Popular baby names in South Dakota, 2015

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 2015 were Harper for girls (59 babies) and Oliver for boys (62). Harper ranked #10 nationally for girls. Oliver ranked #19 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,241 babies born in South Dakota in 2015 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 2015

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

Brooklynn: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Hadley: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Nora: 37 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Hazel: 28 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Emery: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Aurora: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Harper: 59 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Stella: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Piper: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Quinn: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Lane: 19 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Ryker: 30 babies, 5× the national rate
Dawson: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Tucker: 23 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Beckett: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Riley: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jasper: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Emmett: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jameson: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bennett: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 2015

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	Harper	59	–	10
2	Emma	58	↑2	1
3	Olivia	51	–	2
4	Ava	46	↓2	4
5	Evelyn	42	↑2	15
6	Sophia	42	↓1	3
7	Avery	39	↑14	16
8	Grace	39	new	19
9	Nora	37	↓1	41
10	Amelia	36	–	12
11	Addison	30	↑3	24
12	Brooklyn	30	↑3	31
13	Isabella	30	↑15	5
14	Abigail	29	↑3	7
15	Elizabeth	28	↓3	13
16	Hazel	28	new	63
17	Stella	28	↑13	51
18	Zoey	27	new	23
19	Chloe	26	↑1	17
20	Emily	26	↑3	8
21	Madison	25	↑3	11
22	Hannah	24	–	28
23	Mia	24	↑3	6
24	Paisley	24	↓6	45
25	Piper	24	↑12	67
26	Aubrey	22	↑9	21
27	Aurora	22	new	78
28	Hadley	22	↓19	>100
29	Ella	21	↓23	18
30	Lily	21	↓19	25
31	Madelyn	21	new	59
32	Charlotte	20	–	9
33	Ellie	20	↓8	48
34	Kaylee	20	↓1	61
35	Sadie	20	new	52
36	Natalie	19	↓23	27
37	Alexis	18	new	85
38	Aria	18	new	29
39	Brooklynn	18	new	>100
40	Gabriella	18	new	54
41	Layla	18	↑8	30
42	Lucy	18	↓1	55
43	Quinn	18	↑1	97
44	Taylor	18	new	77
45	Leah	17	↓11	36
46	Lydia	17	↑4	80
47	Anna	16	↓28	44
48	Clara	16	new	98
49	Hailey	16	↓22	64
50	Lillian	16	↓14	26

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	Oliver	62	↑5	19
2	Owen	56	↑16	36
3	Liam	54	↓2	2
4	Jackson	49	↑6	17
5	Levi	48	↑21	42
6	Mason	46	↑5	3
7	Henry	45	↑2	29
8	James	45	↑11	7
9	Benjamin	41	↓5	10
10	Hudson	40	↑2	65
11	Noah	40	↓6	1
12	Hunter	39	↑26	41
13	Jacob	39	↓6	4
14	Easton	37	↑20	78
15	Isaac	37	↑15	31
16	Logan	37	↓13	14
17	William	37	↓9	5
18	Lincoln	36	↓16	66
19	Wyatt	35	↑8	34
20	Cooper	34	↑13	77
21	Daniel	34	new	12
22	Gabriel	34	–	22
23	Jack	34	↑1	40
24	Samuel	33	↓9	23
25	Aiden	32	new	13
26	Carter	32	↓5	24
27	Ethan	32	↓13	6
28	Elijah	31	↓15	11
29	Grayson	31	↑3	47
30	Luke	31	↑12	28
31	Asher	30	↑8	82
32	Ryker	30	↑3	>100
33	Jaxon	29	↓16	44
34	Caleb	28	↓14	37
35	David	28	new	18
36	Landon	28	new	46
37	Lucas	28	new	16
38	Michael	28	↓7	9
39	Joseph	27	new	21
40	Dominic	25	new	68
41	Emmett	25	new	>100
42	Leo	25	new	91
43	Andrew	24	↑3	30
44	Bentley	24	↓4	92
45	Camden	24	new	>100
46	Colton	24	new	60
47	Eli	24	↓31	53
48	Gavin	24	↓11	70
49	Isaiah	24	new	49
50	Nolan	24	↓1	71

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