Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1926

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	259
3	John	205
4	William	184
5	James	160
6	Richard	138
7	Kenneth	130
8	Harold	120
9	Charles	104
10	George	95
11	Eugene	76
12	Raymond	75
13	Dale	72
14	Edward	70
14	Marvin	70
16	Arthur	63
16	Thomas	63
18	Lloyd	61
19	Leonard	59
20	Gerald	58
20	Joseph	58
22	Wayne	56
23	Paul	55
24	Melvin	52
25	Jack	51

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Lyle	51
27	Clarence	50
28	Clifford	49
28	Earl	49
30	Howard	48
31	Elmer	47
31	Walter	47
33	Vernon	46
34	Alvin	43
34	Floyd	43
34	Leroy	43
37	Norman	42
38	Lawrence	41
38	Leo	41
40	Duane	40
40	Francis	40
40	Frank	40
40	Merle	40
44	Calvin	38
45	Edwin	37
45	Gordon	37
47	Albert	36
47	Roy	36
49	Arnold	35
49	Bernard	35
51	Dean	34
51	Ralph	34
53	Henry	33
54	Glen	32
54	Glenn	32
54	Russell	32
57	Harry	29
57	Virgil	29
59	Carl	28
59	Darrell	28
59	David	28
59	Lester	28
63	Orville	27
63	Stanley	27
63	Warren	27
66	Harvey	26
67	Maurice	25
67	Wallace	25
69	Gene	24
69	Keith	24
69	Louis	24
69	Lowell	24
73	Delbert	23
73	Herbert	23
73	Martin	23
73	Roger	23
77	Clinton	22
77	Milton	22
79	Ernest	21
79	Ervin	21
81	Laverne	20
81	Leslie	20
81	Wesley	20
84	Clayton	19
84	Roland	19
86	Fred	18
86	Ray	18
86	Willard	18
89	Alfred	17
89	Harlan	17
89	Morris	17
89	Ronald	17
93	Bob	16
93	Daniel	16
93	Joe	16
96	Cecil	15
96	Douglas	15
96	Gilbert	15
96	Jerome	15
96	Norbert	15