Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1914

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	159
2	William	116
3	Robert	106
4	Harold	96
5	Charles	80
6	James	76
7	Donald	73
8	George	70
9	Raymond	64
10	Kenneth	61
11	Walter	55
12	Arthur	49
12	Edward	49
12	Henry	49
15	Albert	47
16	Joseph	46
17	Clarence	45
18	Earl	44
18	Frank	44
20	Elmer	43
20	Lloyd	43
22	Francis	41
23	Howard	40
23	Marvin	40
23	Richard	40

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edwin	39
26	Melvin	39
28	Harry	38
28	Paul	38
30	Lawrence	37
31	Ralph	35
32	Herbert	34
32	Leo	34
34	Lester	33
35	Alvin	32
36	Carl	31
36	Ernest	31
38	Leonard	29
38	Thomas	29
40	Floyd	28
41	Eugene	27
41	Roy	27
43	Fred	26
44	Alfred	25
45	Bernard	24
46	Russell	23
47	Arnold	22
47	Clifford	22
47	Louis	22
50	Emil	20
50	Orville	20
50	Vernon	20
53	Glenn	19
53	Norman	19
55	David	18
55	Oscar	18
55	Ray	18
55	Virgil	18
59	Gordon	17
59	Maurice	17
59	Vincent	17
62	Daniel	16
62	Everett	16
62	Jack	16
65	Reuben	15
66	Dale	14
66	Lyle	14
66	Martin	14
66	Willard	14
70	Cecil	13
70	Herman	13
70	Leroy	13
70	Theodore	13
70	Wesley	13
75	Andrew	12
75	Max	12
75	Milton	12
75	Oliver	12
75	Otto	12
80	Chester	11
80	Leslie	11
80	Marion	11
80	Merle	11
80	Stanley	11
80	Victor	11
80	Wayne	11
87	Clayton	10
87	Glen	10
87	Harvey	10
87	Lewis	10
87	Milo	10
87	Wallace	10
93	Ervin	9
93	Gerald	9
93	Hubert	9
93	Joe	9
93	Rudolph	9
98	Clinton	8
98	Edmund	8
98	Homer	8
98	Jacob	8
98	Lowell	8
98	Philip	8
98	Ronald	8
98	Ruben	8
98	Warren	8
98	Wilson	8
98	Woodrow	8