Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1912

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	98
2	William	69
3	Robert	59
4	Harold	52
5	Charles	50
6	George	49
7	Clarence	44
8	James	40
8	Kenneth	40
10	Henry	39
11	Donald	36
12	Albert	33
12	Ralph	33
12	Raymond	33
15	Walter	32
16	Harry	31
16	Melvin	31
18	Frank	29
19	Arthur	28
19	Edward	28
19	Paul	28
22	Joseph	27
23	Edwin	26
23	Leonard	26
25	Howard	25

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Carl	24
26	Lawrence	24
28	Richard	23
29	Alfred	22
29	Clifford	22
31	Alvin	21
31	Earl	21
31	Lloyd	21
34	Floyd	19
34	Francis	19
36	Herbert	18
37	Louis	17
38	Elmer	16
38	Ernest	16
38	Fred	16
41	Oscar	15
41	Vernon	15
43	Arnold	14
43	Glenn	14
43	Roy	14
46	Dale	13
46	Lester	13
46	Martin	13
46	Peter	13
46	Theodore	13
51	Emil	12
51	Glen	12
51	Herman	12
51	Leo	12
51	Milton	12
51	Thomas	12
51	Vincent	12
58	Eugene	11
58	Joe	11
58	Lyle	11
58	Marvin	11
58	Oliver	11
63	Bernard	10
63	David	10
63	Leslie	10
66	Gordon	9
66	Jack	9
66	Lee	9
66	Norman	9
66	Wayne	9
71	Andrew	8
71	Lewis	8
71	Stanley	8
74	Cecil	7
74	Clyde	7
74	Everett	7
74	Harvey	7
74	Leon	7
74	Maurice	7
74	Michael	7
74	Otto	7
74	Victor	7
83	Benjamin	6
83	Chester	6
83	Delbert	6
83	Forrest	6
83	Mark	6
83	Merle	6
83	Rudolph	6
83	Willard	6
91	Daniel	5
91	Don	5
91	Edgar	5
91	Edmund	5
91	Elwood	5
91	Franklin	5
91	Gerald	5
91	Guy	5
91	Jacob	5
91	Jerome	5
91	Jesse	5
91	Lavern	5
91	Maynard	5
91	Milo	5
91	Morris	5
91	Orville	5
91	Ray	5
91	Reinhold	5
91	Roland	5
91	Wesley	5
91	Woodrow	5