Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1948

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	378
2	James	367
3	David	312
4	John	279
5	Richard	257
6	Larry	250
7	Michael	233
8	Dennis	220
9	Ronald	204
10	Gary	202
11	William	189
12	Thomas	185
13	Donald	140
14	Roger	127
14	Steven	127
16	Kenneth	112
17	Douglas	99
18	Charles	97
19	Daniel	91
20	Terry	90
21	Jerry	78
22	Paul	75
23	Dale	72
24	Gerald	65
25	Wayne	60

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Stephen	59
27	Bruce	57
27	Gregory	57
29	Keith	53
29	Mark	53
31	Patrick	51
32	Duane	50
33	George	46
34	Rodney	45
35	Joseph	44
36	Eugene	41
37	Allen	40
37	Edward	40
39	Craig	39
40	Alan	38
40	Timothy	38
42	Leroy	37
43	Raymond	36
44	Marvin	35
45	Darrell	33
46	Stanley	32
47	Gene	31
47	Randall	31
49	Jack	30
50	Dean	29
50	Jim	29
50	Lynn	29
53	Curtis	28
53	Gordon	28
53	Harold	28
53	Randy	28
57	Leonard	27
57	Lyle	27
57	Mike	27
57	Russell	27
61	Lee	26
62	Howard	25
63	Danny	24
63	Francis	24
63	Glenn	24
63	Steve	24
63	Terrance	24
63	Tom	24
69	Lawrence	23
70	Albert	22
70	Frank	22
70	Jeffrey	22
70	Leslie	22
70	Melvin	22
70	Vernon	22
76	Jerome	21
77	Barry	20
77	Bill	20
77	Carl	20
80	Allan	18
80	Joe	18
80	Loren	18
80	Micheal	18
84	Daryl	17
84	Lester	17
84	Lloyd	17
84	Norman	17
88	Bernard	16
88	Dan	16
88	Don	16
88	Jerald	16
88	Leo	16
88	Leon	16
88	Peter	16
88	Philip	16
88	Ricky	16
88	Ronnie	16
98	Anthony	15
98	Brian	15
98	Martin	15
98	Neil	15