United States · South Dakota
Baby names in South Dakota
Lifetime totals from South Dakota's birth registrations, 1910 to 2025.
Most registered girls' names in South Dakota
| # | Name | Births since 1910 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lavonne | 869 |
| 2 | Marlys | 758 |
| 3 | Mavis | 685 |
| 4 | Alvina | 254 |
| 5 | Ardis | 247 |
| 6 | Ione | 233 |
| 7 | Leone | 108 |
| 8 | Arlys | 79 |
| 9 | Eldora | 51 |
| 10 | Lexy | 36 |
| 11 | Ardell | 34 |
| 12 | Arla | 29 |
| 13 | Ardella | 27 |
| 14 | Ardyce | 24 |
| 15 | Marcene | 19 |
| 16 | Ardelle | 15 |
| 17 | Mataya | 15 |
| 18 | Berklee | 13 |
| 19 | Elvina | 11 |
| 20 | Marjean | 10 |
| 21 | Myrle | 7 |
| 22 | Olinda | 6 |
| 23 | Wava | 6 |
| 24 | Marvis | 5 |
Most registered boys' names in South Dakota
| # | Name | Births since 1910 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lyle | 1,891 |
| 2 | Laverne | 352 |
| 3 | Merlyn | 174 |
| 4 | Luverne | 93 |
| 5 | Verlyn | 63 |
| 6 | Marlyn | 60 |
| 7 | Darold | 52 |
| 8 | Reinhold | 34 |
| 9 | Duwayne | 23 |
| 10 | Derald | 16 |
| 11 | Burdette | 15 |
| 12 | Burnell | 14 |
| 13 | Gerrit | 12 |
| 14 | Nels | 12 |
| 15 | Rueben | 12 |
| 16 | Ardell | 10 |
| 17 | Arlyn | 10 |
| 18 | Laurel | 10 |
| 19 | Orlin | 10 |
| 20 | Hadley | 6 |
| 21 | Orvin | 6 |
| 22 | Kal | 5 |
| 23 | Ole | 5 |
| 24 | Tayton | 5 |
| 25 | Verle | 5 |
| 26 | Witten | 5 |
These are totals over 115 years, so they lean toward names that were popular when the state's population was largest.
SOURCE·US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data·Public domain. SSA lists a name only if it was given to at least 5 babies of that sex that year.·REVIEWED JUL 2026
SOURCE·US SSA (1880–2025) + NZ DIA (1900–2025) birth registrations·ranks and shares computed from the source files, see method·REVIEWED JUL 2026