Popular baby names in South Dakota, 2011

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 2011 were Ava for girls (74 babies) and Mason for boys (82). Ava ranked #5 nationally for girls. Mason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,011 babies born in South Dakota in 2011 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 2011

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

Hadley: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Quinn: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Nora: 20 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Harper: 39 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Mya: 23 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jordyn: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Clara: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Brooklyn: 50 babies, 4× the national rate
Brielle: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lucy: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Bennett: 24 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Lane: 18 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Ryker: 17 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Kyler: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Lincoln: 22 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Rylan: 28 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Gage: 25 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jace: 35 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Easton: 32 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Sawyer: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 2011

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010	US rank
1	Ava	74	↑1	5
2	Emma	60	↑1	3
3	Olivia	54	↑2	4
4	Sophia	52	↓3	1
5	Brooklyn	50	↑1	21
6	Isabella	42	↓2	2
7	Emily	41	↑11	6
8	Harper	39	↑3	54
9	Addison	38	↑3	13
10	Grace	36	↑13	16
11	Avery	34	↓3	18
12	Abigail	33	↑3	7
13	Aubrey	32	↑28	20
14	Ella	30	↓7	12
15	Zoey	29	↑25	28
16	Lily	28	↑11	15
17	Chloe	27	↓7	10
18	Alexis	26	↓9	26
19	Elizabeth	26	↓6	11
20	Claire	24	↓3	50
21	Lillian	24	↓1	22
22	Madison	24	↑2	8
23	Mya	23	↑6	>100
24	Hailey	22	↓5	32
25	Hannah	22	↓11	25
26	Lucy	22	↑2	73
27	Evelyn	21	new	24
28	Peyton	21	↓3	53
29	Sophie	21	↑21	51
30	Autumn	20	↑3	69
31	Jordyn	20	new	>100
32	Kaylee	20	↓2	36
33	Khloe	20	↓7	49
34	Leah	20	↑1	29
35	Nora	20	new	>100
36	Taylor	20	↓14	44
37	Kennedy	18	new	91
38	Bailey	17	new	88
39	Hadley	17	new	>100
40	Lydia	17	↑3	96
41	Mia	17	new	9
42	Natalie	17	↓11	14
43	Allison	16	↓11	40
44	Amelia	16	new	30
45	Brielle	16	new	>100
46	Eva	16	new	83
47	Gabriella	16	new	34
48	Morgan	16	↓12	75
49	Quinn	16	new	>100
50	Stella	16	new	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010	US rank
1	Mason	82	↑1	2
2	Carter	60	↑2	41
3	William	53	↑18	3
4	Logan	52	↑13	21
5	Elijah	50	↑14	13
6	Jackson	48	↑5	23
7	Jacob	47	↓6	1
8	Benjamin	45	↓1	19
9	Gavin	44	↓1	37
10	Noah	42	↓7	5
11	Owen	42	↓2	44
12	Wyatt	41	↑1	48
13	Gabriel	40	↑32	24
14	Samuel	40	↑2	26
15	Liam	39	–	15
16	Michael	39	↑22	6
17	Alexander	38	↑12	8
18	Brayden	38	↑12	36
19	Bentley	37	↑20	75
20	Aiden	36	↓14	9
21	Ethan	36	↓11	7
22	Isaac	36	↑5	35
23	Joseph	36	↓1	22
24	Jace	35	↑25	>100
25	Hunter	34	↑12	55
26	Evan	33	↓6	40
27	Andrew	32	↓4	16
28	Easton	32	new	>100
29	Eli	32	new	58
30	Levi	32	↓2	66
31	James	31	↓17	17
32	Jack	30	↓20	45
33	Caleb	29	↓2	32
34	Chase	29	new	69
35	Luke	29	↑12	39
36	Anthony	28	new	11
37	Parker	28	new	79
38	Rylan	28	new	>100
39	Carson	27	↓7	85
40	Connor	27	↑1	54
41	Hudson	27	↓6	>100
42	Jayden	27	↑4	4
43	Landon	27	↓38	34
44	Blake	25	↓10	73
45	Gage	25	new	>100
46	Jaxon	25	↓10	86
47	Lucas	25	↓22	29
48	Riley	25	new	>100
49	Bennett	24	new	>100
50	Cooper	24	↓32	82

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