Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1962

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	295
2	Mark	260
3	Michael	259
4	Robert	230
5	John	220
6	Scott	213
7	Todd	209
8	Kevin	195
9	James	182
10	Jeffrey	176
11	Steven	168
12	Richard	146
13	Thomas	137
14	Timothy	136
15	Brian	131
16	Douglas	130
17	Daniel	126
18	William	115
19	Paul	101
20	Gary	90
21	Terry	89
22	Ronald	85
23	Kenneth	81
24	Bradley	80
25	Randy	74

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Donald	73
27	Charles	71
27	Gregory	71
29	Jeff	70
30	Dale	67
31	Roger	64
32	Keith	62
33	Craig	61
33	Joseph	61
35	Troy	58
36	Mike	56
37	Bruce	54
37	Tim	54
39	Larry	53
39	Rodney	53
41	Jay	52
41	Steve	52
43	Dennis	51
44	Alan	50
44	Greg	50
44	Patrick	50
47	Kelly	48
48	Rick	43
49	Bryan	42
50	Wayne	41
51	Duane	39
51	Tom	39
53	Dean	38
53	Jerry	38
55	Curtis	37
56	Jeffery	36
57	Jim	34
57	Kent	34
59	Jon	33
59	Randall	33
59	Ricky	33
59	Tony	33
63	Joel	31
64	Anthony	29
65	Danny	28
65	Gerald	28
65	Stephen	28
68	Russell	27
69	Dan	26
70	Christopher	25
70	Kurt	25
72	Brett	24
72	Doug	24
74	Eric	23
75	Brad	22
76	Edward	21
76	George	21
78	Darrell	20
78	Joe	20
80	Raymond	19
81	Matthew	18
82	Brent	17
82	Chris	17
82	Kirk	17
82	Lyle	17
82	Lynn	17
82	Marty	17
88	Allen	16
88	Andrew	16
88	Bill	16
88	Bob	16
88	Dana	16
88	Darwin	16
88	Lee	16
88	Stuart	16
96	Glenn	15
96	Kyle	15
96	Martin	15
96	Wade	15
100	Allan	14
100	Barry	14
100	Calvin	14
100	Daryl	14
100	Don	14
100	Gordon	14
100	Gregg	14
100	Harold	14
100	Jerome	14
100	Lawrence	14
100	Loren	14
100	Micheal	14
100	Monte	14