Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1977

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	233
2	Michael	201
3	Ryan	186
4	Matthew	168
5	Jeremy	163
6	Christopher	157
7	David	127
8	Joshua	123
9	Brian	109
10	Eric	104
11	John	102
12	Chad	96
13	Travis	91
14	James	88
15	Justin	85
16	Robert	81
17	Scott	77
18	Joseph	74
19	Daniel	73
20	Nathan	70
21	Steven	67
22	Aaron	65
22	Jeffrey	65
24	Adam	63
25	Kevin	61

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mark	58
26	Timothy	58
28	Jesse	55
29	Andrew	51
30	Shawn	48
31	Benjamin	47
32	Cory	46
33	Thomas	45
34	Richard	44
35	Anthony	41
36	William	40
37	Charles	39
38	Brandon	38
38	Corey	38
40	Jared	37
40	Paul	37
42	Troy	34
43	Shane	32
43	Todd	32
45	Jamie	31
46	Bryan	30
47	Jonathan	29
48	Jacob	28
49	Brent	27
50	Dustin	25
50	Jeremiah	25
50	Patrick	25
53	Casey	24
53	Cody	24
53	Douglas	24
53	Kyle	24
53	Randy	24
58	Bradley	23
58	Wade	23
60	Jon	21
60	Lance	21
62	Joel	19
62	Nicholas	19
64	Craig	18
64	Lee	18
66	Brett	17
66	Jay	17
66	Kenneth	17
69	Dean	16
69	Kelly	16
69	Terry	16
72	Dale	15
72	Derek	15
72	Gregory	15
72	Sean	15
72	Tyler	15
77	Clinton	13
77	Curtis	13
77	Darren	13
77	Donald	13
77	Gary	13
77	Keith	13
77	Samuel	13
77	Stephen	13
77	Wesley	13
77	Zachary	13
87	Clint	12
87	Darin	12
87	Raymond	12
90	Heath	11
90	Kurt	11
90	Leonard	11
93	Alan	10
93	Austin	10
93	George	10
93	Gerald	10
93	Grant	10
93	Jeffery	10
93	Jerry	10
93	Lucas	10
93	Mathew	10
93	Micah	10
93	Ronald	10