Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1959

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	358
2	Michael	291
3	Mark	289
4	Robert	242
5	James	225
6	Steven	182
7	Kevin	179
8	John	178
9	Richard	169
10	Timothy	165
11	Scott	151
12	William	145
13	Brian	139
13	Douglas	139
15	Thomas	134
16	Daniel	131
17	Jeffrey	130
18	Randy	117
19	Gary	109
20	Paul	104
21	Donald	103
22	Ronald	100
23	Larry	91
24	Terry	89
25	Gregory	87

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dennis	85
27	Todd	84
28	Dale	79
29	Rodney	78
30	Kenneth	76
31	Bradley	75
32	Craig	73
32	Mike	73
34	Charles	69
35	Tim	65
36	Joseph	64
37	Bruce	63
38	Jeff	61
38	Patrick	61
40	Roger	58
40	Steve	58
42	Keith	55
43	Wayne	53
44	Dean	52
45	Randall	50
46	Alan	45
47	Jerry	44
48	Duane	42
49	Curtis	40
49	Jay	40
51	Gerald	39
51	Ricky	39
51	Russell	39
54	Jon	38
55	Jim	37
55	Tom	37
57	Danny	36
58	Stephen	35
59	Bryan	32
60	Doug	30
61	Allen	29
61	Edward	29
61	Kelly	29
61	Rick	29
65	Anthony	28
65	Brad	28
65	Greg	28
65	Joe	28
69	Dan	27
69	Lawrence	27
71	Eric	25
71	Perry	25
73	Bill	24
73	Joel	24
75	Brett	23
75	Christopher	23
75	Jerome	23
75	Kent	23
79	Jack	22
79	Lee	22
79	Loren	22
82	Bob	21
82	Marty	21
84	Calvin	20
84	Darrell	20
84	Martin	20
84	Peter	20
88	Barry	19
88	Dave	19
88	Kurt	19
88	Lyle	19
88	Tony	19
93	Brent	18
93	Jeffery	18
93	Leonard	18
93	Lynn	18
93	Matthew	18
93	Micheal	18
99	Don	17
99	Frank	17
99	Philip	17