Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1963

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	294
2	David	289
3	Mark	260
4	Todd	251
5	James	226
6	Scott	224
7	Kevin	199
8	John	197
9	Robert	176
10	Jeffrey	161
11	Steven	159
12	Richard	135
13	Brian	127
13	Timothy	127
15	Thomas	123
16	Daniel	114
17	Douglas	112
18	William	100
19	Paul	97
20	Terry	88
21	Randy	81
22	Donald	72
23	Gregory	71
24	Larry	69
25	Kenneth	68

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Craig	63
26	Gary	63
28	Dale	62
28	Ronald	62
30	Dennis	60
31	Jeff	59
32	Charles	58
32	Mike	58
32	Troy	58
35	Joseph	56
35	Keith	56
37	Patrick	55
38	Bradley	54
38	Bruce	54
38	Dean	54
41	Tim	48
42	Jay	47
43	Jerry	42
44	Curtis	41
44	Kelly	41
46	Bryan	40
47	Rodney	38
47	Wayne	38
49	Jon	37
49	Rick	37
49	Roger	37
52	Anthony	36
52	Greg	36
54	Alan	34
54	Christopher	34
54	Jeffery	34
54	Jim	34
58	Kent	33
59	Russell	32
60	Steve	30
61	Gerald	29
62	Danny	27
62	Randall	27
64	Brad	26
65	Duane	25
66	Allen	24
66	Joel	24
68	Eric	23
68	George	23
68	Ricky	23
71	Barry	22
71	Brent	22
71	Dan	22
74	Brett	21
74	Shawn	21
74	Tom	21
77	Chris	20
77	Edward	20
77	Glenn	20
77	Loren	20
77	Matthew	20
82	Bill	19
82	Martin	19
82	Marty	19
82	Marvin	19
82	Tony	19
87	Darrell	18
87	Doug	18
87	Lance	18
87	Stephen	18
91	Andrew	17
91	Frank	17
91	Joe	17
91	Perry	17
91	Raymond	17
96	Chad	16
96	Peter	16
96	Wade	16
99	Jason	15
99	Kerry	15
99	Lee	15
99	Shane	15
99	Vincent	15