Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1989

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	134
2	Joshua	125
3	Andrew	123
4	Matthew	120
5	Christopher	117
6	Tyler	112
7	Kyle	108
8	Jordan	107
9	Nicholas	99
10	Justin	88
10	Ryan	88
12	Jacob	82
13	Daniel	76
14	Nathan	72
15	Austin	67
15	Cody	67
17	Adam	65
17	David	65
19	Eric	62
19	John	62
21	Aaron	60
22	Derek	58
22	James	58
22	Travis	58
25	Anthony	56

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Zachary	55
27	Benjamin	52
27	Joseph	52
29	Dustin	51
29	Jonathan	51
31	Jared	50
32	Brandon	48
32	Jesse	48
34	Thomas	47
35	Robert	45
36	William	44
37	Jeremy	42
38	Alexander	40
39	Alex	39
40	Jason	38
41	Brian	35
42	Mark	34
42	Steven	34
44	Casey	32
44	Seth	32
44	Trevor	32
47	Patrick	31
47	Tanner	31
49	Charles	29
49	Paul	29
49	Samuel	29
52	Kevin	28
53	Chad	27
53	Jeffrey	27
53	Lucas	27
53	Mitchell	27
53	Sean	27
53	Timothy	27
59	Bradley	26
59	Ethan	26
61	Scott	25
62	Corey	24
63	Cory	23
63	Luke	23
63	Shane	23
66	Brady	22
66	Brett	22
66	Logan	22
66	Spencer	22
70	Blake	20
70	Caleb	20
70	Stephen	20
73	Drew	19
74	Gregory	18
74	Levi	18
74	Philip	18
74	Taylor	18
78	Chase	17
78	Dylan	17
78	Richard	17
81	Lance	16
82	Bryce	15
82	Colin	15
82	Devin	15
82	Keith	15
86	Evan	13
86	Ross	13
86	Wesley	13
89	Erik	12
89	Jeremiah	12
91	Cameron	11
91	Colton	11
91	Garrett	11
91	Joel	11
91	Lee	11
91	Peter	11
91	Raymond	11
91	Shaun	11
91	Shawn	11
100	Chance	10
100	Derrick	10
100	Dillon	10
100	Ian	10
100	Marcus	10
100	Tyson	10