Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1922

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	368
2	John	230
3	Donald	228
4	William	201
5	James	185
6	Charles	138
7	Kenneth	131
8	Harold	126
9	George	117
10	Raymond	108
11	Richard	106
12	Walter	82
13	Paul	75
14	Clarence	73
15	Eugene	72
16	Leonard	71
17	Arthur	70
17	Joseph	70
19	Howard	65
20	Marvin	62
21	Thomas	61
22	Edward	60
23	Henry	59
24	Francis	57
24	Ralph	57

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dale	56
27	Wayne	55
28	Melvin	54
29	Lloyd	53
30	Albert	52
30	Frank	52
32	Lawrence	51
33	Alvin	48
33	Roy	48
33	Vernon	48
36	Lyle	47
37	Clifford	43
38	Carl	41
38	Leo	41
40	Gerald	40
40	Leroy	40
42	Glenn	39
42	Jack	39
42	Norman	39
45	Gordon	38
46	Floyd	37
47	Warren	36
48	Orville	35
48	Stanley	35
50	Bernard	34
50	Ernest	34
52	Arnold	33
52	Earl	33
52	Lester	33
55	Elmer	32
55	Harvey	32
55	Herbert	32
58	David	31
58	Louis	31
60	Edwin	30
60	Harry	30
62	Milton	29
62	Russell	29
64	Glen	28
64	Keith	28
64	Merle	28
67	Duane	27
67	Ray	27
67	Victor	27
67	Willis	27
71	Fred	26
71	Theodore	26
73	Alfred	24
73	Willard	24
75	Virgil	23
76	Leslie	22
76	Peter	22
78	Emil	21
78	Herman	21
78	Leland	21
78	Maurice	21
78	Wallace	21
83	Dean	20
83	Everett	20
83	Ivan	20
83	Roger	20
87	Douglas	19
87	Erwin	19
89	Cecil	18
89	Chester	18
89	Gene	18
89	Lowell	18
89	Roland	18
94	Joe	17
94	Martin	17
94	Vincent	17
97	Andrew	16
97	Loren	16
97	Vern	16
100	Clayton	15
100	Ervin	15
100	Lewis	15
100	Philip	15