Popular baby names in South Dakota, 2008

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 2008 were Emma for girls (76 babies) and Jacob for boys (56). Social Security records list 7,303 babies born in South Dakota in 2008 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 2008

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

Alivia: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Paige: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Mya: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Grace: 55 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Miley: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Brooklyn: 31 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Aubrey: 31 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bailey: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rylee: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Peyton: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Lane: 19 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Dawson: 21 babies, 8× the national rate
Tyson: 17 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Tucker: 18 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Lincoln: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Rylan: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
Jaxon: 24 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Riley: 38 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Gage: 25 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jace: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 2008

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Emma	76	↑1	1
2	Olivia	64	↑1	4
3	Addison	55	↑1	12
4	Grace	55	↑2	21
5	Ava	52	↓4	5
6	Alexis	48	↑8	15
7	Ella	44	↑3	19
8	Isabella	42	↑9	2
9	Elizabeth	41	–	9
10	Madison	38	↓3	6
11	Sophia	36	↑1	7
12	Chloe	33	↑3	10
13	Hailey	32	↑3	25
14	Aubrey	31	new	42
15	Brooklyn	31	↑4	48
16	Hannah	31	↓11	17
17	Emily	30	↓9	3
18	Lily	30	↑7	24
19	Abigail	28	↓8	8
20	Avery	28	↑3	38
21	Kaylee	28	↓1	31
22	Taylor	28	↓9	22
23	Alyssa	26	↓5	16
24	Natalie	25	↓3	13
25	Peyton	25	new	60
26	Anna	23	–	26
27	Nevaeh	23	↓5	34
28	Paige	23	↑16	89
29	Samantha	23	–	11
30	Bailey	22	new	82
31	Leah	22	new	40
32	Brooke	21	↓1	52
33	Mya	21	↑2	>100
34	Brianna	20	new	23
35	Claire	20	↑3	62
36	Lauren	20	new	30
37	Morgan	19	↓3	46
38	Amelia	18	↑11	68
39	Evelyn	18	new	54
40	Lillian	18	new	29
41	Autumn	17	new	87
42	Gracie	17	↓18	99
43	Kaitlyn	17	↓4	53
44	Katelyn	17	↓17	80
45	Sophie	17	new	75
46	Kylie	16	↓4	51
47	Mia	16	↓14	14
48	Miley	16	new	>100
49	Rylee	16	↓4	>100
50	Savannah	16	↓14	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Jacob	56	↑2	1
2	Mason	56	–	35
3	Noah	56	↑2	15
4	Jackson	54	↑2	32
5	Ethan	53	↓4	3
6	Logan	53	↑12	19
7	Isaac	51	↑33	37
8	Carter	49	↑2	65
9	Gavin	47	↓5	30
10	Samuel	47	↑10	27
11	Aiden	45	↑3	16
12	Joseph	45	↑5	13
13	Landon	45	↑20	45
14	Benjamin	44	↑5	25
15	Wyatt	44	↑21	62
16	Evan	43	↓1	38
17	Michael	42	↑17	2
18	Gabriel	40	↑12	24
19	Alexander	39	↓6	6
20	James	39	↑17	17
21	Brody	38	↑29	70
22	Jack	38	↓10	39
23	Joshua	38	↓1	4
24	Lucas	38	↑14	46
25	Riley	38	↑7	>100
26	Tyler	38	↓19	28
27	Cooper	37	new	92
28	Carson	36	↓19	89
29	Elijah	36	–	22
30	Owen	36	↓6	58
31	Caleb	35	↓8	34
32	Dylan	35	↓5	31
33	Matthew	35	↑8	10
34	Hunter	34	↓23	54
35	Connor	33	↓9	57
36	John	33	new	20
37	William	33	↓29	8
38	Andrew	31	↓13	12
39	Austin	31	–	55
40	Caden	31	new	96
41	Zachary	31	↑4	47
42	Anthony	30	new	7
43	David	29	↑5	14
44	Hayden	29	↓28	76
45	Blake	28	↓2	90
46	Chase	28	new	67
47	Kaden	27	↓5	100
48	Luke	27	new	43
49	Nathan	27	↓18	21
50	Nicholas	27	↓6	29

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