Popular baby names in South Dakota, 2019

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 2019 were Emma for girls (63 babies) and Liam for boys (63). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 6,645 babies born in South Dakota in 2019 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 2019

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

Ember: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Blakely: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Lydia: 26 babies, 5× the national rate
Hadley: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Nora: 39 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Emery: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kinsley: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Harper: 60 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Quinn: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Reagan: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Briggs: 21 babies, 18.2× the national rate
Oakley: 17 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Hayes: 16 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Lane: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Rhett: 24 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Beckett: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Barrett: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bentley: 25 babies, 4× the national rate
Cooper: 37 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Theo: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 2019

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2018	US rank
1	Emma	63	↑1	2
2	Harper	60	↓1	9
3	Ava	50	↑2	3
4	Charlotte	43	–	6
5	Olivia	42	↓2	1
6	Nora	39	–	29
7	Evelyn	38	–	10
8	Amelia	36	↑2	7
9	Sophia	33	↑2	4
10	Ella	30	↑9	13
11	Eleanor	26	↑30	27
12	Grace	26	↑15	28
13	Lydia	26	↑18	94
14	Mila	26	↑11	19
15	Everly	25	↑7	42
16	Hannah	25	↑34	32
17	Hazel	24	↑6	33
18	Violet	23	↑8	36
19	Addison	22	↑20	47
20	Chloe	22	↓6	24
21	Elizabeth	22	↓12	14
22	Hadley	22	↑10	>100
23	Kinsley	22	↑13	74
24	Mia	22	↑4	8
25	Emily	21	new	12
26	Lucy	21	↑18	48
27	Zoey	21	↓10	31
28	Aria	20	↑5	20
29	Avery	20	↓21	18
30	Isabella	20	↑12	5
31	Ruby	20	new	66
32	Willow	20	↓20	45
33	Ellie	19	↓12	35
34	Emery	19	↓4	93
35	Layla	19	↓11	23
36	Lillian	19	↑7	37
37	Lily	19	↓22	34
38	Quinn	18	↑8	83
39	Stella	18	new	40
40	Claire	17	–	55
41	Cora	17	↓6	71
42	Savannah	17	new	54
43	Abigail	16	↓30	11
44	Aurora	16	↓26	39
45	Brooklyn	16	↑3	52
46	Natalie	16	new	41
47	Paisley	16	↓31	53
48	Blakely	15	new	>100
49	Ember	15	new	>100
50	Ivy	15	↓30	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2018	US rank
1	Liam	63	↑2	1
2	Oliver	56	↑3	3
3	Wyatt	48	↑7	29
4	Asher	44	↑22	43
5	Lincoln	42	↑4	41
6	Hudson	41	↑9	50
7	Logan	40	↓1	16
8	Owen	39	↓4	21
9	Elijah	38	↑10	5
10	Cooper	37	↑11	80
11	Jack	37	↓3	19
12	Noah	37	–	2
13	Theodore	36	–	36
14	Henry	35	↓12	13
15	James	35	↑9	6
16	Leo	34	↑6	40
17	William	32	↓6	4
18	Jackson	31	↓2	17
19	Jaxon	31	↓2	42
20	Easton	29	↓6	74
21	Everett	29	new	94
22	Grayson	29	↓21	33
23	Carter	28	↓16	30
24	Levi	28	↓6	25
25	Miles	28	new	75
26	Joseph	27	↑17	24
27	Samuel	27	↑9	22
28	Ezra	26	new	49
29	Isaac	26	↑6	34
30	Michael	26	new	14
31	Weston	26	new	>100
32	Bentley	25	new	>100
33	Brooks	25	↓6	>100
34	Eli	25	↓11	62
35	Mason	25	↓10	9
36	Maverick	25	↓16	58
37	Emmett	24	new	>100
38	Jameson	24	↑4	77
39	Landon	24	new	63
40	Rhett	24	↑5	>100
41	Aiden	23	new	20
42	Alexander	23	↑7	10
43	Benjamin	23	↓6	7
44	Harrison	23	↓15	>100
45	Ryder	23	new	>100
46	Luke	22	↓15	32
47	Wesley	22	new	99
48	Briggs	21	new	>100
49	Isaiah	21	new	53
50	Lucas	21	↓20	8

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