Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1975

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	232
2	Michael	217
3	Ryan	142
4	Christopher	141
5	Chad	130
6	Matthew	119
7	Scott	110
8	Jeremy	109
9	Brian	105
9	David	105
11	John	103
12	James	101
13	Robert	92
14	Travis	90
15	Daniel	88
16	Joshua	86
17	Justin	75
18	Eric	70
18	Jeffrey	70
20	Mark	68
21	Aaron	63
22	Shawn	55
22	Steven	55
24	Todd	51
25	Joseph	49

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	46
27	William	45
28	Bradley	43
28	Nathan	43
28	Thomas	43
31	Troy	42
32	Shane	41
33	Kevin	40
34	Paul	39
35	Corey	38
35	Jamie	38
37	Adam	36
37	Andrew	36
39	Benjamin	34
39	Jonathan	34
39	Richard	34
42	Anthony	31
43	Dustin	30
44	Cory	29
45	Cody	28
45	Kelly	28
47	Bryan	27
47	Charles	27
47	Gregory	27
50	Craig	25
51	Brandon	24
51	Brent	24
51	Jared	24
51	Patrick	24
55	Jay	23
55	Jon	23
57	Jesse	22
58	Erik	21
58	Kenneth	21
60	Casey	20
60	Heath	20
62	Derek	19
62	Donald	19
62	Joel	19
65	Brad	18
65	Darin	18
65	Gary	18
65	Lance	18
65	Nicholas	18
70	Keith	17
70	Terry	17
72	Samuel	16
73	Chris	15
73	Clinton	15
73	Jeffery	15
73	Shannon	15
73	Tony	15
73	Wade	15
79	Brett	14
79	Curtis	14
79	Sean	14
82	Allen	12
82	Darrell	12
82	Douglas	12
82	Jerry	12
82	Ronald	12
82	Toby	12
82	Wayne	12
89	Alan	11
89	Dale	11
89	Dennis	11
89	Kyle	11
89	Mathew	11
89	Randy	11
89	Russell	11
89	Stephen	11
89	Tracy	11
98	Billy	10
98	Brock	10
98	Damon	10
98	Jacob	10
98	Lee	10
98	Lonnie	10
98	Raymond	10
98	Rodney	10