Popular baby names in South Dakota, 2021

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 2021 were Evelyn for girls (48 babies) and Henry for boys (66). Evelyn ranked #9 nationally for girls. Henry ranked #9 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,570 babies born in South Dakota in 2021 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 2021

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

Brynlee: 17 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Hadley: 23 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Ember: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Quinn: 26 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Parker: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Ivy: 32 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lydia: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Cora: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Vivian: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Emery: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Hayes: 23 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Lane: 18 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Jett: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kyler: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Rhett: 25 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Beckham: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Brooks: 36 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Braxton: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Hudson: 51 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ryker: 16 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 2021

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Evelyn	48	↑7	9
2	Emma	43	↑2	2
3	Charlotte	41	↓1	3
4	Amelia	40	↓1	4
5	Ava	38	↑2	5
6	Olivia	36	–	1
7	Sophia	35	↑3	6
8	Ivy	32	↑26	49
9	Nora	32	–	27
10	Harper	31	↓9	10
11	Willow	31	↑16	39
12	Aurora	28	↑19	35
13	Elizabeth	28	↓2	14
14	Everly	26	↑2	50
15	Hazel	26	↓2	28
16	Quinn	26	↓4	81
17	Avery	25	↑15	19
18	Layla	25	↑7	24
19	Kinsley	24	↑23	57
20	Hadley	23	↑13	>100
21	Zoey	23	↑27	38
22	Eleanor	22	new	15
23	Ella	21	↓18	16
24	Ellie	21	↑26	30
25	Grace	21	↓10	33
26	Lydia	21	↑3	89
27	Addison	20	↑9	45
28	Cora	20	↑10	87
29	Lily	20	new	31
30	Paisley	20	↓10	52
31	Violet	20	new	36
32	Claire	19	↓6	59
33	Emery	19	↓9	90
34	Isla	19	↑6	34
35	Ruby	19	new	62
36	Aria	18	↑10	22
37	Lillian	18	new	51
38	Parker	18	new	>100
39	Vivian	18	new	>100
40	Brynlee	17	new	>100
41	Clara	16	↓23	>100
42	Ember	16	new	>100
43	Isabella	16	↓26	7
44	Piper	16	new	96
45	Abigail	15	↓17	17
46	Chloe	15	↓32	25
47	Everleigh	15	↓8	99
48	Raelynn	15	new	>100
49	Scarlett	15	new	20
50	Aubrey	14	↓1	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Henry	66	↑2	9
2	Oliver	58	↓1	3
3	Theodore	54	↑4	10
4	Hudson	51	↑7	34
5	Asher	41	–	25
6	Lincoln	41	↑12	45
7	Liam	40	↓5	1
8	Noah	39	↓2	2
9	Jack	37	↓1	11
10	Brooks	36	↑7	78
11	Maverick	35	↓7	47
12	William	34	↓3	6
13	Wyatt	34	–	29
14	Leo	33	↑11	31
15	Grayson	32	↑7	35
16	Jackson	32	↑8	14
17	Owen	31	↑3	22
18	James	30	↓6	5
19	Mason	30	↑8	18
20	Cooper	29	↑10	68
21	Elijah	28	↓5	4
22	Lucas	28	↑23	8
23	Jacob	27	new	24
24	Levi	26	↓14	12
25	Thomas	26	↑4	46
26	Rhett	25	↓5	>100
27	Benjamin	24	↓13	7
28	Gabriel	24	new	38
29	Nolan	24	new	60
30	Easton	23	↓7	72
31	Emmett	23	↑2	>100
32	Hayes	23	↑6	>100
33	Jaxon	23	new	54
34	Joseph	23	new	28
35	Samuel	23	↓7	23
36	Beau	22	new	94
37	Charles	22	↓2	50
38	Michael	22	↓7	17
39	Weston	22	new	95
40	Alexander	21	–	13
41	Carter	21	↓26	39
42	Bennett	20	↓1	90
43	Logan	19	↓24	21
44	Luke	19	new	32
45	Micah	19	new	>100
46	Axel	18	new	76
47	Braxton	18	new	>100
48	Colton	18	new	75
49	Connor	18	new	98
50	Everett	18	↓13	83

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