Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	266
2	James	232
3	Donald	184
3	Richard	184
5	John	154
6	Larry	141
7	William	127
8	Ronald	125
9	Charles	118
10	David	111
11	Jerry	107
12	Roger	91
13	Dennis	87
14	Gary	82
15	Gerald	79
16	Kenneth	77
17	Wayne	59
18	Dale	56
19	Harold	54
20	Duane	53
20	Leroy	53
20	Paul	53
23	George	51
23	Marvin	51
25	Eugene	49

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Thomas	45
27	Raymond	44
28	Joseph	42
29	Douglas	40
30	Edward	39
31	Jack	35
31	Lyle	35
31	Melvin	35
34	Norman	34
35	Darrell	32
35	Rodney	32
37	Terry	31
38	Jim	30
39	Ralph	29
40	Gene	28
41	Leonard	27
42	Don	26
43	Bruce	25
43	Carl	25
43	Daniel	25
43	Gordon	25
47	Clifford	24
47	Darrel	24
47	Lloyd	24
50	Jerome	23
50	Keith	23
52	Albert	22
52	Clarence	22
54	Allen	21
54	Alvin	21
54	Francis	21
57	Arthur	20
57	Bill	20
57	Jerald	20
57	Lowell	20
57	Walter	20
62	Bernard	19
62	Dean	19
62	Ray	19
62	Russell	19
62	Stanley	19
67	Curtis	18
67	Glen	18
67	Harlan	18
67	Lawrence	18
67	Lester	18
67	Michael	18
73	Merle	17
73	Vernon	17
73	Wallace	17
76	Bob	16
76	Dick	16
76	Fred	16
76	Howard	16
76	Leo	16
76	Leslie	16
76	Tom	16
76	Virgil	16
84	Loren	15
84	Patrick	15
86	Calvin	14
86	Darwin	14
86	Delbert	14
86	Earl	14
86	Harvey	14
86	Henry	14
86	Warren	14
93	Alan	13
93	Alfred	13
93	Arnold	13
93	Floyd	13
93	Frank	13
98	Eldon	12
98	Ernest	12
98	Harry	12
98	Jon	12
98	Milton	12
98	Peter	12