Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	262
2	James	254
3	Larry	213
4	Richard	200
5	John	180
6	Dennis	177
7	David	164
8	Donald	159
9	Ronald	158
10	Gary	151
11	William	125
12	Roger	123
13	Douglas	94
14	Jerry	92
15	Thomas	90
16	Kenneth	89
17	Charles	84
18	Gerald	76
19	Michael	60
20	Paul	50
20	Wayne	50
22	George	47
23	Dale	43
24	Raymond	42
25	Duane	40

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Edward	40
27	Marvin	39
28	Joseph	38
28	Lyle	38
30	Eugene	37
30	Harold	37
30	Melvin	37
33	Terry	35
34	Gordon	34
35	Gene	33
36	Allen	32
36	Jim	32
36	Keith	32
39	Leroy	31
40	Darrell	29
40	Dean	29
40	Lawrence	29
40	Norman	29
40	Vernon	29
45	Jerome	28
46	Jerald	27
47	Francis	25
48	Rodney	24
49	Daniel	23
49	Jack	23
51	Arthur	22
51	Ralph	22
51	Stanley	22
54	Bruce	21
54	Fred	21
54	Henry	21
54	Lowell	21
54	Patrick	21
54	Tom	21
60	Albert	20
61	Bernard	19
61	Lloyd	19
63	Curtis	18
63	Darrel	18
63	Dick	18
63	Lynn	18
63	Walter	18
68	Myron	17
69	Alan	16
69	Darwin	16
69	Leonard	16
72	Bill	15
72	Eldon	15
72	Frank	15
72	Harvey	15
72	Howard	15
72	Loren	15
78	Carl	14
78	Clifford	14
78	Edwin	14
78	Floyd	14
78	Russell	14
78	Stephen	14
78	Steven	14
78	Warren	14
86	Alvin	13
86	Harlan	13
86	Joe	13
86	Leo	13
86	Maurice	13
86	Peter	13
86	Ray	13
93	Billy	12
93	Clarence	12
93	Jon	12
93	Lee	12
93	Merle	12
93	Roy	12
99	Bob	11
99	Glen	11
99	Jimmy	11
99	Lester	11
99	Mike	11
99	Neil	11
99	Ronnie	11
99	Willard	11