Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1981

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joshua	202
2	Matthew	189
3	Michael	184
4	Christopher	166
5	Justin	164
6	Ryan	153
7	Jason	150
8	Eric	112
9	Jesse	109
10	Daniel	103
11	Dustin	102
11	John	102
11	Joseph	102
14	Jeremy	100
15	David	97
16	Adam	94
17	Nicholas	92
17	Travis	92
19	Brian	91
20	Andrew	88
20	James	88
22	Nathan	80
23	Robert	75
24	Thomas	69
25	Chad	68

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Aaron	67
27	Timothy	58
28	Benjamin	54
28	Scott	54
30	Brandon	52
30	Jeffrey	52
30	William	52
33	Jonathan	50
34	Anthony	48
35	Tyler	47
36	Steven	46
37	Cody	44
38	Mark	42
39	Jacob	41
39	Paul	41
39	Richard	41
42	Derek	38
43	Jared	37
44	Kevin	36
45	Lucas	34
46	Patrick	33
47	Casey	32
48	Bradley	29
48	Kyle	29
50	Brett	28
50	Todd	28
52	Charles	25
52	Seth	25
54	Brent	24
54	Craig	24
54	Kenneth	24
57	Corey	23
57	Gregory	23
57	Zachary	23
60	Cory	22
61	Douglas	21
61	Jeremiah	21
61	Sean	21
64	Keith	20
65	Jay	19
65	Jon	19
67	Shane	18
67	Shawn	18
69	Donald	17
69	Edward	17
69	Jordan	17
69	Lance	17
69	Luke	17
69	Samuel	17
69	Troy	17
76	Joel	16
76	Lee	16
76	Tony	16
79	Alan	15
79	Bryan	15
79	Gary	15
79	Grant	15
79	Kelly	15
79	Trevor	15
85	Austin	14
85	Brady	14
85	Shaun	14
88	Jamie	13
88	Raymond	13
88	Rodney	13
91	Gabriel	12
91	Isaac	12
91	Jeffery	12
91	Levi	12
95	Brad	11
95	Clinton	11
95	Curtis	11
95	Drew	11
95	Mitchell	11
95	Stephen	11
95	Terry	11
95	Trent	11