Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	213
2	Michael	207
3	Chad	167
4	Christopher	142
5	Robert	125
6	David	118
7	Scott	115
8	Brian	110
9	James	104
10	John	94
11	Steven	91
12	Daniel	85
13	Jeffrey	76
14	Troy	68
15	Kevin	67
16	Travis	65
17	Mark	62
18	Eric	61
19	Matthew	58
19	Ryan	58
21	Paul	57
22	William	54
23	Richard	52
24	Shawn	50
25	Thomas	48

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Timothy	48
27	Patrick	44
28	Bradley	43
28	Todd	43
30	Shane	42
31	Gregory	41
32	Jeremy	38
32	Justin	38
34	Joseph	36
35	Charles	34
36	Anthony	32
36	Darin	32
38	Jon	31
39	Cory	30
40	Douglas	29
41	Aaron	28
42	Brett	27
43	Craig	26
43	Nathan	26
45	Brent	25
45	Dennis	25
47	Andrew	24
47	Kelly	24
47	Larry	24
47	Ronald	24
51	Donald	23
51	Jamie	23
51	Keith	23
51	Sean	23
51	Wade	23
56	Jonathan	22
56	Kyle	22
58	Corey	21
59	Chris	20
59	Jerry	20
59	Kenneth	20
59	Lance	20
59	Terry	20
64	Curtis	19
64	Lee	19
66	Bryan	18
66	Jeffery	18
68	Dale	17
68	Joel	17
68	Tony	17
68	Tracy	17
72	Adam	16
72	Heath	16
72	Joshua	16
72	Randy	16
72	Stephen	16
77	Erik	14
77	Gary	14
77	Jay	14
77	Peter	14
81	Alan	13
81	Derek	13
81	Dustin	13
81	Shannon	13
81	Wayne	13
86	Darren	12
86	Duane	12
86	Jesse	12
86	Micheal	12
86	Raymond	12
91	Benjamin	11
91	Brad	11
91	Cody	11
91	Darrin	11
91	Edward	11
91	Jody	11
91	Samuel	11
91	Tyler	11
99	Bruce	10
99	Dana	10
99	Nicholas	10