Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1968

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	231
2	David	185
3	James	152
3	John	152
5	Mark	143
6	Scott	134
7	Robert	132
8	Todd	119
9	Brian	118
10	Jeffrey	98
11	Steven	95
12	Richard	90
13	Paul	88
14	Troy	87
15	Thomas	84
16	Kevin	79
17	Timothy	76
18	Chad	71
18	William	71
20	Daniel	70
21	Douglas	58
22	Bradley	55
23	Patrick	50
24	Eric	48
25	Christopher	45

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gregory	44
26	Jason	44
28	Joseph	42
28	Ronald	42
30	Matthew	38
31	Charles	37
32	Kelly	36
32	Terry	36
34	Anthony	35
34	Bryan	35
34	Darin	35
34	Dean	35
38	Donald	34
39	Shawn	33
40	Jon	32
41	Dennis	31
41	Kenneth	31
43	Gary	30
44	Brett	29
44	Dale	29
44	Randy	29
47	Bruce	28
47	Craig	28
49	Larry	27
49	Wade	27
51	Alan	26
52	Rodney	25
52	Shane	25
52	Wayne	25
55	Duane	24
55	Keith	24
57	Andrew	23
57	Joel	23
59	Curtis	22
59	Jay	22
59	Jeffery	22
62	Jerry	20
63	Brent	19
63	Edward	19
63	Lance	19
63	Sean	19
63	Steve	19
63	Travis	19
69	Darren	18
69	Kyle	18
69	Mike	18
69	Roger	18
69	Stephen	18
74	Allen	17
74	Barry	17
76	Chris	16
76	Jeff	16
76	Raymond	16
79	Brad	15
79	Gerald	15
79	Rick	15
79	Russell	15
79	Ryan	15
84	Jody	14
84	Justin	14
84	Ricky	14
87	Lee	13
87	Marty	13
87	Randall	13
87	Tim	13
91	Corey	12
91	Tony	12
91	Vernon	12
94	Dana	11
94	Danny	11
94	Darrell	11
94	Darrin	11
94	Eugene	11
94	Lonnie	11
94	Martin	11
94	Perry	11
94	Shannon	11
94	Tom	11