Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	207
2	Jason	176
3	Ryan	173
4	Christopher	157
5	Matthew	155
6	Jeremy	149
7	Joshua	124
8	Justin	121
9	Brian	101
9	David	101
11	Eric	95
12	John	92
12	Robert	92
14	Travis	91
15	Nathan	85
16	Chad	84
17	Daniel	83
17	James	83
19	Timothy	75
20	Aaron	74
21	Steven	72
22	Scott	68
23	Andrew	66
23	Joseph	66
25	Jeffrey	64

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Nicholas	60
26	Thomas	60
28	Mark	55
29	Jesse	54
29	Paul	54
31	Adam	52
32	Kevin	46
33	Anthony	44
33	Benjamin	44
33	Shawn	44
36	William	43
37	Cody	42
37	Cory	42
39	Charles	40
40	Shane	39
41	Dustin	38
42	Patrick	37
43	Kyle	36
43	Richard	36
45	Bradley	35
45	Brandon	35
47	Gregory	34
48	Todd	33
49	Jonathan	32
50	Jacob	31
50	Jared	31
52	Keith	29
53	Joel	28
53	Lance	28
55	Casey	27
55	Donald	27
55	Troy	27
58	Corey	26
58	Wade	26
60	Craig	25
61	Bryan	24
61	Douglas	24
61	Jeremiah	24
64	Brent	23
65	Jay	22
65	Randy	22
65	Samuel	22
68	Derek	21
68	Jamie	21
70	Brett	20
70	Jon	20
72	Philip	19
72	Shaun	19
74	Sean	18
74	Tony	18
76	Erik	16
76	Jeffery	16
76	Tyler	16
76	Zachary	16
80	Chris	15
80	Darin	15
80	Kenneth	15
80	Lee	15
80	Trevor	15
85	Peter	14
85	Russell	14
87	Clinton	13
87	Curtis	13
87	Dennis	13
87	Kelly	13
87	Ronald	13
87	Seth	13
93	Luke	12
93	Martin	12
93	Terry	12
96	Allen	11
96	Brock	11
96	Heath	11
96	Larry	11
96	Nathaniel	11
96	Phillip	11