Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1955

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	401
2	Michael	375
3	James	298
4	Steven	292
5	Robert	262
6	Mark	256
7	Richard	230
8	John	225
9	Daniel	177
10	William	176
11	Thomas	166
12	Douglas	163
13	Gary	145
14	Timothy	142
15	Randy	133
16	Terry	129
17	Ronald	125
18	Donald	120
19	Jeffrey	119
19	Kevin	119
21	Larry	115
22	Gregory	110
23	Dale	106
23	Dennis	106
25	Kenneth	105

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Paul	99
27	Charles	96
28	Roger	91
29	Scott	82
30	Rodney	76
31	Craig	72
31	Wayne	72
33	Bruce	70
34	Jerry	68
35	Joseph	59
36	Alan	57
37	Keith	56
38	Patrick	53
39	Bradley	50
40	Curtis	48
41	Dean	47
42	Randall	43
43	Duane	41
43	Edward	41
45	Rick	38
46	Brian	37
46	Stephen	37
48	Gerald	35
48	Ricky	35
50	Russell	34
51	Micheal	33
52	Darrell	32
52	Loren	32
52	Mike	32
52	Raymond	32
52	Steve	32
57	Danny	31
57	Lawrence	31
57	Peter	31
60	Allen	30
60	Marvin	30
62	Eugene	29
62	Jeffery	29
62	Kim	29
62	Leslie	29
62	Stanley	29
67	George	28
68	Joel	26
69	Gordon	25
69	Kelly	25
69	Kent	25
72	Lee	24
72	Lyle	24
74	Carl	23
74	Jon	23
74	Martin	23
77	Gene	22
77	Lynn	22
79	Dan	21
79	Norman	21
79	Philip	21
82	Brad	20
82	Daryl	20
82	Harold	20
82	Todd	20
86	Calvin	19
86	Jay	19
86	Tim	19
86	Victor	19
90	Anthony	18
90	Barry	18
90	Wesley	18
93	Frank	17
93	Glenn	17
93	Jack	17
93	Jerome	17
93	Vernon	17
93	Walter	17
99	Randal	16
100	Allan	15
100	Glen	15
100	Neil	15
100	Roy	15