Popular baby names in South Dakota, 2005

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 2005 were Emma for girls (60 babies) and Jacob for boys (80). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 7,392 babies born in South Dakota in 2005 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 2005

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: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kyra: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Addison: 25 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Ashlyn: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kylee: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Zoey: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Ciara: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Paige: 31 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jenna: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Claire: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Kade: 17 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Tate: 19 babies, 12× the national rate
Dawson: 27 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Lane: 16 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Sawyer: 16 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Trey: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Tanner: 32 babies, 5× the national rate
Carter: 60 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Carson: 44 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jaxon: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 2005

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Emma	60	↑1	2
2	Madison	60	↓1	3
3	Olivia	60	↑1	5
4	Emily	58	↓1	1
5	Hannah	54	–	7
6	Grace	53	–	14
7	Abigail	51	↑4	4
8	Alexis	49	↑1	13
9	Ava	47	↑6	9
10	Ella	46	↓2	23
11	Elizabeth	45	↓4	11
12	Taylor	43	↑1	24
13	Hailey	36	↓1	26
14	Morgan	32	↓4	33
15	Sydney	32	↑5	30
16	Paige	31	↑16	60
17	Sophia	31	↑18	12
18	Kaylee	30	↑22	40
19	Chloe	29	↑2	19
20	Jenna	29	↑5	62
21	Megan	29	↓2	41
22	Lauren	27	–	21
23	Natalie	27	↑5	18
24	Lily	26	↑7	39
25	Nevaeh	26	new	69
26	Addison	25	new	>100
27	Isabella	25	↓9	6
28	Samantha	25	↓14	8
29	Anna	24	↓12	22
30	Allison	23	↓7	45
31	Alyssa	22	↓7	16
32	Brooke	22	↑4	47
33	Brooklyn	22	↓17	78
34	Katelyn	22	↓8	59
35	Mackenzie	21	↑6	51
36	Sarah	21	↓7	15
37	Ashley	20	new	10
38	Ashlyn	20	new	>100
39	Claire	20	↑6	95
40	Kylie	20	↓13	57
41	Brianna	19	new	20
42	Kaitlyn	19	↓8	34
43	Katherine	19	new	36
44	Mya	18	new	98
45	Rebecca	18	new	81
46	Abby	17	new	>100
47	Avery	17	new	67
48	Kennedy	17	new	>100
49	Kylee	17	new	>100
50	Mia	17	new	17

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Jacob	80	↑1	1
2	Ethan	65	↓1	5
3	Carter	60	↑8	77
4	Tyler	58	↑3	16
5	Landon	57	↑19	61
6	Andrew	54	↑2	6
7	Gavin	51	↑16	47
8	Samuel	51	↑1	21
9	Jackson	49	↑10	44
10	Logan	49	↓7	26
11	Joseph	48	↑2	9
12	Mason	48	↓8	42
13	Noah	48	↑2	23
14	Alexander	46	↑20	13
15	Austin	45	↑15	38
16	Carson	44	↑26	>100
17	Matthew	43	↓11	4
18	Benjamin	42	new	25
19	Hunter	42	↑2	53
20	Aiden	41	new	50
21	Michael	41	↓7	2
22	Dylan	40	↓17	24
23	Kaden	39	↓6	100
24	Isaac	38	↓2	49
25	Riley	38	↓9	>100
26	Zachary	38	↓14	29
27	Gabriel	37	new	28
28	Joshua	37	↓2	3
29	Connor	36	↓9	48
30	William	36	↓3	11
31	Brayden	35	↓3	80
32	Nathan	35	↓22	20
33	Caleb	34	↓15	35
34	Evan	34	↑6	39
35	Hayden	34	↑15	76
36	James	33	↓4	17
37	Daniel	32	↑2	7
38	Ryan	32	↓13	14
39	Tanner	32	↑2	>100
40	Aidan	31	new	43
41	Caden	31	↑8	98
42	Cody	31	new	96
43	John	31	new	18
44	Chase	29	↓13	82
45	Cole	29	↓9	79
46	Alex	28	new	71
47	Owen	28	↓10	60
48	Trevor	28	new	>100
49	Christian	27	↓6	22
50	Dawson	27	↓12	>100

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