Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1923

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	374
2	Donald	266
3	John	260
4	James	178
5	William	173
6	Kenneth	132
7	Harold	129
8	Richard	117
9	Charles	113
10	George	99
11	Raymond	97
12	Marvin	82
13	Clarence	77
14	Joseph	70
15	Dale	65
16	Walter	64
17	Edward	63
17	Eugene	63
17	Francis	63
17	Lloyd	63
17	Paul	63
22	Leonard	61
23	Melvin	60
24	Howard	57
24	Lawrence	57

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Leo	55
26	Ralph	55
28	Wayne	53
29	Gerald	52
30	Floyd	51
31	Thomas	50
31	Vernon	50
33	Duane	49
33	Frank	49
35	Earl	48
35	Harry	48
37	Albert	47
37	Elmer	47
37	Henry	47
40	Arthur	46
41	Bernard	45
42	Jack	43
42	Lyle	43
42	Roy	43
45	Ernest	41
46	Alvin	38
47	Herbert	37
47	Wallace	37
47	Warren	37
50	Glenn	36
50	Lester	36
52	Norman	35
52	Orville	35
54	Arnold	33
55	Edwin	32
55	Stanley	32
57	Gordon	31
57	Leroy	31
59	David	29
59	Dean	29
61	Russell	28
61	Virgil	28
63	Carl	27
63	Harvey	27
63	Keith	27
66	Clifford	26
67	Milton	25
67	Vincent	25
69	Merle	24
70	Fred	23
70	Theodore	23
72	Alfred	22
72	Herman	22
74	Eldon	21
74	Louis	21
74	Ray	21
74	Willard	21
78	Allen	20
78	Calvin	20
78	Delbert	20
78	Ervin	20
78	Lee	20
78	Maurice	20
84	Andrew	19
84	Lewis	19
84	Philip	19
84	Roger	19
88	Cecil	18
88	Wesley	18
90	Daniel	17
90	Everett	17
90	Leland	17
90	Martin	17
90	Peter	17
90	Reuben	17
90	Wilbur	17
97	Darrell	16
97	Glen	16
97	Harlan	16
97	Joe	16