Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	326
2	James	323
3	Richard	287
4	David	242
5	John	222
6	Dennis	216
7	Gary	204
8	Ronald	200
9	Larry	197
10	Michael	149
11	Donald	141
12	Kenneth	131
13	Thomas	130
14	William	124
15	Roger	117
16	Charles	88
17	Jerry	87
18	Douglas	84
19	Paul	82
20	Terry	73
21	Gerald	66
22	Dale	60
22	Daniel	60
24	Wayne	58
25	Allen	47

Rank	Name	Babies
26	George	45
26	Patrick	45
28	Duane	41
29	Marvin	40
30	Alan	39
31	Raymond	38
31	Rodney	38
33	Steven	36
34	Keith	35
34	Leroy	35
36	Gene	33
37	Danny	32
37	Edward	32
37	Joseph	32
40	Dean	31
40	Eugene	31
40	Lyle	31
43	Jim	30
43	Timothy	30
45	Darrell	29
45	Jack	29
45	Ralph	29
48	Bruce	28
49	Curtis	26
49	Gregory	26
49	Harold	26
49	Lawrence	26
53	Bill	25
53	Leonard	25
53	Stanley	25
56	Bob	24
56	Francis	24
56	Russell	24
59	Randall	23
59	Stephen	23
61	Frank	22
62	Jerome	21
62	Mike	21
64	Arthur	20
64	Darrel	20
64	Norman	20
67	Gordon	19
68	Craig	18
68	Lloyd	18
68	Ronnie	18
68	Steve	18
72	Carl	17
72	Harvey	17
72	Jerald	17
72	Roy	17
72	Walter	17
77	Bernard	16
77	Calvin	16
77	Clifford	16
77	Darwin	16
77	Glenn	16
77	Henry	16
77	Melvin	16
77	Tom	16
85	Albert	15
85	Arnold	15
85	Don	15
85	Garry	15
85	Howard	15
85	Mark	15
85	Philip	15
92	Alvin	14
92	Joe	14
92	Loren	14
92	Lynn	14
92	Martin	14
92	Neil	14
92	Ray	14
92	Vernon	14
92	Virgil	14