Popular baby names in South Dakota, 2025

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 2025 were Lainey for girls (50 babies) and Oliver for boys (66). Lainey ranked #30 nationally for girls. Oliver ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,895 babies born in South Dakota in 2025 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 2025

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

Sylvie: 16 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Sutton: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lennon: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Wrenley: 19 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Ember: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Lainey: 50 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Elsie: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Ruth: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Remi: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Emery: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Sutton: 19 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Benson: 19 babies, 7× the national rate
Colter: 29 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Nash: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Stetson: 29 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Rhett: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Beckett: 26 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Tate: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Baker: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ryker: 18 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 2025

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2024	US rank
1	Lainey	50	↑2	30
2	Charlotte	44	–	2
3	Evelyn	39	↑9	8
4	Emma	36	↑2	3
5	Olivia	36	–	1
6	Eleanor	32	↑2	12
7	Ellie	31	↑2	24
8	Harper	31	↓4	16
9	Nora	31	↓2	20
10	Amelia	30	↓9	4
11	Lucy	30	↑17	25
12	Ella	29	↑4	29
13	Ivy	29	↑8	39
14	Hazel	27	–	21
15	Lily	27	↑12	18
16	Sophie	27	↑26	55
17	Willow	27	↓6	44
18	Aurora	25	↓5	15
19	Emery	25	↑26	74
20	Isla	25	↓3	28
21	Sophia	25	↓6	5
22	Paisley	24	↓3	67
23	Iris	22	new	61
24	Nova	22	↑25	46
25	Ava	21	↓7	11
26	Avery	20	↑5	37
27	Violet	20	↓17	13
28	Clara	19	new	63
29	Elizabeth	19	new	17
30	Elsie	19	↑3	>100
31	Isabella	19	↓6	7
32	Layla	19	new	36
33	Mia	19	↓10	6
34	Millie	19	new	73
35	Sadie	19	new	50
36	Vivian	19	↑7	72
37	Wrenley	19	↓7	>100
38	Adeline	18	new	59
39	Delilah	18	new	51
40	Eden	18	↓1	70
41	Ember	18	↓1	>100
42	Sutton	18	new	>100
43	Ailany	17	new	14
44	Grace	17	↓3	38
45	Quinn	17	new	97
46	Emersyn	16	↓24	>100
47	Remi	16	new	>100
48	Scarlett	16	new	32
49	Scottie	16	new	>100
50	Sylvie	16	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2024	US rank
1	Oliver	66	↑1	3
2	Liam	60	↓1	1
3	Henry	50	–	5
4	Hudson	50	↑6	17
5	Noah	50	↑3	2
6	Theodore	47	↓2	4
7	Beau	42	↑5	60
8	William	41	↑1	9
9	Leo	40	new	19
10	Maverick	38	↑12	49
11	Elijah	35	–	7
12	Brooks	33	↓6	64
13	Asher	32	↓8	28
14	James	32	↑1	6
15	Bennett	31	↓1	40
16	Ezra	31	↑4	20
17	Cooper	30	↓4	27
18	Levi	30	↓2	12
19	Colter	29	↑6	>100
20	Stetson	29	new	>100
21	Waylon	29	↑25	56
22	Grayson	27	↑7	51
23	Jackson	27	new	36
24	Myles	27	new	100
25	Nolan	27	new	65
26	Archer	26	new	98
27	Beckett	26	↑8	>100
28	Lincoln	26	↓7	69
29	Luke	26	↑3	33
30	Dean	25	new	>100
31	Elias	25	↓4	13
32	Benjamin	24	new	11
33	Graham	24	↑17	>100
34	Jack	24	↓27	15
35	Rowan	24	↓4	59
36	Thomas	24	new	34
37	Lucas	23	↑7	10
38	Michael	23	↓8	21
39	Weston	23	↓5	55
40	Wyatt	23	↓16	38
41	August	22	new	81
42	Carter	22	↓6	45
43	Daniel	22	↓1	22
44	Everett	22	↓16	77
45	Mateo	22	–	8
46	Cameron	21	new	76
47	Owen	21	↓14	31
48	Rhett	21	new	>100
49	Samuel	21	new	18
50	Benson	19	new	>100

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