Popular baby names in South Dakota, 2003

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 2003 were Emma for girls (88 babies) and Jacob for boys (80). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 7,239 babies born in South Dakota in 2003 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 2003

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

Maggie: 17 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Abby: 19 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Ellie: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Brooklyn: 23 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Bailey: 27 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Avery: 27 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jordyn: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kennedy: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ashlyn: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Paige: 40 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Tate: 16 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Kade: 16 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Dawson: 30 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Lane: 17 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Jaxon: 15 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Carter: 54 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Jace: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Zane: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Ty: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Tanner: 33 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 2003

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002	US rank
1	Emma	88	↑4	2
2	Hannah	75	↓1	4
3	Emily	69	↓1	1
4	Olivia	65	↑10	5
5	Madison	58	↑2	3
6	Abigail	56	↓2	6
7	Taylor	53	↑2	19
8	Alexis	52	–	7
9	Grace	51	↓6	13
10	Elizabeth	44	–	9
11	Paige	40	↑2	47
12	Samantha	39	↑6	10
13	Megan	37	↓2	30
14	Sydney	34	↑1	25
15	Morgan	31	↓9	29
16	Isabella	30	↑7	12
17	Ashley	29	↑10	8
18	Chloe	29	↑11	24
19	Alyssa	28	↑7	14
20	Avery	27	new	89
21	Bailey	27	↑14	98
22	Hailey	27	↓10	26
23	Ella	26	new	44
24	Jessica	26	↑9	18
25	Kaitlyn	26	–	32
26	Savannah	26	new	41
27	Jenna	25	↑9	55
28	Sarah	24	↑4	11
29	Autumn	23	↓1	75
30	Brooklyn	23	new	>100
31	Jasmine	23	↑10	27
32	Lauren	23	↓2	15
33	Rachel	23	↓12	28
34	Trinity	23	↑3	56
35	Allison	22	↓19	46
36	Anna	22	↓17	21
37	Katelyn	22	↑5	58
38	Sophia	22	new	20
39	Brianna	21	↓19	17
40	Kaylee	21	↓23	53
41	Kylie	21	↓7	52
42	Brooke	20	↓20	43
43	Kennedy	20	new	>100
44	Natalie	20	new	23
45	Abby	19	new	>100
46	Haley	18	↓22	34
47	Marissa	18	new	95
48	Ashlyn	17	new	>100
49	Mackenzie	17	↓18	45
50	Maggie	17	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002	US rank
1	Jacob	80	–	1
2	Ethan	70	–	7
3	Logan	64	↑1	28
4	Mason	57	↓1	54
5	Carter	54	↑17	>100
6	Michael	54	↑9	2
7	Jackson	53	↑7	52
8	Joseph	53	↑11	6
9	Alexander	52	↑17	16
10	Dylan	52	↓3	19
11	Noah	52	↑6	31
12	Zachary	51	↑1	20
13	Gavin	50	↑27	51
14	Austin	49	↓6	33
15	Caleb	49	↓6	34
16	Gabriel	48	↑21	29
17	Andrew	47	↓5	5
18	William	47	↑6	11
19	Connor	44	↑14	43
20	Tyler	44	↓14	15
21	Isaac	42	↑24	48
22	Nicholas	42	↓6	12
23	Joshua	41	↓2	3
24	Samuel	41	↓19	23
25	Benjamin	39	↑4	24
26	Carson	39	↑8	89
27	Matthew	39	↓16	4
28	Hunter	37	↓18	41
29	Riley	37	↓1	>100
30	Cole	36	↓7	69
31	James	35	new	18
32	Luke	35	new	46
33	Nathan	35	↓8	26
34	Ashton	33	new	>100
35	Tanner	33	new	>100
36	Kaden	32	↓9	>100
37	Alex	31	new	62
38	Brandon	31	↑4	21
39	Wyatt	31	↑2	>100
40	Caden	30	new	>100
41	Dawson	30	↓5	>100
42	Evan	30	↑2	44
43	Blake	29	↓4	79
44	Jack	29	new	45
45	Ryan	29	↓27	13
46	Christian	28	new	25
47	Aidan	27	new	39
48	Daniel	27	↓16	8
49	David	27	new	14
50	Landon	27	new	97

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