Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1996

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jacob	132
2	Tyler	121
3	Austin	113
4	Matthew	101
5	Zachary	76
6	Andrew	72
7	Cody	70
8	Joshua	69
9	Benjamin	67
10	Joseph	64
11	Brandon	63
12	Michael	60
13	Jordan	57
13	Justin	57
13	Nicholas	57
16	Tanner	55
17	Christopher	51
17	Kyle	51
17	Ryan	51
20	Samuel	49
21	Alexander	45
21	Daniel	45
21	Nathan	45
24	Dylan	44
25	John	43

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Aaron	40
26	Logan	40
28	Alex	39
28	David	39
28	Trevor	39
31	Cole	38
32	Caleb	37
33	Levi	36
34	Adam	35
34	William	35
34	Wyatt	35
37	Ethan	34
38	Chase	33
38	Riley	33
38	Thomas	33
41	Hunter	32
41	Taylor	32
41	Tristan	32
44	Robert	31
45	Christian	30
46	Dalton	29
46	James	29
46	Mason	29
49	Lucas	28
50	Anthony	25
50	Connor	25
50	Jared	25
53	Noah	24
54	Colton	23
54	Jesse	23
54	Jonathan	23
54	Lane	23
54	Spencer	23
59	Bradley	22
59	Brady	22
59	Brett	22
59	Derek	22
59	Luke	22
64	Blake	21
64	Eric	21
64	Evan	21
64	Seth	21
64	Timothy	21
69	Casey	20
69	Chance	20
69	Isaac	20
69	Jason	20
69	Mitchell	20
69	Preston	20
75	Nathaniel	19
76	Brian	18
76	Travis	18
78	Charles	17
78	Colin	17
78	Dustin	17
78	Jackson	17
78	Parker	17
83	Drew	16
83	Elijah	16
85	Cameron	15
85	Jake	15
85	Scott	15
85	Shane	15
85	Trey	15
90	Carter	14
90	Devin	14
90	Jeremy	14
90	Kevin	14
90	Sean	14
95	Brendan	13
95	Bryce	13
95	Devon	13
95	Gage	13
95	Garrett	13
95	Isaiah	13
95	Micah	13
95	Richard	13