Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1983

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	220
2	Christopher	177
3	Michael	168
4	Joshua	157
5	Ryan	142
6	Justin	138
7	Jason	132
8	Adam	122
9	Andrew	116
10	John	109
11	David	108
12	Daniel	105
13	Dustin	88
14	Eric	87
14	Tyler	87
16	Nicholas	83
17	Aaron	82
18	Nathan	81
19	Robert	80
20	Brian	78
21	Brandon	77
21	James	77
21	Joseph	77
24	Travis	76
25	Kyle	71

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jeremy	66
27	Benjamin	64
27	Jesse	64
29	Thomas	63
30	Jeffrey	61
31	Scott	60
32	Mark	58
33	Chad	57
34	William	55
35	Derek	54
36	Anthony	52
36	Jonathan	52
38	Steven	48
39	Cody	44
40	Jared	41
41	Brett	40
42	Jacob	37
42	Kevin	37
42	Timothy	37
45	Patrick	36
46	Bradley	34
47	Paul	31
47	Shawn	31
49	Casey	30
49	Richard	30
51	Luke	29
52	Jordan	28
53	Bryan	26
54	Charles	25
55	Zachary	24
56	Austin	23
56	Troy	23
58	Cory	21
58	Gregory	21
58	Keith	21
58	Lucas	21
58	Sean	21
63	Brent	20
63	Mathew	20
65	Joel	19
65	Ross	19
65	Seth	19
65	Shane	19
69	Craig	18
69	Donald	18
69	Jeremiah	18
72	Lance	17
72	Peter	17
72	Samuel	17
72	Stephen	17
76	Alan	16
76	Cole	16
76	Erik	16
76	Lee	16
80	Blake	15
80	Darin	15
80	Grant	15
80	Ronald	15
80	Wade	15
85	Derrick	14
85	Jon	14
85	Jonathon	14
85	Trevor	14
89	Corey	13
89	Edward	13
89	Evan	13
89	Kenneth	13
89	Levi	13
89	Marcus	13
89	Mitchell	13
89	Todd	13
97	Clayton	12
97	Jamie	12
97	Jay	12
97	Philip	12
97	Terry	12
97	Wayne	12