Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1971

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	203
2	Jason	199
3	Chad	159
4	Scott	151
5	David	148
6	Robert	129
7	John	120
8	James	118
9	Brian	114
10	Christopher	108
11	Todd	85
12	Mark	82
13	Jeffrey	80
14	Daniel	78
15	Troy	76
16	Steven	75
17	Matthew	71
17	Shawn	71
19	Eric	69
20	Paul	67
21	Thomas	65
22	Timothy	63
23	Bradley	62
24	William	61
25	Travis	58

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Richard	57
27	Kevin	54
28	Patrick	42
29	Shane	41
30	Gregory	39
31	Aaron	38
31	Ryan	38
33	Craig	37
34	Terry	35
35	Joseph	34
35	Justin	34
37	Cory	33
38	Charles	32
39	Anthony	31
39	Wade	31
41	Corey	30
41	Douglas	30
41	Lance	30
44	Jay	29
45	Joel	28
45	Keith	28
47	Darin	27
47	Kelly	27
47	Kenneth	27
50	Ronald	26
51	Jonathan	25
52	Brett	24
52	Bryan	24
52	Gary	24
55	Darren	23
55	Donald	23
55	Jon	23
58	Chris	22
58	Kyle	22
58	Sean	22
61	Dennis	21
61	Nathan	21
63	Randy	20
63	Tony	20
65	Andrew	19
65	Brent	19
65	Shannon	19
68	Dean	18
68	Lee	18
68	Roger	18
71	Jeremy	17
71	Jerry	17
71	Stephen	17
74	Brad	16
74	Duane	16
74	Larry	16
74	Rodney	16
78	Jesse	15
78	Ricky	15
78	Wayne	15
81	Clinton	14
81	Dale	14
81	Danny	14
81	Edward	14
81	Jared	14
81	Jeffery	14
81	Kurt	14
88	Donovan	13
88	Russell	13
90	Adam	12
90	Bruce	12
90	Derek	12
90	Gerald	12
90	Heath	12
90	Jeff	12
90	Neil	12
90	Philip	12
98	Jamie	11
98	Joshua	11
98	Marty	11
98	Peter	11
98	Raymond	11
98	Trent	11