Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	403
2	Robert	353
3	James	337
4	Michael	316
5	John	293
6	Gary	252
7	Richard	244
8	Thomas	213
9	Dennis	200
10	Ronald	187
11	William	186
12	Steven	177
13	Larry	176
14	Donald	154
15	Douglas	151
16	Daniel	136
17	Kenneth	132
18	Charles	126
19	Roger	124
20	Gregory	119
21	Paul	108
22	Terry	105
23	Jerry	96
24	Gerald	83
25	Dale	81

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Mark	81
27	Wayne	74
28	Bruce	72
29	Duane	60
29	Stephen	60
31	Joseph	58
32	Alan	56
32	Randall	56
32	Rodney	56
35	George	55
35	Timothy	55
37	Jeffrey	54
37	Patrick	54
39	Keith	46
39	Randy	46
41	Craig	44
42	Eugene	41
42	Raymond	41
44	Lawrence	40
45	Dean	39
46	Edward	38
46	Jack	38
48	Lyle	37
49	Danny	36
50	Russell	34
51	Scott	32
52	Kevin	30
53	Gene	29
54	Curtis	28
54	Darrell	28
54	Harold	28
54	Leonard	28
58	Jerome	26
58	Micheal	26
58	Philip	26
61	Allen	25
61	Brian	25
61	Lynn	25
64	Stanley	24
64	Warren	24
66	Lee	23
66	Leroy	23
66	Loren	23
66	Melvin	23
66	Steve	23
71	Martin	22
71	Ralph	22
73	Mike	21
73	Vernon	21
75	Arthur	20
75	Barry	20
75	Glenn	20
75	Jerald	20
75	Ricky	20
80	Gordon	19
80	Jon	19
80	Norman	19
83	Clifford	18
83	Francis	18
83	Jay	18
83	Leland	18
83	Leslie	18
88	Allan	17
88	Anthony	17
88	Frank	17
91	Daryl	16
91	Harry	16
91	Leon	16
91	Lloyd	16
91	Neil	16
96	Alvin	15
96	Andrew	15
96	Bradley	15
96	Fred	15
96	Frederick	15
96	Harvey	15
96	Marvin	15
96	Peter	15
96	Victor	15