Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1969

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	239
2	David	166
3	James	151
4	Scott	143
5	Robert	139
6	Brian	137
7	John	127
8	Mark	114
9	Chad	109
10	Todd	108
11	Jason	104
12	Jeffrey	101
13	Steven	100
14	Troy	98
15	Timothy	87
16	Kevin	81
17	Daniel	80
18	Paul	77
19	Thomas	75
20	William	74
21	Richard	70
22	Christopher	55
23	Bradley	53
23	Charles	53
25	Douglas	51

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Craig	50
27	Patrick	49
28	Gregory	46
28	Joseph	46
30	Eric	40
30	Ronald	40
32	Shawn	39
33	Kenneth	37
34	Keith	34
34	Matthew	34
36	Joel	33
37	Corey	31
37	Shane	31
39	Cory	30
40	Darin	29
40	Jon	29
40	Travis	29
43	Kelly	28
44	Anthony	27
44	Lance	27
46	Brett	25
46	Donald	25
46	Russell	25
49	Bryan	24
49	Duane	24
49	Larry	24
49	Terry	24
53	Dean	23
53	Jay	23
53	Ryan	23
56	Dennis	22
56	Jeffery	22
58	Jonathan	21
58	Lee	21
58	Wayne	21
61	Brad	20
61	Brent	20
61	Bruce	20
64	Gary	19
64	Loren	19
66	Alan	18
66	Dale	18
66	Jeff	18
66	Rodney	18
66	Shannon	18
71	Curtis	17
71	Randy	17
71	Sean	17
74	Darren	16
74	Justin	16
74	Roger	16
74	Stacy	16
74	Stephen	16
74	Tony	16
80	Jerry	15
81	Allen	14
81	Barry	14
81	Benjamin	14
81	Jamie	14
81	Kent	14
81	Monte	14
81	Randall	14
81	Ricky	14
81	Wade	14
90	Aaron	13
90	Andrew	13
90	Chris	13
90	Trent	13
94	George	12
94	Kyle	12
94	Philip	12
94	Tim	12
94	Warren	12
99	Carl	11
99	Danny	11
99	Edward	11
99	Gerald	11
99	Greg	11
99	Jody	11
99	Leroy	11
99	Micheal	11
99	Mike	11
99	Nathan	11
99	Rick	11
99	Ross	11