Name Legacy

Baby names in South Dakota, 1990s

1990–1999 · 75,529 recorded births

Tyler was the most common name given in South Dakota across the 1990s, with 1,172 births in the decade. The state recorded 75,529 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to South Dakota in the 1990s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Cante561×
Lexy3620×
Tate9312×
Lane132
Brady246
Tanner517
Tyson76
Ty116

Top 25 in the 1990s

RankNameBirths
#1Tyler1,172
#2Jacob1,093
#3Austin988
#4Taylor985
#5Jordan961
#6Michael945
#7Matthew916
#8Joshua832
#9Ashley831
#10Zachary809
#11Cody772
#12Samantha770
#13Andrew764
#14Emily697
#15Jessica691
#16Megan670
#17Ryan653
#18Nicholas648
#19Christopher632
#20Brandon619
#21Kyle599
#22Amanda583
#23Sarah569
#24Dylan563
#25Joseph558

Other decades in South Dakota

All South Dakota names, 2025

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