Popular baby names in South Dakota, 2017

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 2017 were Emma for girls (54 babies) and Oliver for boys (68). Oliver ranked #10 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,020 babies born in South Dakota in 2017 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 2017

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

Mya: 26 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Brynlee: 19 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Piper: 30 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Quinn: 29 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Willow: 29 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Hadley: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Nora: 45 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rylee: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lydia: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Clara: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Briggs: 15 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Rhett: 24 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Brooks: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Beckett: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Maverick: 37 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Paxton: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bennett: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Emmett: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Hudson: 43 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ryker: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 2017

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Emma	54	–	1
2	Olivia	50	↑1	2
3	Harper	48	↓1	11
4	Evelyn	46	↑5	9
5	Nora	45	↑5	29
6	Ava	44	↓1	3
7	Amelia	36	↑11	8
8	Charlotte	35	↓4	7
9	Ella	34	↑2	16
10	Brooklyn	31	↑14	39
11	Elizabeth	30	↓4	13
12	Piper	30	↑38	81
13	Quinn	29	↑1	76
14	Willow	29	↑31	80
15	Paisley	28	↑5	45
16	Abigail	27	↑1	10
17	Emily	27	new	12
18	Mya	26	new	>100
19	Ellie	25	↑11	44
20	Lillian	25	↑15	27
21	Avery	24	↓15	14
22	Everly	24	new	82
23	Isabella	24	↓2	4
24	Lydia	24	↑14	85
25	Violet	24	new	47
26	Hannah	23	↑5	32
27	Natalie	23	–	35
28	Aurora	22	↑13	51
29	Lily	22	↓3	33
30	Sophia	22	↓22	5
31	Stella	22	↑2	42
32	Clara	21	↓7	95
33	Grace	21	↓20	21
34	Hadley	21	↑15	>100
35	Rylee	21	new	>100
36	Eleanor	20	↑6	36
37	Lucy	20	new	52
38	Aria	19	↑2	20
39	Brynlee	19	↓11	>100
40	Chloe	19	↓17	22
41	Claire	19	↑6	49
42	Zoey	19	↓27	28
43	Emery	18	new	>100
44	Kennedy	18	↓10	58
45	Kinsley	18	new	59
46	Alice	17	new	70
47	Josephine	17	new	>100
48	Mia	17	↓29	6
49	Penelope	17	new	24
50	Adeline	16	new	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Oliver	68	–	10
2	Owen	62	↑1	28
3	Lincoln	56	↑4	41
4	Liam	53	↓2	1
5	William	50	–	3
6	Henry	49	↑11	19
7	Logan	46	↑4	5
8	Hudson	43	–	64
9	Benjamin	41	–	6
10	Noah	41	↑5	2
11	Carter	40	↑1	24
12	Lucas	39	↑10	11
13	Mason	37	↑5	7
14	Maverick	37	new	84
15	James	36	↑14	4
16	Samuel	35	↓6	21
17	Michael	34	↑6	12
18	Cooper	33	↑8	88
19	Easton	33	↑12	66
20	Joseph	33	↑25	18
21	Leo	33	new	62
22	Charles	31	↑21	48
23	Daniel	31	↑26	15
24	Grayson	31	↓20	34
25	Isaac	31	–	32
26	Jackson	31	↓20	20
27	Wyatt	31	↑15	25
28	Jack	30	↓15	36
29	Ethan	29	↑15	14
30	Levi	29	↓16	35
31	Alexander	28	new	13
32	Bentley	28	new	>100
33	Asher	27	↓5	59
34	Jacob	27	↓13	9
35	Jaxon	27	↓15	43
36	Luke	27	new	30
37	Thomas	27	–	49
38	Eli	26	↑9	54
39	Caleb	25	↓1	50
40	Gabriel	25	↓16	31
41	Landon	25	↓11	57
42	Aiden	24	↓8	17
43	Bennett	24	new	>100
44	Emmett	24	↓4	>100
45	Jace	24	new	87
46	Nolan	24	new	67
47	Rhett	24	new	>100
48	Roman	24	new	91
49	Declan	23	new	>100
50	Ezra	23	new	69

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