Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1924

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	397
2	Donald	250
3	John	246
4	William	186
5	James	174
6	Richard	142
7	Harold	120
8	Charles	118
9	George	113
9	Kenneth	113
11	Raymond	93
12	Clarence	77
13	Eugene	76
14	Dale	75
15	Edward	74
16	Joseph	66
17	Howard	63
18	Arthur	60
18	Marvin	60
18	Melvin	60
21	Francis	58
22	Paul	57
23	Albert	55
23	Earl	55
25	Leonard	54

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Ralph	54
27	Leo	53
27	Walter	53
29	Jack	52
30	Calvin	51
30	Lloyd	51
30	Vernon	51
33	Elmer	50
34	Alvin	47
35	Thomas	46
35	Wayne	46
37	Harry	43
38	Arnold	42
39	Gordon	41
40	Lawrence	40
40	Roy	40
42	Henry	39
43	Bernard	38
43	Warren	38
45	David	37
45	Dean	37
45	Stanley	37
48	Ernest	36
48	Frank	36
48	Virgil	36
51	Carl	35
51	Herbert	35
51	Lester	35
51	Lyle	35
51	Norman	35
56	Alfred	34
56	Floyd	34
58	Edwin	33
59	Duane	32
59	Gerald	32
59	Glenn	32
62	Clifford	31
62	Leroy	31
62	Orville	31
62	Ray	31
62	Russell	31
67	Fred	29
68	Merle	28
68	Wallace	28
70	Willard	27
71	Victor	26
72	Maurice	24
73	Glen	23
73	Ronald	23
75	Keith	22
75	Louis	22
75	Theodore	22
78	Milton	21
78	Philip	21
78	Roland	21
81	Harlan	20
81	Roger	20
83	Andrew	19
83	Bob	19
83	Maynard	19
86	Curtis	18
86	Harvey	18
86	Laverne	18
86	Max	18
86	Peter	18
86	Wesley	18
92	Ervin	17
92	Everett	17
92	Gilbert	17
92	Leslie	17
96	Jerome	16
96	Leland	16
96	Lowell	16
96	Patrick	16
100	Allen	15
100	Daniel	15
100	Delbert	15
100	Douglas	15
100	Herman	15
100	Joe	15
100	Lewis	15
100	Martin	15
100	Oscar	15
100	Otto	15