Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1925

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	413
2	Donald	270
3	John	235
4	William	182
5	James	179
6	Richard	136
7	Kenneth	118
8	Charles	115
8	Harold	115
10	George	105
11	Raymond	84
12	Marvin	73
13	Paul	70
14	Eugene	69
15	Clifford	65
15	Howard	65
17	Dale	64
18	Lloyd	60
19	Edward	58
19	Thomas	58
19	Walter	58
22	Melvin	56
23	Arthur	54
24	Gerald	53
25	Clarence	51

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Gordon	51
25	Lyle	51
28	Earl	50
28	Ralph	50
30	Alvin	49
30	Jack	49
30	Leonard	49
33	Calvin	48
34	Henry	46
35	Joseph	45
35	Leo	45
35	Vernon	45
38	Frank	44
39	Elmer	43
39	Lester	43
39	Roy	43
39	Wayne	43
43	Arnold	42
43	Francis	42
43	Leroy	42
46	Harry	40
46	Lawrence	40
48	Norman	39
49	Duane	38
50	Stanley	36
51	David	35
52	Carl	34
53	Herbert	33
54	Albert	32
55	Floyd	31
55	Russell	31
57	Dean	30
57	Harvey	30
57	Merle	30
60	Glenn	28
60	Ray	28
60	Roger	28
63	Orville	27
63	Virgil	27
65	Wallace	26
66	Glen	25
67	Bernard	24
67	Delbert	24
69	Keith	23
69	Milton	23
71	Edwin	22
71	Ernest	22
71	Warren	22
74	Loren	21
75	Fred	20
75	Martin	20
75	Theodore	20
75	Wesley	20
79	Daniel	19
79	Willard	19
81	Alfred	18
81	Leslie	18
83	Allen	17
83	Andrew	17
83	Don	17
83	Gilbert	17
83	Louis	17
83	Maurice	17
83	Ronald	17
83	Victor	17
91	Curtis	16
91	Everett	16
91	Wilbur	16
94	Bill	15
94	Clayton	15
94	Joe	15
94	Laverne	15
94	Lee	15
94	Leland	15
94	Roland	15
94	Willis	15