Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	276
2	James	256
3	Richard	213
4	Larry	209
5	David	201
6	Dennis	187
7	John	172
8	Donald	155
9	Ronald	154
10	Gary	152
11	Roger	131
12	William	117
13	Kenneth	102
14	Charles	99
15	Jerry	95
16	Thomas	90
17	Gerald	84
18	Michael	63
18	Wayne	63
20	Paul	62
21	Douglas	61
22	Dale	48
22	Daniel	48
24	Terry	47
25	Duane	45

Rank	Name	Babies
26	George	42
27	Harold	41
27	Marvin	41
29	Jim	40
30	Leroy	38
31	Edward	36
32	Joseph	34
33	Keith	33
34	Darrell	32
34	Dean	32
36	Allen	31
36	Jerome	31
38	Eugene	30
38	Lyle	30
38	Rodney	30
41	Raymond	29
42	Jack	28
42	Jerald	28
42	Lawrence	28
42	Stanley	28
46	Norman	27
47	Bill	26
48	Alvin	25
48	Melvin	25
50	Gene	23
50	Loren	23
52	Alan	22
52	Ronnie	22
54	Bob	21
54	Bruce	21
54	Glenn	21
57	Leonard	20
57	Steven	20
57	Walter	20
60	Bernard	19
60	Curtis	19
60	Darrel	19
60	Frank	19
60	Lloyd	19
65	Don	18
65	Gordon	18
65	Howard	18
65	Leslie	18
69	Harlan	17
70	Clarence	16
70	Dwight	16
70	Earl	16
70	Patrick	16
70	Stephen	16
75	Danny	15
75	Fred	15
75	Leon	15
75	Lynn	15
75	Roy	15
75	Russell	15
81	Arthur	14
81	Billy	14
81	Francis	14
81	Harry	14
81	Henry	14
81	Lowell	14
81	Mark	14
81	Myron	14
81	Vernon	14
90	Arnold	13
90	Delbert	13
90	Edwin	13
90	Jon	13
90	Leo	13
90	Mike	13
90	Ralph	13
90	Ray	13
90	Roland	13
90	Warren	13
100	Carl	12
100	Joe	12
100	Neil	12
100	Tom	12