Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1970

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	235
2	Jason	167
3	Scott	162
4	David	161
5	James	144
6	Robert	143
7	Chad	128
8	John	122
9	Mark	119
10	Jeffrey	108
11	Brian	104
11	Todd	104
11	Troy	104
14	Steven	89
15	Daniel	87
16	Christopher	85
17	Thomas	82
18	Richard	80
19	Paul	68
20	Matthew	67
21	William	66
22	Timothy	63
23	Kevin	60
24	Eric	59
25	Bradley	58

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Charles	56
27	Travis	55
28	Joseph	51
29	Douglas	49
30	Gregory	45
31	Shawn	43
32	Patrick	40
33	Anthony	38
33	Jon	38
35	Craig	35
36	Donald	34
36	Shane	34
36	Terry	34
39	Kenneth	33
39	Lance	33
41	Brent	31
41	Corey	31
41	Jay	31
44	Brett	27
44	Wade	27
46	Bryan	26
46	Kelly	26
48	Joel	25
49	Andrew	24
49	Cory	24
49	Darin	24
49	Keith	24
53	Alan	23
53	Ronald	23
55	Dennis	22
55	Gary	22
55	Kyle	22
58	Rodney	21
58	Russell	21
60	Aaron	20
60	Darren	20
60	Jeffery	20
60	Jeremy	20
60	Wayne	20
65	Brad	18
65	Dale	18
65	Dean	18
65	Jonathan	18
65	Roger	18
65	Ryan	18
65	Tony	18
72	Shannon	17
73	Curtis	16
73	Jerry	16
73	Rick	16
76	Peter	15
76	Sean	15
78	Chris	14
78	George	14
78	Justin	14
78	Kurt	14
78	Larry	14
78	Lee	14
78	Randall	14
78	Randy	14
78	Stephen	14
87	Frank	13
87	Jamie	13
87	Jeff	13
87	Mike	13
87	Nathan	13
92	Bruce	12
92	Micheal	12
92	Ricky	12
95	Adam	11
95	Dana	11
95	Edward	11
95	Glen	11
95	Marc	11
95	Philip	11
95	Tyler	11
95	Wesley	11