Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1987

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	153
2	Joshua	150
3	Tyler	141
4	Michael	133
4	Ryan	133
6	Christopher	126
7	Andrew	113
8	Kyle	100
9	Justin	95
10	Daniel	93
11	Adam	87
12	Nicholas	80
13	Cody	77
14	Eric	75
15	James	74
16	David	71
17	Thomas	70
18	Brandon	69
18	Dustin	69
20	Nathan	63
20	Robert	63
22	Derek	62
22	Joseph	62
24	Benjamin	61
25	Zachary	60

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Aaron	59
27	Jordan	55
28	Jacob	54
28	Jason	54
30	Anthony	52
31	Travis	50
32	John	48
32	Jonathan	48
34	Jeremy	45
35	Brian	44
36	Jesse	43
37	Alex	42
38	Scott	41
39	Jared	40
40	Steven	39
41	Timothy	38
42	Casey	37
42	Mark	37
44	William	36
45	Paul	35
46	Kevin	31
47	Austin	29
48	Jeffrey	28
48	Lucas	28
48	Patrick	28
51	Samuel	27
52	Richard	26
53	Cory	25
53	Mitchell	25
53	Sean	25
56	Seth	24
56	Shane	24
56	Shawn	24
59	Charles	23
59	Corey	23
59	Trevor	23
62	Alexander	21
62	Gregory	21
62	Peter	21
65	Nathaniel	20
66	Blake	19
66	Brett	19
66	Marcus	19
69	Bradley	18
69	Joel	18
69	Logan	18
72	Luke	17
72	Mathew	17
72	Taylor	17
75	Chad	16
75	Evan	16
75	Lee	16
75	Ross	16
75	Todd	16
80	Brady	15
80	Curtis	15
82	Bryan	14
82	Douglas	14
82	Kenneth	14
82	Philip	14
86	Bryce	13
86	Caleb	13
86	Erik	13
86	Gary	13
86	Keith	13
86	Tanner	13
86	Wade	13
86	Wesley	13
94	Brent	12
94	Jamie	12
94	Lance	12
94	Levi	12
94	Tyson	12
99	Cole	11
99	Derrick	11
99	Edward	11
99	Garrett	11
99	Ian	11
99	Stephen	11
99	Troy	11