Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	264
2	Robert	251
3	Richard	217
4	Larry	209
5	Donald	178
6	John	168
7	David	167
8	Gary	157
9	Ronald	151
10	Dennis	150
11	William	130
12	Charles	99
12	Roger	99
14	Jerry	98
15	Kenneth	95
16	Thomas	80
17	Dale	64
18	Gerald	63
19	Wayne	57
20	Michael	53
21	Duane	50
22	Paul	46
23	Edward	43
24	Leroy	42
25	Dean	41

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Lawrence	41
25	Raymond	41
28	Joseph	40
29	Douglas	37
29	Lyle	37
31	Eugene	36
31	George	36
31	Marvin	36
34	Terry	35
35	Harold	33
36	Gene	31
36	Jim	31
38	Darrell	30
38	Melvin	30
40	Jack	27
41	Keith	26
41	Stanley	26
43	Gordon	25
43	Patrick	25
45	Leonard	24
46	Albert	22
46	Daniel	22
48	Allen	21
48	Alvin	21
48	Harvey	21
48	Norman	21
48	Ralph	21
53	Carl	20
53	Clifford	20
53	Francis	20
53	Jerome	20
57	Tom	19
58	Arthur	18
58	Clarence	18
58	Don	18
58	Loren	18
58	Rodney	18
58	Russell	18
64	Darrel	17
64	Leo	17
66	Bruce	16
66	Delbert	16
66	Fred	16
66	Leon	16
66	Lloyd	16
66	Steven	16
72	Dick	15
72	Harry	15
72	Leslie	15
72	Myron	15
72	Roland	15
72	Vernon	15
72	Walter	15
72	Warren	15
80	Henry	14
80	Howard	14
80	Jerald	14
80	Joe	14
80	Ray	14
80	Roy	14
86	Alan	13
86	Bernard	13
86	Bill	13
86	Curtis	13
86	Elmer	13
86	Frank	13
86	Harlan	13
86	Martin	13
86	Peter	13
86	Philip	13
96	Bob	12
96	Louis	12
96	Lynn	12
99	Danny	11
99	Darwin	11
99	Edwin	11
99	Lee	11
99	Leland	11
99	Lowell	11
99	Mark	11
99	Merlin	11
99	Mike	11
99	Ronnie	11
99	Stephen	11