Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1913

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	139
2	William	79
3	George	77
4	Robert	70
5	Harold	66
6	James	57
7	Donald	56
8	Walter	53
9	Joseph	52
10	Charles	51
11	Clarence	50
12	Albert	48
12	Paul	48
12	Raymond	48
15	Edward	46
16	Frank	43
17	Henry	42
17	Kenneth	42
19	Arthur	40
20	Elmer	36
21	Ernest	35
21	Floyd	35
23	Harry	33
24	Ralph	32
25	Howard	31

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Melvin	31
27	Fred	30
28	Roy	29
29	Edwin	28
29	Francis	28
31	Thomas	27
32	Carl	26
33	Lawrence	25
33	Lloyd	25
35	Earl	24
35	Richard	24
37	Clifford	22
37	Leo	22
37	Marvin	22
40	Theodore	20
41	Leonard	19
42	Leroy	18
42	Lester	18
42	Vernon	18
45	Eugene	17
45	Leslie	17
47	Emil	16
47	Glenn	16
47	Martin	16
47	Norman	16
47	Woodrow	16
52	Alfred	15
52	Gerald	15
52	Jacob	15
52	Orville	15
56	Arnold	14
56	Everett	14
56	Herbert	14
59	Daniel	13
59	Lyle	13
59	Wayne	13
62	Bernard	12
62	Chester	12
62	Maurice	12
62	Wilbur	12
66	Alvin	11
66	Gordon	11
66	Oliver	11
66	Ray	11
70	Andrew	10
70	Edmund	10
70	Louis	10
70	Oscar	10
70	Peter	10
70	Russell	10
70	Virgil	10
77	Allen	9
77	Anton	9
77	David	9
77	Glen	9
77	Herman	9
77	Jack	9
77	Rudolph	9
77	Stanley	9
77	Vincent	9
86	Adolph	8
86	Cecil	8
86	Clyde	8
86	Harvey	8
86	Laurence	8
86	Morris	8
86	Wesley	8
93	Clayton	7
93	Joe	7
93	Lee	7
93	Lewis	7
93	Merle	7
93	Myron	7
93	Reuben	7
93	Ruben	7
93	Victor	7