Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1956

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	347
2	David	323
3	Steven	286
4	Robert	282
5	James	280
6	Mark	266
7	John	216
8	Richard	186
9	Thomas	172
10	Douglas	159
11	Kevin	158
12	Daniel	155
13	William	154
14	Timothy	140
15	Randy	131
16	Gary	126
17	Terry	122
18	Donald	118
19	Ronald	115
20	Gregory	114
21	Jeffrey	113
22	Paul	106
23	Larry	104
24	Kenneth	98
25	Bruce	94

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Scott	91
27	Charles	89
28	Dale	88
29	Craig	86
29	Roger	86
31	Rodney	82
32	Joseph	80
33	Dennis	79
34	Brian	64
35	Keith	63
36	Patrick	61
37	Randall	60
38	Bradley	59
39	Alan	55
39	Wayne	55
41	Jerry	54
42	Kim	53
43	Gerald	47
43	Steve	47
45	Duane	46
46	Russell	44
47	Dean	43
48	Curtis	39
48	Edward	39
50	Stephen	35
51	Allen	31
51	Ricky	31
53	Rick	30
54	Jon	29
54	Todd	29
56	Anthony	28
56	Darrell	28
56	Joel	28
56	Kent	28
56	Peter	28
56	Raymond	28
62	Jay	27
63	Brad	26
63	George	26
63	Micheal	26
63	Stanley	26
67	Frank	25
67	Jim	25
67	Lyle	25
67	Lynn	25
71	Loren	24
71	Martin	24
73	Calvin	23
73	Dwight	23
73	Gordon	23
73	Jack	23
77	Glenn	22
77	Jeffery	22
77	Lawrence	22
77	Tim	22
81	Kelly	21
81	Matthew	21
83	Barry	20
83	Dan	20
83	Eugene	20
83	Marvin	20
83	Norman	20
88	Glen	19
88	Jerome	19
88	Kurt	19
88	Tom	19
92	Danny	18
92	Leonard	18
92	Monte	18
95	Harold	17
95	Leslie	17
95	Lonnie	17
95	Philip	17
99	Chris	16
99	Mike	16