Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1974

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	249
2	Michael	191
3	Christopher	159
4	Chad	158
5	Brian	117
6	Ryan	116
7	Matthew	112
8	John	105
9	Scott	103
10	David	102
11	James	97
12	Steven	84
13	Eric	83
13	Mark	83
15	Jeffrey	77
16	Jeremy	75
16	Travis	75
18	Daniel	71
18	William	71
20	Robert	67
21	Justin	64
22	Aaron	63
22	Joshua	63
24	Joseph	53
25	Thomas	51

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Shawn	48
27	Todd	42
28	Troy	41
29	Nathan	40
29	Shane	40
31	Bradley	39
31	Kevin	39
31	Timothy	39
34	Anthony	38
35	Richard	34
36	Andrew	32
36	Cory	32
38	Dustin	31
39	Brent	30
39	Paul	30
41	Gregory	29
41	Jonathan	29
41	Patrick	29
44	Adam	27
44	Charles	27
44	Craig	27
44	Jesse	27
44	Jon	27
44	Wade	27
50	Corey	26
51	Joel	25
52	Jamie	24
52	Kelly	24
54	Cody	23
55	Donald	21
55	Douglas	21
55	Heath	21
55	Sean	21
59	Benjamin	20
59	Gary	20
59	Ronald	20
62	Brandon	19
62	Chris	19
62	Jared	19
65	Bryan	18
65	Keith	18
67	Darin	17
67	Kenneth	17
69	Kyle	16
69	Lance	16
69	Shannon	16
69	Stephen	16
73	Brett	15
73	Dean	15
73	Jay	15
73	Lee	15
73	Terry	15
73	Wayne	15
79	Clinton	14
79	Dennis	14
79	Tony	14
82	Brad	13
82	Larry	13
82	Randy	13
85	Casey	12
85	Dana	12
85	Edward	12
85	Erik	12
85	Jeffery	12
85	Jerry	12
91	George	11
91	Jacob	11
91	Kent	11
91	Rodney	11
91	Tyler	11
96	Allen	10
96	Calvin	10
96	Carl	10
96	Curtis	10
96	Darrin	10
96	Melvin	10
96	Neil	10
96	Philip	10
96	Russell	10
96	Trent	10