Popular baby names in South Dakota, 2010

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 2010 were Sophia for girls (59 babies) and Jacob for boys (68). Sophia ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 6,995 babies born in South Dakota in 2010 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 2010

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

Harper: 33 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Kinley: 17 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Mya: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Brooklynn: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Brooklyn: 40 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ellie: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Rylee: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lydia: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Claire: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lucy: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Ryker: 20 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Dawson: 19 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Lincoln: 24 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Hudson: 29 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Rylan: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jace: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Tucker: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Easton: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jaxon: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bentley: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 2010

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2009	US rank
1	Sophia	59	↑3	2
2	Ava	57	–	5
3	Emma	53	↓2	3
4	Isabella	51	↓1	1
5	Olivia	49	↑3	4
6	Brooklyn	40	↑4	34
7	Ella	39	↑4	13
8	Avery	37	↑8	23
9	Alexis	34	↓4	16
10	Chloe	34	↑7	9
11	Harper	33	↑14	>100
12	Addison	32	↓5	11
13	Elizabeth	31	↓7	12
14	Hannah	30	↓1	20
15	Abigail	29	↓1	7
16	Anna	28	↑14	27
17	Claire	28	↑1	53
18	Emily	27	↓6	6
19	Hailey	27	–	19
20	Lillian	27	↑4	22
21	Nevaeh	27	↑17	25
22	Taylor	27	↓7	37
23	Grace	24	↓2	18
24	Madison	24	↓15	8
25	Peyton	23	↑14	51
26	Khloe	21	new	42
27	Lily	21	↓7	17
28	Lucy	21	new	75
29	Mya	21	↑12	>100
30	Kaylee	20	↑6	35
31	Natalie	20	↓9	14
32	Allison	19	new	38
33	Autumn	19	new	81
34	Ellie	19	new	>100
35	Leah	19	↑11	24
36	Morgan	19	↓4	63
37	Aaliyah	18	new	56
38	Mackenzie	18	↓1	68
39	Rylee	18	↑3	>100
40	Zoey	18	new	47
41	Aubrey	17	↓14	45
42	Kinley	17	new	>100
43	Lydia	17	new	>100
44	Sarah	17	new	26
45	Alyssa	16	↓16	21
46	Mariah	16	new	97
47	Paige	16	↓19	100
48	Payton	16	new	79
49	Samantha	16	↓16	15
50	Sophie	16	↓16	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2009	US rank
1	Jacob	68	↑6	1
2	Mason	67	↑6	12
3	Noah	63	↓1	7
4	Carter	51	↑6	48
5	Landon	51	↑7	33
6	Aiden	47	–	9
7	Benjamin	46	↑18	22
8	Gavin	46	↓5	38
9	Owen	46	↑5	47
10	Ethan	45	↓9	2
11	Jackson	44	↓7	25
12	Jack	43	↑17	45
13	Wyatt	40	↓4	57
14	James	39	new	19
15	Liam	39	new	30
16	Samuel	39	↑11	24
17	Logan	38	↓12	17
18	Cooper	37	↓2	75
19	Elijah	37	↑18	18
20	Evan	37	↑3	36
21	William	37	↓10	5
22	Joseph	36	↑2	20
23	Andrew	35	↓8	14
24	Dylan	35	↑16	31
25	Lucas	35	↑18	35
26	Brody	34	↑22	83
27	Isaac	34	↓9	39
28	Levi	33	new	70
29	Alexander	32	↑1	6
30	Brayden	30	↓2	40
31	Caleb	30	↓18	32
32	Carson	30	↓15	82
33	John	30	↑16	26
34	Blake	29	new	87
35	Hudson	29	↑7	>100
36	Jaxon	29	↓5	99
37	Hunter	28	↓5	58
38	Michael	28	↓18	3
39	Bentley	27	new	100
40	Colton	27	new	73
41	Connor	27	new	49
42	David	27	new	15
43	Joshua	27	new	11
44	Tyler	27	↓23	34
45	Gabriel	26	↓10	21
46	Jayden	26	new	4
47	Luke	25	↓28	41
48	Austin	24	↓26	64
49	Jace	24	↓11	>100
50	Lincoln	24	new	>100

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