Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	237
2	John	236
3	William	151
4	James	132
5	Donald	129
6	Harold	120
7	George	117
8	Charles	91
9	Kenneth	88
10	Raymond	84
11	Richard	81
12	Edward	77
13	Clarence	75
14	Joseph	74
15	Walter	73
16	Arthur	67
17	Elmer	66
18	Albert	63
19	Ralph	61
20	Francis	57
20	Melvin	57
22	Earl	55
22	Lloyd	55
24	Ernest	50
24	Leonard	50

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Clifford	49
26	Henry	49
26	Marvin	49
29	Frank	48
30	Howard	47
30	Paul	47
32	Herbert	45
33	Alvin	43
33	Harry	43
33	Leo	43
36	Lawrence	42
37	Arnold	41
37	Carl	41
37	Edwin	41
40	Roy	39
41	Vernon	37
42	Eugene	36
42	Fred	36
42	Lester	36
42	Norman	36
42	Thomas	36
47	Bernard	34
48	Lyle	32
49	Dale	31
49	Floyd	31
51	Oscar	30
52	Leroy	29
53	Russell	28
54	Gordon	27
55	Gerald	26
55	Jack	26
55	Maurice	26
55	Ray	26
55	Theodore	26
60	Martin	25
60	Orville	25
60	Wayne	25
63	Glen	24
64	Alfred	23
64	Chester	23
64	David	23
64	Glenn	23
64	Louis	23
69	Everett	22
69	Jacob	22
69	Otto	22
69	Virgil	22
73	Andrew	20
73	Harvey	20
73	Willard	20
76	Herman	19
76	Vincent	19
78	Emil	17
78	Victor	17
80	Leslie	16
80	Merle	16
80	Milton	16
80	Peter	16
84	Clyde	15
84	Joe	15
84	Philip	15
84	Roland	15
84	Wilbur	15
89	Allen	14
89	Lewis	14
89	Max	14
89	Stanley	14
93	Ervin	13
93	Wesley	13
93	Willis	13
96	Benjamin	12
96	Bert	12
96	Clinton	12
96	Daniel	12
96	Don	12
96	Edgar	12
96	Edmund	12
96	Ivan	12