Name Legacy

Baby names in South Dakota, 2010s

2010–2019 · 70,646 recorded births

Emma was the most common name given in South Dakota across the 2010s, with 590 births in the decade. The state recorded 70,646 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to South Dakota in the 2010s

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
Briggs10414×
Bridger5910×
Berkley61
Brecken65
Oakley144
Tate124
Tenley83
Thielen5

Top 25 in the 2010s

RankNameBirths
#1Emma590
#2Liam578
#3Harper529
#4Ava514
#5Owen503
#6Olivia502
#7Mason488
#8Noah465
#9Logan459
#10Oliver454
#10William454
#12Carter441
#13Sophia428
#14Jackson423
#15Avery415
#16Jacob409
#17Lincoln389
#18Benjamin381
#19Henry379
#20Jack377
#21Wyatt376
#22James358
#23Hudson357
#24Elijah354
#25Samuel342

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