Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	281
2	Robert	256
3	Richard	224
4	Larry	200
5	John	190
6	Gary	187
7	David	173
7	Dennis	173
9	William	166
10	Donald	143
11	Ronald	135
12	Roger	129
13	Thomas	113
14	Kenneth	98
15	Charles	94
16	Michael	88
17	Jerry	86
18	Dale	70
19	Gerald	63
20	George	55
21	Wayne	53
22	Duane	52
23	Douglas	50
24	Paul	47
25	Terry	42

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Leroy	41
27	Raymond	39
28	Edward	38
28	Joseph	38
30	Daniel	35
30	Jim	35
32	Keith	33
33	Dean	32
33	Lyle	32
35	Gene	30
35	Harold	30
37	Frank	29
38	Marvin	28
39	Allen	27
40	Darrell	26
40	Jerome	26
40	Lawrence	26
40	Melvin	26
40	Patrick	26
40	Rodney	26
46	Jack	25
46	Ralph	25
46	Tom	25
49	Gordon	24
49	Norman	24
49	Steven	24
52	Eugene	23
52	Russell	23
54	Bill	22
54	Mike	22
54	Stanley	22
57	Bruce	21
58	Clifford	20
58	Don	20
58	Joe	20
61	Ernest	18
61	Harvey	18
61	Stephen	18
64	Leonard	17
64	Roy	17
66	Arthur	16
66	Harry	16
66	Henry	16
66	Jerald	16
66	Theodore	16
66	Vernon	16
72	Allan	15
72	Bernard	15
72	Bob	15
72	Danny	15
72	Roland	15
72	Steve	15
72	Walter	15
79	Albert	14
79	Curtis	14
79	Lloyd	14
79	Lynn	14
83	Alan	13
83	Arnold	13
83	Earl	13
83	Francis	13
83	Harlan	13
83	Neil	13
83	Ray	13
90	Darrel	12
90	Jimmy	12
90	Leon	12
90	Martin	12
90	Philip	12
90	Ronnie	12
90	Warren	12
97	Carl	11
97	Floyd	11
97	Fred	11
97	Garry	11
97	Jon	11