Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	256
2	James	234
3	Richard	202
4	Larry	194
5	John	175
6	Gary	154
7	Donald	147
8	Dennis	143
9	Ronald	135
10	David	128
11	William	118
12	Roger	103
13	Kenneth	97
14	Charles	93
15	Jerry	90
16	Gerald	88
17	Thomas	72
18	Dale	67
19	George	58
20	Paul	53
20	Raymond	53
22	Eugene	46
23	Duane	45
23	Edward	45
25	Leroy	43

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Wayne	42
27	Marvin	38
28	Jim	37
28	Michael	37
30	Douglas	33
30	Joseph	33
32	Harold	32
33	Darrell	31
33	Lyle	31
35	Stanley	30
36	Jack	29
36	Terry	29
38	Allen	28
38	Jerome	28
38	Lawrence	28
38	Norman	28
42	Jerald	26
43	Curtis	25
44	Daniel	24
44	Francis	24
44	Gene	24
44	Glenn	24
44	Melvin	24
49	Gordon	23
49	Patrick	23
51	Bruce	22
51	Frank	22
51	Keith	22
54	Arthur	21
54	Carl	21
54	Leonard	21
54	Lloyd	21
58	Don	20
58	Ralph	20
60	Albert	19
60	Clifford	19
60	Dean	19
60	Fred	19
60	Harlan	19
60	Howard	19
60	Vernon	19
67	Leo	18
67	Tom	18
69	Alan	17
69	Bernard	17
69	Darrel	17
69	Walter	17
73	Arnold	16
73	Henry	16
73	Herbert	16
73	Joe	16
73	Lee	16
78	Alvin	15
78	Bob	15
78	Leslie	15
78	Peter	15
78	Rodney	15
83	Allan	14
83	Floyd	14
83	Harvey	14
83	Jimmy	14
83	Myron	14
83	Virgil	14
89	Bill	13
89	Daryl	13
89	Delbert	13
89	Frederick	13
89	Harry	13
89	Philip	13
89	Roy	13
96	Calvin	12
96	Clarence	12
96	Jon	12
96	Lowell	12
96	Roland	12
96	Russell	12