2025 · 6,895 recorded births
Oliver was the most common name given in South Dakota in 2025, with 66 births. The state recorded 6,895 births across 566 distinct names that year.
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Names given far more often here than nationally. The multiplier is how much more common the name is in South Dakota than in the country as a whole.
| Name | Births | vs national |
|---|---|---|
| Sutton | 37 | 5.5× |
| Colter | 29 | 5.0× |
| Stetson | 29 | 4.4× |
| Beckett | 26 | 4.1× |
| Lainey | 50 | 3.5× |
| Dean | 25 | 3.5× |
| Beau | 42 | 3.3× |
| Myles | 27 | 3.1× |
| Rank | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | Oliver | 66 |
| #2 | Liam | 60 |
| #3 | Henry | 50 |
| #3 | Hudson | 50 |
| #3 | Lainey | 50 |
| #3 | Noah | 50 |
| #7 | Theodore | 47 |
| #8 | Charlotte | 44 |
| #9 | Beau | 42 |
| #10 | William | 41 |
| #11 | Leo | 40 |
| #12 | Evelyn | 39 |
| #13 | Maverick | 38 |
| #14 | Sutton | 37 |
| #15 | Emma | 36 |
| #15 | Olivia | 36 |
| #17 | Elijah | 35 |
| #18 | Brooks | 33 |
| #18 | Rowan | 33 |
| #20 | Asher | 32 |
| #20 | Eleanor | 32 |
| #20 | James | 32 |
| #23 | Bennett | 31 |
| #23 | Ellie | 31 |
| #23 | Ezra | 31 |
| #23 | Harper | 31 |
| #23 | Nora | 31 |
| #28 | Amelia | 30 |
| #28 | Cooper | 30 |
| #28 | Levi | 30 |
| #28 | Lucy | 30 |
| #32 | Colter | 29 |
| #32 | Ella | 29 |
| #32 | Ivy | 29 |
| #32 | Stetson | 29 |
| #32 | Waylon | 29 |
| #37 | Sawyer | 28 |
| #38 | Carter | 27 |
| #38 | Grayson | 27 |
| #38 | Hazel | 27 |
| #38 | Jackson | 27 |
| #38 | Lily | 27 |
| #38 | Myles | 27 |
| #38 | Nolan | 27 |
| #38 | Parker | 27 |
| #38 | Sophie | 27 |
| #38 | Willow | 27 |
| #48 | Archer | 26 |
| #48 | Beckett | 26 |
| #48 | Lincoln | 26 |
Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org