Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 2002

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jacob	102
2	Ethan	74
3	Mason	71
4	Logan	69
5	Samuel	57
6	Tyler	56
7	Dylan	53
8	Austin	52
9	Caleb	51
9	Hunter	51
9	Matthew	51
12	Andrew	49
13	Zachary	48
14	Jackson	47
15	Michael	46
15	Nicholas	46
15	Noah	46
15	Ryan	46
19	Joseph	45
20	Elijah	42
20	Joshua	42
22	Carter	41
23	Cole	40
23	William	40
25	Nathan	37

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alexander	36
26	Kaden	36
26	Riley	36
29	Benjamin	35
30	Brady	34
30	Brayden	34
30	Daniel	34
33	Connor	32
34	Carson	30
34	Seth	30
36	Dawson	29
36	Gabriel	29
36	Trevor	29
39	Blake	28
39	Gavin	28
39	Wyatt	28
42	Brandon	27
42	Christopher	27
42	Evan	27
42	Isaac	27
42	Jayden	27
42	John	27
42	Justin	27
49	Chase	26
49	Thomas	26
51	Aaron	25
51	David	25
51	Jonathan	25
51	Jordan	25
55	Anthony	24
55	Levi	24
55	Luke	24
58	James	23
58	Jesse	23
58	Kaleb	23
58	Parker	23
62	Adam	22
62	Alex	22
62	Caden	22
62	Cody	22
66	Christian	21
66	Jaden	21
66	Kyle	21
66	Landon	21
66	Tristan	21
71	Dalton	20
71	Garrett	20
73	Hayden	19
73	Isaiah	19
75	Devon	18
75	Ian	18
75	Jack	18
75	Jared	18
75	Lane	18
75	Nathaniel	18
75	Robert	18
75	Spencer	18
75	Xavier	18
84	Braden	17
84	Devin	17
84	Eric	17
84	Tanner	17
84	Tate	17
84	Ty	17
90	Cameron	16
90	Dominic	16
90	Lucas	16
90	Maxwell	16
90	Payton	16
95	Cade	15
95	Colton	15
95	Peyton	15
95	Preston	15
99	Jaxon	14
99	Richard	14