Popular baby names in South Dakota, 2013

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 2013 were Emma for girls (71 babies) and Liam for boys (82). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Liam ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,273 babies born in South Dakota in 2013 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 2013

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

Kinley: 24 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Brynlee: 17 babies, 8× the national rate
Hadley: 27 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Adalyn: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Kinsley: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Paisley: 28 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lydia: 25 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Josephine: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Alexis: 34 babies, 4× the national rate
Clara: 18 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Tate: 22 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Ty: 15 babies, 9× the national rate
Ryker: 32 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Paxton: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Charlie: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lincoln: 37 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bennett: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Easton: 38 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Riley: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Braxton: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 2013

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2012	US rank
1	Emma	71	–	2
2	Harper	57	–	16
3	Olivia	54	↑1	3
4	Sophia	54	↓1	1
5	Ava	52	–	5
6	Avery	48	↑4	12
7	Isabella	39	–	4
8	Grace	35	↑4	22
9	Alexis	34	↑14	47
10	Ella	34	↓4	15
11	Abigail	33	↑4	8
12	Aubrey	30	↑17	18
13	Addison	29	↓4	19
14	Brooklyn	29	↓3	28
15	Chloe	29	↑1	14
16	Lillian	29	↑9	26
17	Zoey	29	↓9	24
18	Paisley	28	↑8	80
19	Evelyn	27	new	20
20	Hadley	27	↑22	>100
21	Amelia	25	↓8	17
22	Emily	25	↓3	7
23	Lydia	25	↑7	95
24	Natalie	25	↓10	21
25	Kinley	24	new	>100
26	Ellie	23	↑24	74
27	Hailey	23	↑16	43
28	Hannah	23	↓10	23
29	Lily	23	↓8	27
30	Madison	23	↑9	9
31	Aubree	21	↑6	53
32	Elizabeth	21	↓15	10
33	Mia	21	–	6
34	Claire	20	↓2	50
35	Gabriella	20	new	38
36	Madelyn	20	↑10	68
37	Stella	20	↓9	70
38	Lucy	19	new	66
39	Savannah	19	new	36
40	Sophie	19	–	76
41	Clara	18	new	>100
42	Morgan	18	new	100
43	Sadie	18	new	49
44	Brielle	17	↓3	>100
45	Brynlee	17	↑4	>100
46	Lauren	17	↓8	92
47	Leah	17	new	32
48	Quinn	17	↓21	>100
49	Taylor	17	↓13	59
50	Adalyn	16	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2012	US rank
1	Liam	82	–	3
2	Noah	65	↑3	1
3	Carter	58	↑6	33
4	William	58	↑2	5
5	Mason	56	↓3	4
6	Wyatt	54	↑26	42
7	Owen	53	↓3	38
8	Jackson	52	↑8	16
9	Gavin	44	↑16	50
10	Jacob	43	↓7	2
11	Michael	42	↓1	7
12	Jack	41	↓4	40
13	Benjamin	40	↑16	14
14	James	40	↑6	13
15	Logan	40	↓8	18
16	Easton	38	↑1	88
17	Lincoln	37	↑24	95
18	Aiden	35	↑6	12
19	Alexander	35	↑15	8
20	Henry	34	↓1	37
21	Landon	34	↑12	39
22	Connor	33	↑22	56
23	Elijah	33	↑4	11
24	Hudson	33	↑22	87
25	Caleb	32	↑14	32
26	Eli	32	↓12	43
27	Ethan	32	↓16	6
28	Jaxon	32	↑19	45
29	Oliver	32	↑9	52
30	Ryker	32	new	>100
31	Andrew	31	↓9	22
32	Bentley	30	↓20	81
33	Lucas	30	↓5	23
34	Dylan	29	new	29
35	Levi	29	↓12	49
36	Camden	28	new	99
37	Samuel	28	↓11	25
38	Hunter	27	new	36
39	Isaac	27	↓24	28
40	Jaxson	27	new	92
41	Asher	25	↑1	>100
42	Braxton	24	↑7	>100
43	Grayson	24	new	77
44	John	24	↓23	27
45	Austin	23	new	64
46	David	23	↓6	17
47	Evan	23	new	55
48	Isaiah	23	↓11	44
49	Jonathan	23	new	41
50	Miles	23	new	>100

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