Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1919

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	276
2	John	251
3	Donald	187
4	William	154
5	Raymond	130
6	Harold	128
7	George	124
8	James	120
9	Kenneth	116
10	Charles	115
11	Arthur	80
12	Richard	77
12	Walter	77
14	Clarence	76
15	Edward	75
16	Earl	69
17	Joseph	66
18	Howard	65
19	Francis	61
20	Albert	58
21	Alvin	57
21	Marvin	57
21	Paul	57
24	Vernon	56
25	Edwin	55

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frank	54
26	Leonard	54
26	Lloyd	54
29	Carl	50
29	Henry	50
29	Melvin	50
29	Norman	50
33	Clifford	49
33	Ralph	49
35	Ernest	47
35	Harry	47
35	Herbert	47
38	Elmer	45
38	Eugene	45
40	Arnold	44
40	Leo	44
42	Thomas	42
42	Wayne	42
44	Leroy	41
44	Lester	41
46	Gerald	40
47	Floyd	39
48	Bernard	38
48	Lyle	38
50	Lawrence	37
50	Russell	37
52	Dale	35
52	Jack	35
54	Fred	34
54	Roy	34
56	Orville	33
56	Stanley	33
58	Leslie	31
58	Virgil	31
60	Merle	30
61	Alfred	29
61	Harvey	29
63	Milton	27
64	Gordon	26
65	Everett	25
65	Glenn	25
65	Roland	25
68	Louis	24
68	Maurice	24
68	Theodore	24
71	David	23
72	Clayton	22
72	Vincent	22
74	Emil	21
74	Leon	21
74	Martin	21
74	Roger	21
78	Joe	20
79	Glen	19
79	Oscar	19
81	Daniel	18
81	Frederick	18
81	Herman	18
81	Jacob	18
81	Vern	18
81	Victor	18
87	Allen	17
87	Chester	17
87	Morris	17
87	Peter	17
87	Ray	17
92	Delbert	16
92	Wesley	16
94	Irvin	15
94	Philip	15
94	Ronald	15
94	Wallace	15
94	Wilbur	15
99	Cecil	14
99	Curtis	14
99	Neil	14
99	Warren	14
99	Willard	14
99	Willis	14