Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	344
2	Michael	336
3	James	316
4	Robert	308
5	Richard	273
6	Steven	252
7	John	224
8	Thomas	206
9	Gary	197
10	Douglas	181
11	William	175
12	Mark	169
13	Daniel	145
14	Ronald	144
15	Donald	143
16	Dennis	135
17	Charles	134
18	Roger	133
19	Larry	125
20	Gregory	114
21	Timothy	109
22	Dale	101
23	Terry	99
24	Randy	98
25	Kenneth	86

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Rodney	86
27	Paul	81
28	Bruce	79
29	Jeffrey	73
30	Joseph	72
31	Craig	66
32	Stephen	64
33	Jerry	63
34	Patrick	62
35	Duane	58
35	Wayne	58
37	Kevin	57
38	Edward	52
39	Alan	51
39	Gerald	51
41	Allen	49
42	Randall	47
43	Keith	46
44	Dean	45
45	Scott	44
46	Curtis	42
47	Eugene	38
48	Micheal	35
49	George	34
49	Russell	34
51	Bradley	33
51	Gordon	33
51	Kim	33
51	Rick	33
55	Jack	31
56	Raymond	30
57	Danny	29
58	Brian	27
58	Lawrence	27
58	Lyle	27
61	Gene	26
61	Lee	26
63	Ricky	25
64	Darrell	24
64	Jon	24
66	Francis	23
66	Jay	23
66	Marvin	23
69	Calvin	22
69	Jerome	22
69	Stanley	22
72	Clifford	20
72	Frank	20
72	Harold	20
72	Jeffery	20
72	Lonnie	20
72	Lynn	20
72	Mike	20
72	Ralph	20
80	Anthony	19
80	Joel	19
80	Loren	19
80	Roy	19
84	Dwight	18
84	Kent	18
86	Arnold	17
86	Carl	17
86	Don	17
86	Glen	17
86	Leslie	17
86	Melvin	17
86	Peter	17
86	Terrance	17
94	Albert	16
94	Allan	16
94	Arthur	16
94	Barry	16
94	Glenn	16
94	Jerald	16
94	Kelly	16
94	Warren	16