Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	343
2	Donald	294
3	John	210
4	William	161
5	Richard	156
6	James	147
7	Kenneth	118
8	George	114
9	Charles	109
10	Harold	105
11	Raymond	84
12	Marvin	74
13	Eugene	71
14	Dale	68
15	Edward	67
16	Wayne	63
17	Paul	62
18	Melvin	59
19	Norman	58
20	Arthur	54
21	Alvin	52
22	Leo	51
22	Thomas	51
24	Howard	50
24	Lyle	50

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jack	49
26	Lloyd	49
28	Duane	48
29	Albert	47
29	Francis	47
31	Gene	46
31	Joseph	46
33	Clarence	45
33	Earl	45
33	Gerald	45
33	Gordon	45
37	Ralph	44
38	Lawrence	41
38	Walter	41
40	Calvin	40
40	Carl	40
40	Clifford	40
40	Vernon	40
44	Frank	38
44	Glen	38
44	Leonard	38
44	Leroy	38
48	Herbert	37
49	Harry	34
50	Elmer	33
51	Don	32
51	Henry	32
53	Arnold	31
54	Glenn	30
54	Merle	30
54	Milton	30
54	Wesley	30
58	Floyd	29
58	Roy	29
60	Alfred	27
60	Dean	27
60	Roland	27
60	Stanley	27
64	Harvey	26
64	Keith	26
66	Bernard	25
66	David	25
66	Russell	25
66	Virgil	25
70	Ernest	24
70	Vincent	24
72	Edwin	23
72	Orville	23
72	Ronald	23
75	Laverne	21
75	Lowell	21
75	Ray	21
78	Fred	20
78	Roger	20
78	Wallace	20
81	Theodore	19
82	Bob	18
82	Delbert	18
82	Ervin	18
82	Everett	18
82	Leslie	18
82	Martin	18
82	Warren	18
82	Willard	18
90	Clayton	17
91	Darrell	16
91	Herman	16
91	Jerry	16
91	Joe	16
91	Leon	16
91	Philip	16
97	Allen	15
97	Bill	15
97	Billy	15
97	Lavern	15
97	Lester	15
97	Maurice	15