Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1988

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	141
2	Joshua	135
3	Tyler	126
4	Christopher	122
4	Matthew	122
6	Andrew	121
7	Kyle	110
8	Justin	108
9	Ryan	102
10	Nicholas	81
11	Daniel	80
12	John	78
13	David	77
14	Cody	75
14	Jordan	75
16	Brandon	70
16	Jacob	70
18	Joseph	69
19	Zachary	68
20	Benjamin	65
21	Adam	64
22	Dustin	63
23	Eric	62
24	Aaron	61
25	James	60

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Derek	57
27	Jason	55
27	Nathan	55
29	Robert	54
29	Travis	54
31	Anthony	51
32	Jeremy	49
33	Alex	48
33	Austin	48
35	William	46
36	Timothy	45
37	Brian	44
37	Jared	44
37	Jesse	44
40	Jonathan	42
40	Thomas	42
42	Steven	40
43	Kevin	39
44	Trevor	36
45	Alexander	34
45	Samuel	34
45	Scott	34
48	Seth	32
49	Shane	31
50	Bradley	28
50	Charles	28
50	Jeffrey	28
53	Casey	26
53	Cory	26
55	Patrick	25
55	Paul	25
55	Shawn	25
58	Logan	24
58	Mark	24
58	Tanner	24
61	Bryan	22
61	Sean	22
63	Brent	21
63	Lucas	21
63	Taylor	21
66	Spencer	20
67	Brett	19
67	Corey	19
69	Brady	18
69	Gregory	18
71	Chase	17
71	Luke	17
71	Mitchell	17
71	Richard	17
75	Chad	16
75	Curtis	16
75	Drew	16
78	Bryce	15
78	Garrett	15
78	Joel	15
78	Kenneth	15
78	Nathaniel	15
83	Blake	14
83	Levi	14
83	Marcus	14
83	Peter	14
87	Caleb	13
87	Evan	13
87	Lance	13
90	Clayton	12
90	Dylan	12
90	Edward	12
90	Erik	12
90	Keith	12
90	Phillip	12
96	Alan	11
96	Allen	11
96	Cameron	11
96	Lee	11
96	Philip	11
96	Todd	11
96	Wesley	11