Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1985

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	188
2	Michael	172
3	Matthew	169
4	Joshua	160
5	Andrew	123
6	Tyler	121
7	Justin	113
8	Daniel	112
9	Adam	107
10	Ryan	105
11	Jason	101
12	Joseph	92
12	Kyle	92
14	Jeremy	89
15	Nicholas	88
16	Dustin	87
16	John	87
18	Brandon	80
19	Nathan	79
20	James	78
21	Eric	77
22	Aaron	75
23	Cody	70
23	Robert	70
25	David	68

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jesse	61
27	Benjamin	59
27	Brian	59
29	Travis	57
30	Jacob	54
31	Thomas	53
32	Jonathan	51
33	Jeffrey	50
34	Anthony	48
34	Scott	48
34	Steven	48
34	William	48
38	Kevin	42
38	Mark	42
40	Zachary	41
41	Jordan	40
42	Austin	39
42	Jared	39
44	Luke	38
44	Paul	38
46	Derek	37
47	Patrick	36
48	Timothy	35
49	Bradley	31
50	Chad	30
51	Casey	29
52	Brett	28
53	Samuel	26
54	Shane	24
54	Shawn	24
56	Corey	23
56	Lucas	23
56	Ross	23
59	Cory	22
59	Lance	22
59	Sean	22
62	Alexander	21
62	Blake	21
62	Richard	21
62	Seth	21
66	Gregory	20
67	Drew	19
67	Troy	19
69	Brady	18
69	Bryan	18
71	Alex	17
71	Bryce	17
71	Trevor	17
74	Brent	16
74	Jeremiah	16
74	Nathaniel	16
77	Charles	15
77	Craig	15
77	Curtis	15
77	Jay	15
77	Levi	15
82	Todd	14
83	Kenneth	13
83	Marcus	13
85	Brock	12
85	Erik	12
85	Joel	12
85	Kelly	12
85	Peter	12
85	Stephen	12
85	Tyson	12
85	Wade	12
93	Alan	11
93	Clinton	11
93	Cole	11
93	Colin	11
93	Evan	11
93	Keith	11
93	Lee	11
100	Caleb	10
100	Jeffery	10
100	Mitchell	10
100	Philip	10
100	Phillip	10
100	Russell	10
100	Terry	10