Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1979

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	196
2	Michael	193
3	Jason	190
4	Christopher	170
5	Joshua	149
6	Ryan	134
7	Justin	124
8	Nicholas	111
9	John	109
10	Jeremy	108
11	Brian	105
12	Travis	104
13	Aaron	103
14	David	102
14	Eric	102
16	James	101
17	Adam	94
18	Daniel	93
19	Robert	83
20	Chad	75
20	Nathan	75
22	Joseph	74
23	Andrew	69
24	Scott	68
25	Timothy	62

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jeffrey	60
27	Benjamin	59
27	Jesse	59
29	Mark	57
30	Kevin	56
30	Paul	56
32	Thomas	54
33	Bradley	50
34	Brandon	48
34	Steven	48
34	William	48
37	Dustin	46
38	Cody	41
39	Anthony	40
39	Jonathan	40
39	Shane	40
42	Casey	34
43	Kyle	33
43	Shawn	33
45	Bryan	32
45	Patrick	32
47	Richard	31
48	Charles	29
49	Troy	28
49	Tyler	28
51	Gregory	27
52	Brent	26
53	Curtis	25
53	Jacob	25
55	Corey	24
55	Jared	24
57	Jay	23
58	Cory	22
58	Jamie	22
58	Jeremiah	22
58	Joel	22
58	Keith	22
58	Lucas	22
64	Lance	21
64	Todd	21
66	Heath	20
66	Samuel	20
68	Derek	19
68	Kenneth	19
70	Jon	18
70	Kelly	18
70	Seth	18
73	Douglas	17
73	Zachary	17
75	Lee	16
75	Sean	16
75	Wade	16
78	Brad	15
78	Brett	15
78	Craig	15
78	Donald	15
78	Edward	15
78	Peter	15
84	Luke	14
84	Nathaniel	14
84	Tony	14
87	Clinton	13
87	Erik	13
89	Darin	12
89	Frank	12
89	Kristopher	12
89	Levi	12
89	Randy	12
89	Shaun	12
89	Wayne	12
96	Austin	11
96	Dallas	11
96	Jordan	11
96	Russell	11
96	Trevor	11