Popular baby names in South Dakota, 2002

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 2002 were Hannah for girls (72 babies) and Jacob for boys (102). Hannah ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 6,901 babies born in South Dakota in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 2002

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: 17 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Josie: 16 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Kendra: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Ellie: 16 babies, 6× the national rate
Maggie: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Hope: 19 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Payton: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Mckenzie: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Abby: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jordyn: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Tate: 17 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Lane: 18 babies, 9× the national rate
Kaden: 36 babies, 8× the national rate
Dawson: 29 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Brady: 34 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Payton: 16 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Brayden: 34 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Carter: 41 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Ty: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Levi: 24 babies, 5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 2002

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Hannah	72	↑1	3
2	Emily	67	↑3	1
3	Grace	57	–	15
4	Abigail	56	↑4	7
5	Emma	53	↑6	4
6	Morgan	52	–	29
7	Madison	50	↓6	2
8	Alexis	44	↑2	5
9	Taylor	42	↓5	18
10	Elizabeth	41	↓1	11
11	Megan	41	↑5	22
12	Hailey	35	↑7	31
13	Paige	35	↑26	51
14	Olivia	34	↑3	10
15	Sydney	34	↓8	23
16	Allison	33	↑32	44
17	Kaylee	32	new	57
18	Samantha	31	↓6	9
19	Anna	29	↓4	20
20	Brianna	29	↓2	17
21	Rachel	29	↑2	24
22	Brooke	28	–	52
23	Isabella	28	↑5	14
24	Haley	27	↓11	35
25	Kaitlyn	26	↓4	32
26	Alyssa	25	↑1	12
27	Ashley	25	↓13	6
28	Autumn	25	↑3	73
29	Chloe	25	↑3	25
30	Lauren	25	↓1	13
31	Mackenzie	25	↓6	42
32	Sarah	24	↓6	8
33	Jessica	22	↓13	16
34	Kylie	22	↑11	61
35	Bailey	21	↓11	84
36	Jenna	20	↓3	47
37	Trinity	20	new	70
38	Victoria	20	↑4	21
39	Alexandra	19	new	38
40	Hope	19	new	>100
41	Jasmine	19	↓7	26
42	Katelyn	19	new	53
43	Mckenzie	19	new	>100
44	Shelby	19	↑2	75
45	Amanda	18	↑4	46
46	Cassidy	17	new	>100
47	Jada	17	new	78
48	Tessa	17	new	>100
49	Ellie	16	new	>100
50	Jordan	16	new	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Jacob	102	–	1
2	Ethan	74	↑1	5
3	Mason	71	↑8	53
4	Logan	69	↑5	29
5	Samuel	57	↑15	25
6	Tyler	56	–	14
7	Dylan	53	↓5	23
8	Austin	52	↓3	26
9	Caleb	51	↑12	35
10	Hunter	51	↓6	38
11	Matthew	51	↑2	4
12	Andrew	49	↓2	6
13	Zachary	48	↓5	19
14	Jackson	47	↑12	50
15	Michael	46	↓8	2
16	Nicholas	46	↓2	9
17	Noah	46	↓5	31
18	Ryan	46	↑12	16
19	Joseph	45	↓4	7
20	Elijah	42	new	41
21	Joshua	42	↓4	3
22	Carter	41	↓6	>100
23	Cole	40	↑10	69
24	William	40	↑4	11
25	Nathan	37	↓6	28
26	Alexander	36	↑5	15
27	Kaden	36	↑18	>100
28	Riley	36	↑8	99
29	Benjamin	35	↓4	27
30	Brady	34	new	>100
31	Brayden	34	↑18	>100
32	Daniel	34	↑8	10
33	Connor	32	↑14	47
34	Carson	30	new	>100
35	Seth	30	↑3	72
36	Dawson	29	new	>100
37	Gabriel	29	new	32
38	Trevor	29	↑3	81
39	Blake	28	↑5	76
40	Gavin	28	new	61
41	Wyatt	28	↑7	>100
42	Brandon	27	↓24	20
43	Christopher	27	↓14	8
44	Evan	27	new	56
45	Isaac	27	↓23	48
46	Jayden	27	new	>100
47	John	27	↓5	17
48	Justin	27	↓25	22
49	Chase	26	new	82
50	Thomas	26	↓26	36

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