Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1986

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	189
2	Matthew	159
3	Christopher	142
4	Tyler	130
5	Ryan	122
6	Joshua	120
7	Andrew	115
8	Daniel	108
9	Kyle	101
10	Justin	91
11	Adam	90
12	David	85
12	John	85
14	Brandon	84
15	Joseph	77
16	Eric	74
17	Robert	72
18	Jason	71
19	Nicholas	67
20	Aaron	66
21	Nathan	65
22	Dustin	64
23	Cody	63
23	James	63
25	Benjamin	56

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jacob	54
27	Brian	53
27	Jeremy	53
27	Thomas	53
30	Jordan	52
31	Anthony	50
31	Jonathan	50
33	Steven	48
34	Travis	47
35	Casey	44
36	Timothy	43
36	William	43
38	Jesse	41
39	Mark	40
40	Jared	39
41	Zachary	35
42	Austin	34
42	Derek	34
44	Patrick	33
44	Shane	33
46	Brett	32
46	Chad	32
46	Shawn	32
49	Alex	31
49	Charles	31
49	Scott	31
52	Kevin	29
53	Sean	28
54	Jeffrey	27
54	Samuel	27
56	Cory	25
57	Paul	24
57	Richard	24
59	Alexander	23
59	Corey	23
61	Bradley	22
61	Bryan	22
63	Trevor	21
64	Lance	20
64	Seth	20
66	Drew	19
66	Joel	19
66	Luke	19
69	Brady	17
69	Erik	17
69	Ross	17
69	Stephen	17
73	Keith	16
73	Nathaniel	16
75	Craig	15
75	Gregory	15
75	Lee	15
75	Wade	15
79	Brent	14
79	Marcus	14
81	Blake	13
81	Garrett	13
81	Lucas	13
84	Chase	12
84	Derrick	12
84	Jonathon	12
84	Levi	12
84	Logan	12
84	Phillip	12
84	Tyson	12
91	Calvin	11
91	Cole	11
91	Donald	11
91	Kelly	11
91	Mitchell	11
91	Tanner	11
97	Darin	10
97	Evan	10
97	Ian	10
97	Jamie	10
97	Jay	10
97	Kenneth	10
97	Todd	10