Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1961

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	327
2	Mark	284
3	Michael	262
4	James	228
5	Kevin	206
6	John	198
7	Todd	194
8	Scott	190
9	Robert	189
10	Steven	167
11	Jeffrey	163
12	Timothy	160
13	Daniel	149
14	Brian	131
15	Richard	125
16	Thomas	112
16	William	112
18	Douglas	111
19	Gary	109
20	Paul	99
21	Terry	91
22	Donald	87
23	Kenneth	81
24	Bradley	78
25	Randy	77

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gregory	76
27	Craig	72
28	Ronald	71
29	Bruce	70
29	Charles	70
31	Dennis	66
31	Mike	66
33	Keith	64
33	Larry	64
35	Roger	60
36	Dale	55
37	Jay	54
37	Joseph	54
39	Dean	53
40	Alan	52
40	Patrick	52
42	Tim	51
43	Jerry	49
44	Jeffery	48
44	Randall	48
46	Rodney	47
46	Russell	47
48	Jeff	46
49	Tom	45
49	Wayne	45
51	Jon	44
51	Steve	44
53	Greg	42
54	Kelly	40
55	Curtis	37
56	Jim	35
57	Brad	34
58	Bryan	31
58	Dan	31
58	Danny	31
58	Duane	31
58	Ricky	31
63	Joel	30
63	Rick	30
65	Christopher	28
66	Anthony	27
66	Edward	27
68	George	26
68	Kent	26
68	Raymond	26
68	Troy	26
72	Matthew	25
73	Dave	24
74	Barry	23
75	Allen	22
75	Eric	22
75	Lyle	22
78	Andrew	21
78	Bill	21
78	Kurt	21
78	Stephen	21
82	Frank	20
82	Peter	20
84	Chris	19
84	Lance	19
84	Micheal	19
84	Tony	19
88	Jack	18
88	Lee	18
88	Loren	18
91	Brent	17
91	Brett	17
91	Darrell	17
91	Darwin	17
91	Don	17
91	Glen	17
91	Monte	17
91	Wade	17
99	Gerald	16
99	Joe	16
99	Kim	16
99	Kirk	16
99	Philip	16