Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1976

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	262
2	Michael	188
3	Christopher	154
4	Ryan	147
5	Matthew	134
6	Chad	131
7	Jeremy	116
8	David	109
9	Eric	102
10	Brian	101
11	Joshua	92
12	Scott	90
13	John	87
14	Daniel	85
15	Robert	80
16	James	78
16	Travis	78
18	Jeffrey	70
18	Justin	70
20	Nathan	66
21	Mark	65
22	Steven	61
23	Aaron	58
24	William	55
25	Shawn	54

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Timothy	54
27	Joseph	52
27	Thomas	52
29	Paul	50
30	Benjamin	49
31	Corey	48
32	Troy	46
33	Shane	43
34	Bradley	42
34	Kevin	42
36	Jesse	41
37	Andrew	40
38	Cory	38
39	Adam	36
40	Anthony	35
40	Jonathan	35
42	Dustin	33
43	Richard	32
44	Patrick	31
45	Bryan	30
45	Jamie	30
47	Brent	28
47	Charles	28
49	Todd	27
50	Kyle	26
51	Jay	25
52	Brandon	24
52	Gregory	24
52	Jared	24
55	Terry	23
56	Joel	22
56	Ronald	22
58	Craig	21
59	Brad	20
60	Cody	19
60	Douglas	19
62	Donald	18
62	Jeremiah	18
62	Kelly	18
62	Sean	18
62	Wade	18
67	Casey	17
67	Keith	17
67	Lance	17
67	Randy	17
67	Tyler	17
72	Tony	16
73	Erik	15
74	Alan	14
74	Chris	14
74	Jon	14
74	Seth	14
78	Brett	13
78	Cameron	13
78	Peter	13
78	Zachary	13
82	Clinton	12
82	Curtis	12
82	Darin	12
82	Dean	12
82	Dennis	12
82	Derek	12
82	Grant	12
82	Kenneth	12
82	Larry	12
82	Lee	12
82	Phillip	12
82	Shannon	12
82	Stephen	12
95	Gary	11
95	Jeffery	11
95	Russell	11
95	Samuel	11
99	Barry	10
99	Brady	10
99	Clint	10
99	George	10
99	Jerry	10
99	Joey	10
99	Kristopher	10
99	Nicholas	10
99	Trent	10
99	Wayne	10