace	60	↑2	16
4	Taylor	57	–	12
5	Emily	54	↓3	1
6	Morgan	51	↓3	29
7	Sydney	51	↑1	23
8	Abigail	48	↑2	8
9	Elizabeth	48	↑5	9
10	Alexis	47	↑1	5
11	Emma	47	↓2	13
12	Samantha	42	↑6	7
13	Haley	38	↑6	34
14	Ashley	35	↓7	4
15	Anna	34	↑2	19
16	Megan	33	↓4	20
17	Olivia	31	↓4	10
18	Brianna	30	↓3	18
19	Hailey	30	↑10	33
20	Jessica	30	↑1	11
21	Kaitlyn	30	↑3	31
22	Brooke	29	↑19	57
23	Rachel	28	↓7	24
24	Bailey	27	↓1	69
25	Mackenzie	26	↑18	40
26	Sarah	26	↓1	6
27	Alyssa	25	↑6	14
28	Isabella	24	new	28
29	Lauren	24	↓9	15
30	Sophia	23	new	37
31	Autumn	22	new	72
32	Chloe	22	↑13	30
33	Jenna	22	new	45
34	Jasmine	20	↑1	25
35	Kayla	20	↓9	17
36	Kelsey	20	new	100
37	Kendra	20	new	>100
38	Makayla	20	↑10	54
39	Paige	20	↓9	71
40	Courtney	19	↓6	73
41	Rebecca	19	new	46
42	Victoria	19	↑2	21
43	Amber	18	new	51
44	Gabrielle	18	↓7	50
45	Kylie	18	new	95
46	Shelby	18	↓15	68
47	Sierra	18	↓15	55
48	Allison	17	↓26	44
49	Amanda	17	↓9	39
50	Erin	17	new	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Jacob	93	–	1
2	Dylan	79	–	21
3	Ethan	68	↑1	17
4	Hunter	65	↑3	36
5	Austin	64	↓2	25
6	Tyler	63	–	13
7	Michael	62	↑5	2
8	Zachary	61	–	16
9	Logan	59	↑9	29
10	Andrew	55	↑11	7
11	Mason	55	↑15	54
12	Noah	54	↑11	28
13	Matthew	51	↓3	3
14	Nicholas	49	↓9	6
15	Joseph	47	↑5	8
16	Carter	46	↓1	>100
17	Joshua	43	↓4	4
18	Brandon	42	↑6	18
19	Nathan	42	↓8	31
20	Samuel	42	↓6	26
21	Caleb	40	↓4	37
22	Isaac	39	↑16	47
23	Justin	38	↑20	22
24	Thomas	38	new	33
25	Benjamin	37	↓16	27
26	Jackson	37	↑13	60
27	Jordan	37	↓8	39
28	William	34	new	10
29	Christopher	33	↑1	5
30	Ryan	33	↑3	15
31	Alexander	32	↓4	20
32	Cody	32	↓4	64
33	Cole	31	↓11	74
34	Adam	30	new	51
35	James	30	new	19
36	Riley	30	↓4	>100
37	Jack	29	↑9	48
38	Seth	29	↑11	68
39	Tanner	29	↓23	>100
40	Daniel	28	↓4	9
41	Trevor	28	↓16	76
42	John	27	–	14
43	Aaron	25	new	42
44	Blake	25	↓9	77
45	Kaden	25	new	>100
46	Anthony	24	↓12	11
47	Connor	24	↓7	49
48	Wyatt	24	↑2	>100
49	Brayden	23	new	>100
50	David	23	↓19	12

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