Popular baby names in South Dakota, 2006

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 2006 were Emma for girls (64 babies) and Jacob for boys (81). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 7,411 babies born in South Dakota in 2006 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 2006

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: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Mckenzie: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Brooklyn: 36 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ashlyn: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Mya: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Bailey: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Addison: 50 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Avery: 33 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Zoey: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lydia: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Dawson: 27 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Lane: 17 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Lincoln: 18 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Trey: 22 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Payton: 16 babies, 6× the national rate
Jace: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Carter: 55 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Carson: 42 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Riley: 37 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Spencer: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 2006

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Emma	64	–	2
2	Hannah	63	↑3	8
3	Ava	60	↑6	5
4	Grace	56	↑2	16
5	Madison	52	↓3	3
6	Addison	50	↑20	28
7	Emily	50	↓3	1
8	Olivia	49	↓5	7
9	Abigail	45	↓2	6
10	Hailey	44	↑3	25
11	Alexis	41	↓3	14
12	Ella	41	↓2	21
13	Taylor	39	↓1	23
14	Chloe	38	↑5	18
15	Isabella	38	↑12	4
16	Elizabeth	37	↓5	11
17	Brooklyn	36	↑16	66
18	Avery	33	↑29	52
19	Sophia	32	↓2	9
20	Samantha	31	↑8	10
21	Morgan	28	↓7	35
22	Nevaeh	28	↑3	43
23	Brooke	26	↑9	44
24	Kaitlyn	26	↑18	41
25	Claire	25	↑14	86
26	Sydney	25	↓11	34
27	Alyssa	24	↑4	19
28	Lauren	24	↓6	24
29	Mya	24	↑15	>100
30	Trinity	24	new	64
31	Jenna	23	↓11	88
32	Paige	23	↓16	77
33	Isabelle	22	new	84
34	Lily	22	↓10	33
35	Natalie	22	↓12	17
36	Allison	21	↓6	47
37	Bailey	21	new	>100
38	Faith	21	new	62
39	Savannah	21	new	30
40	Kaylee	20	↓22	42
41	Kylie	20	↓1	67
42	Sarah	20	↓6	15
43	Ashlyn	19	↓5	>100
44	Brianna	19	↓3	20
45	Lillian	18	new	38
46	Mckenzie	18	new	>100
47	Rachel	18	new	48
48	Zoey	18	new	>100
49	Jasmine	17	new	29
50	Lydia	17	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Jacob	81	–	1
2	Ethan	76	–	4
3	Carter	55	–	75
4	Logan	55	↑6	20
5	Mason	55	↑7	40
6	Landon	54	↓1	50
7	Hunter	53	↑12	54
8	Joshua	52	↑20	3
9	Jackson	50	–	35
10	Samuel	50	↓2	25
11	Noah	48	↑2	15
12	Andrew	46	↓6	7
13	Michael	46	↑8	2
14	Alexander	45	–	12
15	Austin	43	–	41
16	Aiden	42	↑4	32
17	Carson	42	↓1	87
18	Benjamin	41	–	24
19	Caleb	41	↑14	34
20	Daniel	41	↑17	6
21	Dylan	41	↑1	26
22	Gabriel	41	↑5	28
23	Jack	41	new	36
24	Joseph	41	↓13	11
25	Matthew	40	↓8	5
26	Owen	40	↑21	58
27	Zachary	40	↓1	33
28	Ryan	38	↑10	14
29	Tyler	38	↓25	18
30	William	38	–	10
31	Isaiah	37	new	39
32	Riley	37	↓7	>100
33	Connor	36	↓4	53
34	Gavin	36	↓27	38
35	Kaden	36	↓12	92
36	Anthony	35	new	9
37	Cole	35	↑8	84
38	Thomas	35	new	51
39	Elijah	34	new	29
40	Isaac	34	↓16	48
41	James	33	↓5	16
42	Nathan	33	↓10	23
43	Brayden	32	↓12	79
44	Evan	31	↓10	42
45	Wyatt	31	new	82
46	David	29	new	13
47	Alex	28	↓1	67
48	Hayden	28	↓13	73
49	Aidan	27	↓9	44
50	Dawson	27	–	>100

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