Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1951

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	374
2	Michael	326
3	James	319
4	Robert	308
5	Richard	268
6	Thomas	246
7	John	244
8	Steven	241
9	Gary	225
10	Douglas	172
11	Dennis	169
12	Ronald	163
13	Larry	160
14	William	158
15	Charles	137
16	Donald	135
17	Roger	129
18	Daniel	123
19	Kenneth	119
20	Terry	113
21	Timothy	108
22	Mark	103
23	Dale	102
24	Gregory	99
25	Bruce	93

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jerry	92
27	Gerald	87
28	Paul	79
28	Randy	79
30	Randall	71
31	Joseph	70
32	Wayne	69
33	Patrick	58
34	Craig	56
34	Stephen	56
36	Rodney	54
37	Edward	52
37	Raymond	52
39	Alan	50
39	Allen	50
41	Curtis	49
41	Jeffrey	49
43	Duane	47
43	George	47
45	Keith	45
46	Lawrence	41
47	Kevin	39
48	Marvin	37
49	Eugene	36
50	Dean	35
50	Scott	35
52	Lynn	34
53	Lyle	32
54	Jack	31
54	Jerome	31
56	Stanley	30
57	Darrell	29
58	Micheal	28
58	Russell	28
60	Glenn	27
61	Loren	26
62	Barry	25
62	Danny	25
62	Lee	25
65	Bradley	24
65	Harold	24
67	Neil	23
68	Calvin	22
68	Walter	22
70	Brian	21
70	Francis	21
70	Gordon	21
70	Leroy	21
70	Melvin	21
75	Bernard	20
75	Gene	20
75	Ricky	20
78	Theodore	19
79	Carl	18
79	Dan	18
79	Daryl	18
79	Frank	18
79	Glen	18
79	Rick	18
85	Albert	17
85	Clifford	17
85	Jay	17
88	Harry	16
88	Kim	16
88	Leonard	16
88	Norman	16
88	Steve	16
88	Terrence	16
94	Arnold	15
94	Jerald	15
94	Lonnie	15
94	Peter	15
94	Philip	15
94	Ralph	15
94	Warren	15