Popular baby names in South Dakota, 2014

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 2014 were Harper for girls (60 babies) and Liam for boys (57). Harper ranked #11 nationally for girls. Liam ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,358 babies born in South Dakota in 2014 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 2014

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: 22 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Hayden: 19 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Hadley: 33 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Brynlee: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Brielle: 21 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Quinn: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Nora: 34 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Willow: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Harper: 60 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Paisley: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Lane: 18 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Beckett: 21 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Lincoln: 55 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Ryker: 30 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Weston: 28 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jase: 34 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Hudson: 44 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bennett: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Brody: 33 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Riley: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 2014

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2013	US rank
1	Harper	60	↑1	11
2	Ava	59	↑3	5
3	Olivia	57	–	2
4	Emma	51	↓3	1
5	Sophia	44	↓1	3
6	Ella	39	↑4	17
7	Evelyn	36	↑12	16
8	Nora	34	new	49
9	Hadley	33	↑11	100
10	Amelia	32	↑11	15
11	Lily	31	↑18	27
12	Elizabeth	30	↑20	13
13	Natalie	30	↑11	23
14	Addison	29	↓1	24
15	Brooklyn	29	↓1	26
16	Claire	29	↑18	44
17	Abigail	28	↓6	8
18	Paisley	28	–	53
19	Anna	27	new	34
20	Chloe	27	↓5	18
21	Avery	26	↓15	14
22	Hannah	25	↑6	28
23	Emily	24	↓1	7
24	Madison	24	↑6	9
25	Ellie	23	↑1	55
26	Mia	23	↑7	6
27	Hailey	22	–	51
28	Isabella	22	↓21	4
29	Kinley	22	↓4	>100
30	Stella	22	↑7	66
31	Brielle	21	↑13	>100
32	Charlotte	21	new	10
33	Kaylee	21	new	52
34	Leah	21	↑13	35
35	Aubrey	20	↓23	21
36	Lillian	20	↓20	25
37	Piper	20	new	75
38	Aubree	19	↓7	62
39	Hayden	19	new	>100
40	Isabelle	19	new	96
41	Lucy	19	↓3	61
42	Penelope	19	new	43
43	Peyton	19	new	56
44	Quinn	19	↑4	>100
45	Morgan	18	↓3	>100
46	Serenity	18	new	58
47	Audrey	17	new	36
48	Autumn	17	new	71
49	Layla	17	new	29
50	Lydia	17	↓27	84

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2013	US rank
1	Liam	57	–	2
2	Lincoln	55	↑15	87
3	Logan	52	↑12	13
4	Benjamin	51	↑9	12
5	Noah	51	↓3	1
6	Oliver	50	↑23	32
7	Jacob	49	↑3	4
8	William	49	↓4	5
9	Henry	48	↑11	33
10	Jackson	48	↓2	18
11	Mason	45	↓6	3
12	Hudson	44	↑12	80
13	Elijah	43	↑10	11
14	Ethan	43	↑13	6
15	Samuel	42	↑22	23
16	Eli	41	↑10	49
17	Jaxon	41	↑11	46
18	Owen	40	↓11	36
19	James	39	↓5	9
20	Caleb	38	↑5	35
21	Carter	38	↓18	27
22	Gabriel	37	new	24
23	Jace	37	new	68
24	Jack	35	↓12	41
25	Jase	34	new	>100
26	Levi	34	↑9	45
27	Wyatt	34	↓21	39
28	Brody	33	new	93
29	Connor	33	↓7	52
30	Isaac	32	↑9	31
31	Michael	32	↓20	7
32	Grayson	31	↑11	63
33	Cooper	30	new	86
34	Easton	30	↓18	83
35	Ryker	30	↓5	>100
36	Alexander	29	↓17	8
37	Gavin	29	↓28	61
38	Hunter	29	–	40
39	Asher	28	↑2	92
40	Bentley	28	↓8	89
41	Carson	28	new	91
42	Luke	28	new	28
43	Weston	28	new	>100
44	Charles	27	new	51
45	Ryder	27	new	95
46	Andrew	25	↓15	22
47	Braxton	25	↓5	>100
48	Jaxson	25	↓8	85
49	Nolan	24	new	81
50	Parker	24	new	73

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