Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1966

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	255
2	David	207
3	Todd	164
4	James	161
5	Scott	152
6	John	145
7	Brian	133
8	Mark	131
9	Kevin	124
10	Jeffrey	123
11	Robert	114
12	Steven	100
12	Timothy	100
14	Richard	97
15	Daniel	95
16	Paul	93
17	Troy	85
18	Thomas	79
19	William	67
20	Bradley	61
21	Douglas	59
22	Gregory	57
23	Chad	56
23	Patrick	56
25	Terry	53

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Christopher	51
27	Charles	49
28	Joseph	48
29	Keith	46
30	Dale	45
31	Donald	44
32	Gary	43
32	Kenneth	43
34	Ronald	39
35	Craig	37
35	Kelly	37
37	Darin	36
37	Eric	36
39	Larry	35
40	Randall	34
40	Roger	34
42	Dennis	33
43	Jay	32
43	Mike	32
43	Randy	32
43	Shawn	32
47	Wayne	31
48	Jason	30
49	Rodney	29
49	Wade	29
51	Shane	28
52	Anthony	27
52	Russell	27
54	Alan	25
54	Steve	25
56	Bruce	24
56	Jerry	24
56	Joel	24
59	Edward	23
59	Jeff	23
59	Stephen	23
59	Tony	23
63	Bryan	22
63	Dean	22
63	Jon	22
66	Allen	21
66	Brett	21
66	Curtis	21
66	Jeffery	21
66	Peter	21
66	Tom	21
72	Barry	20
72	Brent	20
72	Kent	20
72	Matthew	20
72	Tim	20
77	Gerald	19
77	Lee	19
79	Duane	17
79	Jim	17
79	Lance	17
79	Martin	17
83	Andrew	16
83	Kyle	16
83	Tracy	16
86	Darren	15
86	Marvin	15
88	Darrin	14
88	George	14
88	Raymond	14
88	Ricky	14
88	Ryan	14
93	Brad	13
93	Sean	13
95	Chris	12
95	Darrell	12
95	Eugene	12
95	Glenn	12
95	Kurt	12
95	Micheal	12
95	Myron	12
95	Philip	12