Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	356
2	James	334
3	David	307
4	Richard	265
5	Dennis	257
6	John	250
7	Larry	243
8	Gary	216
9	Michael	215
10	Ronald	200
11	Thomas	171
12	William	164
13	Donald	151
14	Kenneth	127
15	Charles	121
16	Roger	120
17	Douglas	118
18	Terry	91
19	Jerry	88
20	Steven	82
21	Paul	78
21	Wayne	78
23	Daniel	75
24	Dale	67
25	Gerald	62

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bruce	60
27	Rodney	54
28	Gregory	50
28	Patrick	50
28	Raymond	50
31	Duane	46
31	George	46
31	Mark	46
34	Edward	45
35	Joseph	41
36	Eugene	39
37	Lawrence	37
38	Allen	36
38	Russell	36
40	Stephen	35
41	Dean	34
42	Lyle	33
43	Curtis	32
43	Stanley	32
45	Danny	31
45	Steve	31
47	Leonard	30
48	Alan	29
48	Gene	29
48	Keith	29
51	Leroy	28
51	Vernon	28
53	Craig	27
53	Gordon	27
53	Jack	27
53	Lynn	27
53	Mike	27
58	Barry	26
58	Harold	26
58	Jerome	26
58	Marvin	26
58	Tom	26
63	Leslie	25
63	Randall	25
65	Bill	22
65	Darrell	22
65	Jeffrey	22
65	Timothy	22
69	Jerald	21
69	Loren	21
69	Ralph	21
69	Theodore	21
73	Jim	20
73	Lloyd	20
73	Philip	20
76	Dan	19
76	Frank	19
76	Randy	19
79	Clifford	18
79	Leon	18
79	Ronnie	18
82	Carl	17
82	Don	17
82	Wesley	17
85	Allan	16
85	Alvin	16
85	Arthur	16
85	Calvin	16
85	Darrel	16
85	Lee	16
85	Leo	16
85	Norman	16
93	Brian	15
93	Howard	15
93	Virgil	15
93	Walter	15
97	Fred	14
97	Joe	14
97	Martin	14
97	Micheal	14
97	Warren	14