Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	250
2	John	235
3	William	170
4	Harold	151
5	Donald	148
5	George	148
7	James	115
8	Charles	113
9	Edward	106
10	Raymond	103
11	Kenneth	92
12	Elmer	78
13	Clarence	77
13	Richard	77
15	Arthur	73
16	Henry	72
16	Walter	72
18	Ralph	70
19	Harry	69
20	Leonard	67
20	Melvin	67
22	Frank	65
22	Lloyd	65
24	Joseph	63
25	Clifford	59

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Albert	58
27	Francis	57
27	Lawrence	57
29	Earl	56
29	Howard	56
31	Marvin	52
32	Carl	51
33	Eugene	50
33	Paul	50
35	Vernon	49
36	Roy	48
37	Bernard	45
37	Floyd	45
37	Leo	45
40	Lester	44
41	Wayne	43
42	Fred	42
42	Thomas	42
44	Harvey	41
45	Alvin	40
45	Dale	40
45	Herbert	40
48	Jack	39
49	Lyle	38
50	Arnold	37
50	Louis	37
52	Gordon	36
53	Edwin	35
54	Orville	33
54	Russell	33
56	Ernest	32
56	Norman	32
58	Stanley	30
59	Everett	29
59	Leroy	29
59	Virgil	29
62	Leslie	28
63	Glenn	27
63	Merle	27
65	Alfred	26
65	Allen	26
67	Gerald	25
67	Theodore	25
69	Chester	23
69	Herman	23
69	Martin	23
72	Emil	22
72	Leon	22
72	Victor	22
75	Oscar	21
76	Andrew	20
76	Delbert	20
76	Joe	20
76	Milton	20
80	David	19
81	Peter	18
81	Vincent	18
81	Wesley	18
84	Willard	17
84	Woodrow	17
86	Edgar	16
87	Cecil	15
87	Frederick	15
87	Glen	15
87	Ivan	15
91	Adolph	14
91	Clyde	14
91	Maurice	14
91	Roland	14
95	Clayton	13
95	Ervin	13
95	Ray	13
98	Clinton	12
98	Curtis	12
98	Daniel	12
98	Dean	12
98	Douglas	12
98	Eldon	12
98	Harlan	12
98	Homer	12
98	Jacob	12
98	Kermit	12
98	Lewis	12
98	Owen	12
98	Sidney	12
98	Wallace	12
98	Warren	12
98	Wilbur	12
98	Willis	12