Popular baby names in South Dakota, 2018

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 2018 were Harper for girls (60 babies) and Grayson for boys (61). Harper ranked #9 nationally for girls. Grayson ranked #32 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,855 babies born in South Dakota in 2018 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 2018

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

Berkley: 17 babies, 33.6× the national rate
Elsie: 17 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Aspen: 15 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Adalyn: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Ivy: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Willow: 28 babies, 4× the national rate
Nora: 41 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Emery: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Hadley: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Piper: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Lane: 20 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Knox: 22 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Brooks: 27 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Rhett: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jasper: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Myles: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Harrison: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Beau: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Milo: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Grayson: 61 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 2018

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Harper	60	↑2	9
2	Emma	52	↓1	1
3	Olivia	48	↓1	2
4	Charlotte	44	↑4	6
5	Ava	42	↑1	3
6	Nora	41	↓1	30
7	Evelyn	36	↓3	10
8	Avery	35	↑13	16
9	Elizabeth	34	↑2	13
10	Amelia	31	↓3	8
11	Sophia	30	↑19	5
12	Willow	28	↑2	60
13	Abigail	27	↑3	11
14	Chloe	27	↑26	25
15	Lily	26	↑14	31
16	Paisley	26	↓1	52
17	Zoey	26	↑25	29
18	Aurora	25	↑10	44
19	Ella	25	↓10	15
20	Ivy	25	new	86
21	Ellie	23	↓2	36
22	Everly	23	–	53
23	Hazel	23	new	42
24	Layla	23	new	27
25	Mila	23	new	14
26	Violet	23	↓1	43
27	Grace	22	↑6	24
28	Mia	22	↑20	7
29	Piper	22	↓17	88
30	Emery	21	↑13	94
31	Lydia	21	↓7	89
32	Hadley	20	↑2	>100
33	Aria	19	↑5	19
34	Clara	19	↓2	>100
35	Cora	19	new	73
36	Kinsley	19	↑9	63
37	Luna	19	new	23
38	Adalyn	18	new	>100
39	Addison	18	new	35
40	Claire	18	↑1	50
41	Eleanor	18	↓5	32
42	Isabella	18	↓19	4
43	Lillian	18	↓23	34
44	Lucy	18	↓7	51
45	Madelyn	18	new	72
46	Quinn	18	↓33	85
47	Berkley	17	new	>100
48	Brooklyn	17	↓38	47
49	Elsie	17	new	>100
50	Hannah	17	↓24	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Grayson	61	↑23	32
2	Henry	59	↑4	16
3	Liam	59	↑1	1
4	Owen	56	↓2	25
5	Oliver	54	↓4	5
6	Logan	53	↑1	10
7	Carter	51	↑4	24
8	Jack	43	↑20	28
9	Lincoln	43	↓6	41
10	Wyatt	37	↑17	27
11	William	36	↓6	3
12	Noah	35	↓2	2
13	Theodore	35	new	44
14	Easton	34	↑5	66
15	Hudson	33	↓7	55
16	Jackson	33	↑10	17
17	Jaxon	33	↑18	39
18	Levi	33	↑12	33
19	Elijah	32	new	7
20	Maverick	32	↓6	73
21	Cooper	31	↓3	83
22	Leo	31	↓1	50
23	Eli	29	↑15	57
24	James	28	↓9	4
25	Mason	28	↓12	9
26	Asher	27	↑7	47
27	Brooks	27	new	>100
28	Hunter	26	new	56
29	Harrison	25	new	>100
30	Lucas	25	↓18	8
31	Luke	25	↑5	30
32	Sawyer	25	new	100
33	Caleb	24	↑6	45
34	Charles	24	↓12	53
35	Isaac	24	↓10	34
36	Samuel	24	↓20	21
37	Benjamin	23	↓28	6
38	Colton	23	new	68
39	Ethan	23	↓10	12
40	Jacob	23	↓6	13
41	Ryker	23	new	>100
42	Jameson	22	new	91
43	Joseph	22	↓23	23
44	Knox	22	new	>100
45	Rhett	22	↑2	>100
46	Daniel	21	↓23	15
47	Evan	21	new	85
48	Nolan	21	↓2	65
49	Alexander	20	↓18	11
50	Braxton	20	new	>100

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