Popular baby names in South Dakota, 2012

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 2012 were Emma for girls (62 babies) and Liam for boys (72). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Liam ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,067 babies born in South Dakota in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 2012

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

Brynlee: 16 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Quinn: 22 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Kinley: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Harper: 57 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Mya: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Paisley: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Hadley: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Nora: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Reese: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Sydney: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Tate: 23 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Ryker: 19 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Tucker: 23 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Easton: 38 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lincoln: 27 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jameson: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bennett: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Braxton: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Riley: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Roman: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Emma	62	↑1	2
2	Harper	57	↑6	24
3	Sophia	52	↑1	1
4	Olivia	49	↓1	4
5	Ava	45	↓4	5
6	Ella	43	↑8	12
7	Isabella	37	↓1	3
8	Zoey	35	↑7	20
9	Addison	34	–	14
10	Avery	34	↑1	13
11	Brooklyn	34	↓6	29
12	Grace	33	↓2	21
13	Amelia	32	↑31	23
14	Natalie	30	↑28	17
15	Abigail	29	↓3	7
16	Chloe	29	↑1	11
17	Elizabeth	28	↑2	10
18	Hannah	28	↑7	22
19	Emily	27	↓12	6
20	Layla	27	new	31
21	Lily	26	↓5	16
22	Sydney	23	new	78
23	Alexis	22	↓5	40
24	Anna	22	new	34
25	Lillian	22	↓4	25
26	Paisley	22	new	>100
27	Quinn	22	↑22	>100
28	Stella	22	↑22	62
29	Aubrey	21	↓16	15
30	Lydia	21	↑10	95
31	Nora	21	↑4	>100
32	Claire	20	↓12	45
33	Mia	20	↑8	8
34	Mya	20	↓11	>100
35	Nevaeh	20	new	39
36	Taylor	20	–	46
37	Aubree	19	new	60
38	Lauren	19	new	72
39	Madison	19	↓17	9
40	Sophie	19	↓11	52
41	Brielle	18	↑4	>100
42	Hadley	18	↓3	>100
43	Hailey	18	↓19	32
44	Allison	17	↓1	38
45	Charlotte	17	new	19
46	Madelyn	17	new	67
47	Reese	17	new	>100
48	Bailey	16	↓10	81
49	Brynlee	16	new	>100
50	Ellie	16	new	85

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Liam	72	↑14	6
2	Mason	65	↓1	2
3	Jacob	59	↑4	1
4	Owen	54	↑7	38
5	Noah	53	↑5	4
6	William	53	↓3	5
7	Logan	51	↓3	22
8	Jack	46	↑24	46
9	Carter	45	↓7	36
10	Michael	43	↑6	7
11	Ethan	42	↑10	3
12	Bentley	40	↑7	75
13	Cooper	39	↑37	83
14	Eli	39	↑15	43
15	Isaac	39	↑7	30
16	Jackson	39	↓10	21
17	Easton	38	↑11	96
18	Blake	35	↑26	71
19	Henry	35	new	44
20	James	35	↑11	14
21	John	35	new	28
22	Andrew	34	↑5	18
23	Levi	34	↑7	55
24	Aiden	33	↓4	10
25	Gavin	33	↓16	40
26	Samuel	33	↓12	25
27	Elijah	32	↓22	13
28	Lucas	31	↑19	27
29	Benjamin	30	↓21	16
30	Joseph	30	↓7	19
31	Luke	30	↑4	37
32	Wyatt	30	↓20	41
33	Landon	29	↑10	35
34	Alexander	28	↓17	9
35	Brayden	28	↓17	39
36	Brody	28	new	91
37	Isaiah	28	new	42
38	Oliver	28	new	73
39	Caleb	27	↓6	32
40	David	27	new	20
41	Lincoln	27	new	>100
42	Asher	26	new	>100
43	Christopher	26	new	23
44	Connor	25	↓4	59
45	Gabriel	25	↓32	24
46	Hudson	25	↓5	93
47	Jaxon	25	↓1	66
48	Parker	25	↓11	81
49	Braxton	24	new	>100
50	Carson	24	↓11	87

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