Popular baby names in South Dakota, 2024

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 2024 were Amelia for girls (48 babies) and Liam for boys (52). Amelia ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 6,761 babies born in South Dakota in 2024 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 2024

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

Palmer: 19 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Mabel: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Lennon: 15 babies, 6× the national rate
Wren: 16 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Emersyn: 21 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Sutton: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Wrenley: 20 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Elsie: 19 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Hadley: 23 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lainey: 45 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Briggs: 18 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Colter: 25 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Baker: 15 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Colt: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Ryker: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Crew: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Beckett: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Sawyer: 27 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Camden: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Barrett: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 2024

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2023	US rank
1	Amelia	48	↑3	3
2	Charlotte	45	–	4
3	Lainey	45	↑4	38
4	Harper	43	↑5	12
5	Olivia	38	↑1	1
6	Emma	36	↑2	2
7	Nora	34	↓4	22
8	Eleanor	33	↑6	14
9	Ellie	32	↑3	21
10	Violet	32	↑32	15
11	Willow	32	↑2	41
12	Evelyn	31	↓7	8
13	Aurora	30	↑25	16
14	Hazel	27	↑1	19
15	Sophia	26	↑2	6
16	Ella	25	↑29	30
17	Isla	25	↓1	35
18	Ava	24	↓17	9
19	Paisley	24	↓9	61
20	Hadley	23	↓2	>100
21	Ivy	23	↑11	36
22	Emersyn	21	↑24	>100
23	Mia	21	↓12	5
24	Abigail	20	↓2	32
25	Isabella	20	↓4	7
26	Kinsley	20	new	85
27	Lily	20	↑22	24
28	Lucy	20	↑5	34
29	Lydia	20	↑21	97
30	Wrenley	20	new	>100
31	Avery	19	↓2	31
32	Cora	19	↑7	>100
33	Elsie	19	new	>100
34	Palmer	19	new	>100
35	Riley	19	new	42
36	Addison	18	new	68
37	Sofia	18	↑3	10
38	Aria	17	↓14	26
39	Eden	17	↓9	71
40	Ember	17	new	>100
41	Grace	17	↓18	40
42	Sophie	17	new	60
43	Vivian	17	new	77
44	Chloe	16	–	20
45	Emery	16	↓19	70
46	Lillian	16	↓18	54
47	Mabel	16	new	>100
48	Mila	16	new	33
49	Nova	16	↓13	39
50	Parker	16	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2023	US rank
1	Liam	52	↑5	1
2	Oliver	52	↓1	3
3	Henry	51	↓1	6
4	Theodore	42	–	4
5	Asher	41	↑19	20
6	Brooks	37	↑16	67
7	Jack	36	↑7	15
8	Noah	36	↑7	2
9	William	36	↓2	10
10	Hudson	35	↓7	22
11	Elijah	32	↑23	8
12	Beau	31	new	69
13	Cooper	31	↑20	50
14	Bennett	30	↓1	60
15	James	28	↓7	5
16	Levi	28	↓5	12
17	Miles	28	↑13	37
18	Wesley	28	↑5	58
19	Easton	27	new	>100
20	Ezra	27	↓1	13
21	Lincoln	27	↓4	73
22	Maverick	27	↓10	36
23	Sawyer	27	↑16	>100
24	Wyatt	27	↓8	38
25	Colter	25	new	>100
26	Mason	25	new	42
27	Elias	24	new	25
28	Everett	24	new	85
29	Grayson	24	↓20	48
30	Michael	24	↓1	18
31	Rowan	24	new	71
32	Luke	23	↑14	34
33	Owen	23	↓28	26
34	Weston	23	↓2	70
35	Beckett	22	new	>100
36	Carter	22	↑14	46
37	Harrison	22	new	>100
38	Isaiah	22	new	56
39	Parker	22	new	97
40	Roman	22	new	52
41	Ryker	22	↑7	>100
42	Daniel	21	↓7	16
43	Emmett	21	↑1	>100
44	Lucas	21	↓16	9
45	Mateo	21	↓20	7
46	Waylon	21	↓19	65
47	Charles	20	new	51
48	Dawson	20	new	>100
49	Ezekiel	20	new	54
50	Graham	20	new	>100

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