Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1945

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	283
2	Robert	268
3	Richard	239
4	David	182
5	John	179
6	Gary	171
7	Dennis	170
7	Larry	170
9	Donald	158
10	Ronald	151
11	Thomas	132
12	William	124
13	Roger	114
14	Michael	102
15	Kenneth	95
16	Charles	78
17	Jerry	72
18	Terry	67
19	Douglas	63
20	Gerald	62
21	Dale	56
22	Paul	54
23	Wayne	51
24	Daniel	49
25	Duane	44

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joseph	41
27	Raymond	40
28	Edward	39
28	George	39
30	Leroy	33
30	Lyle	33
30	Marvin	33
33	Stanley	30
34	Alan	29
35	Eugene	28
36	Jack	27
36	Jim	27
36	Steven	27
39	Allen	26
39	Dean	26
41	Lawrence	25
42	Keith	24
42	Rodney	24
44	Bernard	23
44	Gordon	23
44	Melvin	23
47	Frank	22
47	Mike	22
49	Bruce	21
49	Curtis	21
49	Gene	21
49	Jerome	21
49	Ralph	21
54	Bill	20
55	Darrell	19
55	Francis	19
55	Harold	19
55	Patrick	19
55	Ronnie	19
55	Russell	19
55	Stephen	19
62	Danny	18
62	Howard	18
64	Albert	17
64	Harry	17
64	Loren	17
64	Norman	17
68	Don	16
68	Lloyd	16
68	Lynn	16
71	Calvin	15
71	Carl	15
71	Dwight	15
71	Floyd	15
71	Fred	15
71	Glenn	15
71	Lester	15
71	Peter	15
79	Arthur	14
79	Craig	14
79	Mark	14
79	Philip	14
79	Tom	14
84	Allan	13
84	Alvin	13
84	Clifford	13
84	Darrel	13
84	Delbert	13
84	Jerald	13
84	Jon	13
84	Leonard	13
84	Leslie	13
84	Myron	13
84	Neil	13
84	Ray	13
96	Bob	12
96	Darwin	12
96	Harvey	12
99	Daryl	11
99	Harlan	11
99	Lowell	11
99	Timothy	11
99	Vernon	11
99	Virgil	11
99	Walter	11