Popular baby names in South Dakota, 2022

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 2022 were Evelyn for girls (43 babies) and Oliver for boys (73). Evelyn ranked #9 nationally for girls. Oliver ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,252 babies born in South Dakota in 2022 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 2022

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

Lennon: 16 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Ada: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Lainey: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Rylee: 22 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Juniper: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Piper: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Clara: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Sage: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Quinn: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lydia: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Colter: 18 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Odin: 17 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Hayes: 21 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Knox: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Archer: 27 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Brooks: 37 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ryker: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Beckett: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Camden: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Emmett: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 2022

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2021	US rank
1	Evelyn	43	–	9
2	Harper	41	↑8	11
3	Amelia	40	↑1	4
4	Emma	39	↓2	2
5	Olivia	36	↑1	1
6	Ava	31	↓1	7
7	Charlotte	31	↓4	3
8	Hazel	27	↑7	27
9	Lillian	26	↑28	50
10	Paisley	26	↑20	53
11	Aurora	25	↑1	31
12	Avery	25	↑5	26
13	Elizabeth	25	–	15
14	Nora	25	↓5	28
15	Ivy	22	↓7	42
16	Rylee	22	new	>100
17	Lily	21	↑12	30
18	Luna	21	new	10
19	Quinn	21	↓3	73
20	Ellie	20	↑4	33
21	Juniper	20	new	>100
22	Piper	20	↑22	>100
23	Sophia	20	↓16	5
24	Clara	19	↑17	>100
25	Ella	19	↓2	25
26	Grace	19	↓1	35
27	Kennedy	19	new	74
28	Lydia	19	↓2	93
29	Mila	19	new	18
30	Nova	19	new	32
31	Abigail	17	↑14	24
32	Everleigh	17	↑15	100
33	Everly	17	↓19	56
34	Isabella	17	↑9	6
35	Lucy	17	new	48
36	Violet	17	↓5	20
37	Addison	16	↓10	54
38	Adeline	16	new	92
39	Lennon	16	new	>100
40	Stella	16	new	40
41	Vivian	16	↓2	>100
42	Ada	15	new	>100
43	Aria	15	↓7	23
44	Brooklyn	15	new	72
45	Emery	15	↓12	82
46	Hannah	15	new	47
47	Kinsley	15	↓28	61
48	Lainey	15	new	>100
49	Sage	15	new	>100
50	Sofia	15	new	13

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2021	US rank
1	Oliver	73	↑1	3
2	Hudson	50	↑2	27
3	William	49	↑9	6
4	Henry	46	↓3	7
5	Liam	46	↑2	1
6	Theodore	44	↓3	10
7	Noah	43	↑1	2
8	Asher	37	↓3	20
9	Brooks	37	↑1	77
10	James	37	↑8	4
11	Maverick	37	–	40
12	Owen	37	↑5	18
13	Levi	35	↑11	12
14	Jack	34	↓5	15
15	Wyatt	33	↓2	38
16	Benjamin	31	↑11	9
17	Lincoln	31	↓11	54
18	Ezra	30	new	25
19	Jackson	30	↓3	23
20	Leo	30	↓6	22
21	Grayson	28	↓6	37
22	Samuel	28	↑13	19
23	Archer	27	new	>100
24	Elijah	26	↓3	5
25	Silas	26	new	87
26	Bennett	25	↑16	83
27	Cooper	25	↓7	53
28	Emmett	25	↑3	>100
29	Thomas	25	↓4	45
30	Isaac	24	new	41
31	Lucas	24	↓9	8
32	Miles	24	new	56
33	Walker	24	new	78
34	Wesley	24	new	70
35	Carter	23	↑6	47
36	Daniel	23	new	14
37	Mason	23	↓18	24
38	Milo	23	new	>100
39	Easton	22	↓9	80
40	Sawyer	22	new	>100
41	Beau	21	↓5	90
42	Gabriel	21	↓14	36
43	Greyson	21	new	95
44	Harrison	21	new	>100
45	Hayes	21	↓13	>100
46	Nolan	21	↓17	65
47	Everett	20	↑3	81
48	John	20	new	26
49	Logan	20	↓6	33
50	River	20	new	>100

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