Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1984

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	Joshua	185
3	Michael	176
4	Christopher	151
5	Adam	136
6	Andrew	119
7	Daniel	114
8	Ryan	111
9	Jason	109
10	Tyler	103
11	Nicholas	96
12	Dustin	95
13	David	89
13	Justin	89
15	Kyle	85
16	Joseph	84
17	Nathan	83
18	Eric	79
19	John	78
20	Brandon	77
20	Travis	77
22	Cody	76
23	Brian	75
24	James	73
25	Timothy	69

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Aaron	66
27	Robert	63
28	Jeremy	62
29	Jacob	61
29	Jonathan	61
31	Jesse	60
32	Anthony	58
33	Thomas	54
34	Jeffrey	49
35	Scott	48
36	William	46
37	Derek	45
37	Kevin	45
37	Mark	45
37	Steven	45
41	Benjamin	44
42	Zachary	43
43	Jared	41
43	Richard	41
45	Chad	39
46	Lucas	36
47	Patrick	35
48	Trevor	33
49	Jordan	32
50	Bradley	28
50	Charles	28
50	Luke	28
53	Bryan	26
53	Paul	26
55	Brett	25
55	Casey	25
55	Lance	25
58	Samuel	24
59	Austin	23
59	Shane	23
61	Brent	22
61	Cole	22
61	Cory	22
64	Shawn	21
65	Seth	20
65	Troy	20
67	Joel	18
67	Keith	18
67	Stephen	18
70	Blake	17
70	Gregory	17
70	Kelly	17
70	Ross	17
70	Sean	17
70	Todd	17
76	Darin	16
76	Douglas	16
76	Marcus	16
79	Alexander	15
79	Chase	15
79	Clayton	15
79	Corey	15
79	Craig	15
79	Drew	15
79	Grant	15
79	Levi	15
87	Curtis	14
87	Gary	14
87	Lee	14
87	Mathew	14
87	Raymond	14
92	Alex	13
92	Derrick	13
92	Devin	13
92	Jeremiah	13
92	Peter	13
92	Philip	13
92	Randy	13
99	Alan	12
99	Bryce	12
99	Chance	12
99	Erik	12
99	Heath	12
99	Mitchell	12