Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1965

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	249
2	David	231
3	James	211
4	John	181
5	Todd	177
6	Mark	175
6	Scott	175
8	Robert	161
9	Steven	154
10	Kevin	150
11	Brian	126
12	Jeffrey	116
13	Timothy	112
14	Douglas	107
15	Daniel	103
16	Richard	98
17	Paul	93
18	Thomas	91
19	William	89
20	Troy	76
21	Joseph	70
22	Patrick	59
23	Bradley	57
24	Gary	54
24	Terry	54

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gregory	49
26	Jay	49
28	Dennis	48
29	Craig	47
30	Ronald	46
31	Donald	45
31	Kenneth	45
33	Dale	44
34	Keith	43
35	Randy	42
36	Bryan	40
37	Alan	39
37	Charles	39
37	Jon	39
40	Dean	37
41	Anthony	36
41	Darin	36
43	Jeff	35
43	Wayne	35
45	Larry	34
46	Darren	33
46	Mike	33
48	Duane	32
48	Roger	32
50	Eric	31
50	Rodney	31
52	Christopher	30
52	Jeffery	30
52	Russell	30
55	Joel	29
55	Kelly	29
55	Randall	29
58	Matthew	28
59	Curtis	27
59	Tim	27
61	Shawn	26
62	Brett	25
62	Chris	25
64	Brad	24
64	Chad	24
64	Tony	24
64	Wade	24
68	Brent	23
68	Lee	23
68	Steve	23
71	Darwin	22
71	Edward	22
71	Jerry	22
74	Bruce	21
74	Rick	21
74	Stephen	21
77	Kent	20
77	Loren	20
77	Marty	20
77	Shane	20
81	Allen	19
82	Andrew	18
82	Darrell	18
84	Barry	17
84	Greg	17
84	Lonnie	17
84	Martin	17
88	Danny	16
88	George	16
90	Jason	15
90	Jim	15
90	Joe	15
90	Monte	15
90	Peter	15
95	Ricky	14
95	Travis	14
97	Bill	13
97	Gerald	13
97	Raymond	13
97	Tom	13