Popular baby names in South Dakota, 2023

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 2023 were Ava for girls (43 babies) and Oliver for boys (59). Ava ranked #8 nationally for girls. Oliver ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,403 babies born in South Dakota in 2023 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 2023

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: 19 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Sutton: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Hadley: 22 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Adaline: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Lainey: 36 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Wrenley: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Paisley: 29 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Emersyn: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Quinn: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Clara: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Stetson: 29 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Rhett: 29 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Hayes: 23 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Knox: 21 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Tate: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Ryker: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Sawyer: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bennett: 35 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Archer: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Walker: 30 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 2023

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Ava	43	↑5	8
2	Charlotte	42	↑5	3
3	Nora	41	↑11	24
4	Amelia	40	↓1	4
5	Evelyn	39	↓4	9
6	Olivia	38	↓1	1
7	Lainey	36	↑41	54
8	Emma	35	↓4	2
9	Harper	35	↓7	11
10	Paisley	29	–	56
11	Mia	28	new	6
12	Ellie	26	↑8	27
13	Willow	26	new	41
14	Eleanor	25	new	14
15	Hazel	25	↓7	18
16	Isla	25	new	33
17	Sophia	24	↑6	5
18	Hadley	22	new	>100
19	Quinn	22	–	86
20	Elizabeth	21	↓7	15
21	Isabella	21	↑13	7
22	Abigail	20	↑9	31
23	Grace	20	↑3	39
24	Aria	19	↑19	25
25	Clara	19	↓1	98
26	Emery	19	↑19	70
27	Lennon	19	↑12	>100
28	Lillian	19	↓19	55
29	Avery	18	↓17	29
30	Eden	18	new	77
31	Claire	17	new	68
32	Ivy	17	↓17	38
33	Lucy	17	↑2	40
34	Luna	17	↓16	10
35	Maeve	17	new	73
36	Nova	17	↓6	35
37	Adeline	16	↑1	71
38	Aurora	16	↓27	22
39	Cora	16	new	93
40	Sofia	16	↑10	12
41	Stella	16	↓1	46
42	Violet	16	↓6	16
43	Adaline	15	new	>100
44	Chloe	15	new	26
45	Ella	15	↓20	32
46	Emersyn	15	new	>100
47	Josie	15	new	>100
48	Layla	15	new	30
49	Lily	15	↓32	20
50	Lydia	15	↓22	94

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Oliver	59	–	3
2	Henry	49	↑2	8
3	Hudson	48	↓1	21
4	Theodore	47	↑2	7
5	Owen	44	↑7	20
6	Liam	42	↓1	1
7	William	41	↓4	10
8	James	38	↑2	4
9	Grayson	37	↑12	44
10	Leo	37	↑10	18
11	Levi	36	↑2	12
12	Maverick	36	↓1	37
13	Bennett	35	↑13	74
14	Jack	35	–	14
15	Noah	35	↓8	2
16	Wyatt	32	↓1	47
17	Lincoln	31	–	64
18	Walker	30	↑15	85
19	Ezra	29	↓1	15
20	Rhett	29	new	>100
21	Stetson	29	new	>100
22	Brooks	28	↓13	73
23	Wesley	28	↑11	70
24	Asher	27	↓16	23
25	Mateo	27	new	6
26	Thomas	27	↑3	41
27	Waylon	27	new	63
28	Lucas	26	↑3	9
29	Michael	26	new	16
30	Miles	26	↑2	43
31	Samuel	26	↓9	19
32	Weston	26	new	75
33	Cooper	25	↓6	52
34	Elijah	25	↓10	5
35	Daniel	24	↑1	17
36	Logan	24	↑13	39
37	Hayes	23	↑8	>100
38	Myles	23	new	>100
39	Sawyer	23	↑1	>100
40	Theo	23	new	78
41	Archer	22	↓18	>100
42	Benjamin	22	↓26	11
43	Eli	21	new	79
44	Emmett	21	↓16	>100
45	Knox	21	new	>100
46	Luke	20	new	31
47	Nolan	20	↓1	57
48	Ryker	20	new	>100
49	Tate	20	new	>100
50	Carter	19	↓15	48

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