Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1973

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	251
2	Michael	196
3	Chad	169
4	Christopher	161
5	Brian	142
6	Scott	100
7	Matthew	92
8	James	91
9	David	89
10	Daniel	88
10	Robert	88
12	Eric	85
13	John	84
14	Mark	82
15	Travis	76
16	Ryan	70
17	Kevin	63
18	Jeffrey	60
19	William	58
20	Shawn	57
21	Jeremy	54
21	Troy	54
23	Shane	50
23	Todd	50
25	Richard	49

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joseph	46
27	Paul	45
27	Steven	45
27	Thomas	45
30	Charles	44
31	Justin	43
31	Timothy	43
33	Aaron	40
34	Cory	36
35	Corey	34
36	Joshua	32
37	Bradley	30
37	Jon	30
39	Jonathan	29
39	Patrick	29
41	Donald	28
41	Jamie	28
41	Wade	28
44	Andrew	27
44	Anthony	27
44	Gregory	27
44	Lance	27
48	Craig	26
48	Nathan	26
50	Brent	25
50	Dustin	25
50	Joel	25
53	Douglas	23
54	Darin	22
55	Brett	21
55	Kenneth	21
55	Kyle	21
58	Kelly	20
59	Terry	19
60	Adam	18
60	Benjamin	18
60	Bryan	18
60	Russell	18
64	Heath	17
64	Jay	17
64	Jerry	17
67	Dean	16
67	Shannon	16
67	Tony	16
70	Dale	15
70	Ronald	15
70	Samuel	15
73	Brandon	14
73	Clayton	14
73	Dennis	14
73	George	14
73	Jesse	14
73	Keith	14
73	Larry	14
80	Allen	13
80	Chris	13
80	Curtis	13
80	Derek	13
80	Micheal	13
80	Stephen	13
86	Clinton	12
86	Cody	12
86	Erik	12
86	Nicholas	12
86	Sean	12
86	Tracy	12
86	Wayne	12
93	Alan	11
93	Neil	11
93	Randy	11
96	Duane	10
96	Jacob	10
96	Leroy	10
96	Rodney	10
96	Roger	10