Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	378
2	John	263
3	Donald	218
4	William	189
5	James	168
6	Charles	151
7	Harold	139
8	George	134
9	Kenneth	128
10	Edward	99
11	Richard	97
12	Raymond	96
13	Arthur	86
14	Francis	82
15	Eugene	80
16	Howard	72
17	Lloyd	70
17	Warren	70
19	Walter	69
20	Leonard	67
21	Alvin	65
21	Elmer	65
23	Albert	62
24	Clarence	60
25	Joseph	59

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Ralph	59
27	Dale	58
27	Marvin	58
29	Lawrence	56
30	Leo	55
31	Frank	52
31	Herbert	52
31	Roy	52
34	Jack	51
35	Glenn	48
35	Gordon	48
37	Clifford	47
37	Earl	47
37	Henry	47
37	Vernon	47
37	Wayne	47
42	Bernard	45
42	Edwin	45
42	Harry	45
42	Melvin	45
46	Floyd	43
46	Lyle	43
48	Arnold	42
48	Ernest	42
48	Lester	42
51	Thomas	41
52	Gerald	39
53	Virgil	37
54	Norman	36
55	Stanley	34
56	Carl	33
56	Glen	33
56	Leroy	33
56	Merle	33
56	Paul	33
61	Alfred	31
61	Ray	31
63	David	30
64	Russell	29
65	Fred	28
65	Maurice	28
65	Theodore	28
68	Ervin	27
68	Keith	27
70	Orville	26
71	Delbert	25
71	Milton	25
73	Dean	24
73	Harvey	24
75	Martin	23
75	Roger	23
77	Allen	22
77	Cecil	22
79	Clayton	21
79	Oscar	21
81	Roland	20
81	Wilbur	20
83	Leslie	19
83	Louis	19
83	Philip	19
86	Duane	18
86	Joe	18
86	Max	18
89	Don	17
89	Lowell	17
89	Peter	17
89	Willard	17
93	Chester	16
93	Wesley	16
95	Douglas	15
95	Harley	15
95	Jacob	15
95	Lewis	15
95	Vern	15
95	Wallace	15