Popular baby names in South Dakota, 2020

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 2020 were Harper for girls (47 babies) and Oliver for boys (61). Harper ranked #10 nationally for girls. Oliver ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,979 babies born in South Dakota in 2020 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 2020

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

Oaklynn: 18 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Emersyn: 22 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Gemma: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Quinn: 27 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Clara: 23 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Rylee: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Hadley: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Emery: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lydia: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Everleigh: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Lane: 22 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Hayes: 21 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Rhett: 30 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Nash: 18 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Knox: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Brooks: 30 babies, 4× the national rate
Maverick: 45 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ryker: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Emmett: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sawyer: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 2020

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Harper	47	↑1	10
2	Charlotte	45	↑2	5
3	Amelia	43	↑5	6
4	Emma	37	↓3	2
5	Ella	36	↑5	15
6	Olivia	36	↓1	1
7	Ava	35	↓4	3
8	Evelyn	33	↓1	9
9	Nora	31	↓3	30
10	Sophia	30	↓1	4
11	Elizabeth	27	↑10	16
12	Quinn	27	↑26	84
13	Hazel	26	↑4	31
14	Chloe	25	↑6	25
15	Grace	25	↓3	28
16	Everly	24	↓1	43
17	Isabella	24	↑13	7
18	Clara	23	new	>100
19	Emersyn	22	new	>100
20	Paisley	22	↑27	49
21	Rylee	22	new	>100
22	Hannah	21	↓6	39
23	Natalie	21	↑23	51
24	Emery	20	↑10	89
25	Layla	20	↑10	24
26	Claire	19	↑14	58
27	Willow	19	↑5	48
28	Abigail	18	↑15	12
29	Lydia	18	↓16	95
30	Oaklynn	18	new	>100
31	Aurora	17	↑13	36
32	Avery	17	↓3	19
33	Hadley	17	↓11	>100
34	Ivy	17	↑16	57
35	Madelyn	17	new	66
36	Addison	16	↓17	47
37	Brooklyn	16	↑8	54
38	Cora	16	↑3	88
39	Everleigh	16	new	94
40	Isla	16	new	44
41	Kennedy	16	new	72
42	Kinsley	16	↓19	59
43	Luna	16	new	14
44	Mia	16	↓20	8
45	Nova	16	new	38
46	Aria	15	↓18	27
47	Gemma	15	new	>100
48	Zoey	15	↓21	32
49	Aubrey	14	new	56
50	Ellie	14	↓17	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Oliver	61	↑1	3
2	Liam	57	↓1	1
3	Henry	48	↑11	9
4	Maverick	45	↑32	50
5	Asher	42	↓1	32
6	Noah	41	↑6	2
7	Theodore	40	↑6	23
8	Jack	39	↑3	21
9	William	39	↑8	5
10	Levi	38	↑14	18
11	Hudson	36	↓5	43
12	James	34	↑3	6
13	Wyatt	34	↓10	29
14	Benjamin	31	↑29	7
15	Carter	31	↑8	33
16	Elijah	31	↓7	4
17	Brooks	30	↑16	92
18	Lincoln	30	↓13	40
19	Logan	30	↓12	16
20	Owen	30	↓12	22
21	Rhett	30	↑19	>100
22	Grayson	28	–	35
23	Easton	27	↓3	73
24	Jackson	26	↓6	17
25	Leo	26	↓9	36
26	Isaac	25	↑3	39
27	Mason	25	↑8	11
28	Samuel	25	↓1	25
29	Thomas	25	new	45
30	Cooper	23	↓20	75
31	Michael	23	↓1	12
32	Carson	22	new	84
33	Emmett	22	↑4	>100
34	Lane	22	new	>100
35	Charles	21	new	46
36	Daniel	21	new	14
37	Everett	21	↓16	90
38	Hayes	21	new	>100
39	Wesley	21	↑8	98
40	Alexander	20	↑2	10
41	Bennett	20	new	>100
42	Ezra	20	↓14	44
43	Isaiah	20	↑6	51
44	Jameson	20	↓6	79
45	Lucas	20	↑5	8
46	Miles	20	↓21	59
47	Sawyer	20	new	>100
48	Cameron	19	new	65
49	Nash	18	new	>100
50	Ryker	18	new	>100

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