Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1957

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	340
2	David	317
3	Mark	269
4	James	254
5	Steven	230
6	Robert	208
7	Richard	206
8	John	199
9	Kevin	193
10	Douglas	157
11	Thomas	154
12	Timothy	151
13	Daniel	139
14	Donald	132
15	Gary	129
15	Ronald	129
17	Randy	124
18	William	112
19	Scott	106
19	Terry	106
21	Jeffrey	104
22	Paul	103
23	Gregory	102
24	Roger	100
25	Brian	99

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Larry	98
27	Charles	96
28	Bruce	89
29	Dale	87
29	Kenneth	87
31	Craig	81
32	Rodney	78
33	Dennis	74
34	Keith	68
35	Patrick	67
36	Wayne	63
37	Joseph	61
38	Jerry	58
39	Randall	57
40	Bradley	52
41	Ricky	49
42	Alan	48
43	Duane	47
44	Dean	46
45	Russell	44
46	Rick	40
47	Curtis	39
48	Jay	36
48	Mike	36
50	Allen	35
50	Steve	35
50	Tim	35
53	Raymond	33
54	Tom	32
55	Darrell	31
55	Kelly	31
55	Peter	31
55	Stephen	31
59	Jeffery	30
59	Joel	30
59	Kent	30
59	Martin	30
63	Brad	29
63	Danny	29
63	Edward	29
63	Jim	29
67	George	28
68	Kim	27
68	Todd	27
70	Jeff	26
70	Lee	26
70	Micheal	26
73	Gerald	25
74	Dan	24
74	Gene	24
74	Monte	24
77	Barry	23
78	Greg	22
78	Philip	22
80	Glen	21
80	Lawrence	21
82	Lynn	20
83	Eugene	19
83	Jack	19
83	Tony	19
86	Anthony	18
86	Frank	18
86	Jon	18
86	Lonnie	18
86	Lyle	18
91	Carl	17
91	Joe	17
91	Leslie	17
91	Neil	17
91	Stanley	17
96	Darwin	16
96	Gordon	16
96	Gregg	16
96	Loren	16
96	Marvin	16