Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1980

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	213
2	Justin	193
3	Matthew	175
4	Joshua	169
5	Ryan	166
6	Christopher	156
6	Jason	156
8	John	125
9	Eric	122
10	Nicholas	114
11	David	106
12	Travis	105
13	Robert	104
14	Brian	103
14	James	103
16	Jeremy	102
17	Daniel	93
18	Nathan	92
19	Jesse	89
20	Adam	86
21	Dustin	85
22	Aaron	77
23	Andrew	76
24	Scott	75
25	Brandon	74

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joseph	71
27	Chad	67
28	Timothy	63
29	William	61
30	Benjamin	56
30	Jeffrey	56
32	Jonathan	50
33	Mark	49
33	Thomas	49
35	Anthony	47
36	Bradley	46
36	Charles	46
36	Paul	46
39	Derek	44
40	Steven	43
40	Tyler	43
42	Patrick	38
43	Jacob	37
43	Jared	37
43	Kevin	37
46	Cory	36
47	Cody	35
48	Casey	34
49	Shawn	32
50	Jeremiah	31
50	Troy	31
52	Douglas	30
52	Kyle	30
54	Brent	28
54	Gregory	28
54	Seth	28
57	Todd	27
58	Corey	26
59	Richard	25
60	Lucas	23
61	Joel	22
61	Luke	22
61	Shane	22
64	Craig	21
64	Jamie	21
64	Lance	21
67	Bryan	19
67	Clinton	19
67	Lee	19
67	Peter	19
71	Erik	18
71	Keith	18
73	Brett	17
73	Curtis	17
73	Nathaniel	17
76	Beau	16
76	Randy	16
78	Gary	15
78	Jon	15
78	Kenneth	15
78	Stephen	15
78	Wade	15
83	Brock	14
83	Darin	14
83	Jay	14
83	Kelly	14
83	Levi	14
83	Sean	14
83	Shaun	14
90	Alan	13
90	Jordan	13
90	Terry	13
93	Dennis	12
93	Donald	12
93	Duane	12
93	Phillip	12
93	Ronald	12
98	Austin	11
98	Bryce	11
98	Russell	11
98	Samuel	11
98	Tony	11