Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	279
2	James	237
3	Donald	202
4	Richard	180
5	John	150
6	William	126
7	Larry	116
8	Ronald	113
9	Charles	99
10	David	89
11	Gary	85
12	Kenneth	84
13	Roger	81
14	Jerry	70
15	Gerald	69
16	Dennis	59
17	Thomas	52
18	Dale	51
19	George	50
19	Wayne	50
21	Duane	49
21	Marvin	49
23	Raymond	46
24	Paul	45
25	Harold	43

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Melvin	42
27	Eugene	41
28	Edward	39
29	Keith	37
29	Leroy	37
31	Lyle	34
32	Gene	33
33	Darrell	32
33	Jerome	32
33	Lawrence	32
36	Arnold	31
36	Norman	31
38	Don	29
39	Jack	28
39	Lloyd	28
41	Arthur	27
41	Clifford	27
41	Frank	27
44	Bill	26
44	Douglas	26
44	Gordon	26
44	Jim	26
48	Allen	25
48	Joseph	25
48	Leo	25
48	Ralph	25
52	Carl	23
52	Francis	23
54	Leonard	22
55	Alvin	21
55	Glenn	21
55	Merle	21
55	Walter	21
59	Earl	20
59	Floyd	20
59	Harvey	20
59	Vernon	20
63	Albert	19
63	Bruce	19
63	Daniel	19
63	Dean	19
63	Dick	19
63	Fred	19
63	Loren	19
63	Russell	19
71	Harry	18
71	Jerald	18
71	Lowell	18
74	Bob	17
74	Glen	17
74	Henry	17
74	Howard	17
74	Neil	17
74	Rodney	17
74	Stanley	17
81	Clarence	16
81	Darwin	16
83	Alan	15
83	Bernard	15
83	Elmer	15
83	Terry	15
87	Ernest	14
87	Leon	14
87	Leslie	14
87	Michael	14
87	Warren	14
92	Billy	13
92	Clayton	13
92	Curtis	13
92	Franklin	13
92	Joe	13
92	Lester	13
92	Wesley	13
99	Calvin	12
99	Delbert	12
99	Leland	12
99	Merlyn	12
99	Patrick	12
99	Ronnie	12
99	Vincent	12