Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1982

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	194
2	Joshua	184
3	Christopher	174
4	Michael	159
5	Jason	144
6	Justin	143
7	Ryan	142
8	Adam	114
9	David	104
10	Brian	99
10	Robert	99
12	Dustin	97
13	Daniel	95
13	James	95
13	Nicholas	95
16	Andrew	93
17	Joseph	88
18	John	85
19	Jeremy	82
20	Travis	80
21	Eric	74
22	Aaron	73
22	Jesse	73
24	Nathan	72
25	Brandon	69

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	66
27	Jonathan	64
28	Steven	63
29	Tyler	54
30	Jeffrey	53
30	Mark	53
32	Paul	52
32	Thomas	52
34	Benjamin	51
35	Kyle	48
36	Chad	47
36	Derek	47
38	Anthony	45
38	Cody	45
40	Jacob	44
41	Scott	41
42	Brett	39
43	Kevin	37
43	Patrick	37
45	Casey	32
45	Richard	32
47	William	31
48	Bradley	29
48	Shawn	29
50	Jared	28
51	Craig	26
51	Jordan	26
53	Corey	25
53	Gregory	25
53	Lucas	25
53	Seth	25
57	Charles	24
57	Shane	24
57	Troy	24
60	Brent	23
60	Zachary	23
62	Luke	22
63	Cory	21
63	Nathaniel	21
65	Joel	20
65	Lee	20
65	Todd	20
68	Jeffery	19
68	Levi	19
70	Douglas	18
70	Jeremiah	18
70	Kelly	18
70	Mitchell	18
74	Kenneth	17
74	Samuel	17
76	Derrick	16
76	Keith	16
76	Lance	16
79	Bryan	15
79	Donald	15
79	Jamie	15
79	Jay	15
79	Ronald	15
84	Austin	14
84	Peter	14
84	Ross	14
87	Colin	13
87	Curtis	13
87	Edward	13
87	Evan	13
87	Phillip	13
87	Sean	13
93	Darin	12
93	Garrett	12
93	Trevor	12
93	Wesley	12
97	Alan	11
97	Alexander	11
97	Cole	11
97	Dallas	11
97	Darren	11
97	Erik	11
97	Ian	11
97	Nickolas	11