Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1997

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jacob	121
2	Austin	105
3	Michael	81
4	Tyler	75
5	Matthew	73
6	Zachary	67
7	Andrew	66
8	Cody	64
9	Dylan	62
9	Joshua	62
11	Nicholas	61
11	Tanner	61
13	Brandon	60
14	Cole	58
15	Logan	57
16	Joseph	54
17	Jordan	53
18	Nathan	52
19	Ryan	51
20	Ethan	48
21	Alexander	45
22	Alex	44
22	Anthony	44
24	Hunter	43
24	Samuel	43

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Riley	42
27	Noah	41
28	Christopher	40
28	Trevor	40
30	John	38
30	Kyle	38
32	James	37
33	Justin	35
34	Benjamin	32
35	Aaron	30
35	Chase	30
35	Taylor	30
35	Thomas	30
39	Jesse	29
39	Mason	29
39	Robert	29
42	Adam	28
42	Connor	28
42	Daniel	28
42	David	28
42	Jonathan	28
42	William	28
48	Dustin	27
49	Christian	26
50	Brady	25
51	Lucas	24
51	Wyatt	24
53	Garrett	23
53	Jared	23
55	Caleb	22
55	Isaac	22
55	Tristan	22
58	Luke	21
58	Spencer	21
60	Bryce	20
60	Carter	20
60	Sean	20
60	Seth	20
64	Charles	19
64	Collin	19
64	Landon	19
64	Patrick	19
68	Blake	18
68	Derek	18
68	Devin	18
68	Jason	18
68	Mitchell	18
68	Steven	18
74	Evan	17
74	Levi	17
76	Grant	16
76	Jack	16
76	Nathaniel	16
76	Timothy	16
80	Shane	15
81	Colton	14
81	Dillon	14
81	Eric	14
81	Paul	14
81	Travis	14
86	Dalton	13
86	Elijah	13
86	Gabriel	13
86	Isaiah	13
86	Mark	13
91	Jackson	12
91	Jeremy	12
91	Kaleb	12
91	Lane	12
91	Parker	12
91	Skyler	12
97	Chance	11
97	Colin	11
97	Preston	11
97	Tate	11