Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 2012

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Liam	72
2	Mason	65
3	Jacob	59
4	Owen	54
5	Noah	53
5	William	53
7	Logan	51
8	Jack	46
9	Carter	45
10	Michael	43
11	Ethan	42
12	Bentley	40
13	Cooper	39
13	Eli	39
13	Isaac	39
13	Jackson	39
17	Easton	38
18	Blake	35
18	Henry	35
18	James	35
18	John	35
22	Andrew	34
22	Levi	34
24	Aiden	33
24	Gavin	33

Rank	Name	Babies
24	Samuel	33
27	Elijah	32
28	Lucas	31
29	Benjamin	30
29	Joseph	30
29	Luke	30
29	Wyatt	30
33	Landon	29
34	Alexander	28
34	Brayden	28
34	Brody	28
34	Isaiah	28
34	Oliver	28
39	Caleb	27
39	David	27
39	Lincoln	27
42	Asher	26
42	Christopher	26
44	Connor	25
44	Gabriel	25
44	Hudson	25
44	Jaxon	25
44	Parker	25
49	Braxton	24
49	Carson	24
49	Dylan	24
49	Nolan	24
53	Evan	23
53	Jace	23
53	Matthew	23
53	Riley	23
53	Tate	23
53	Tucker	23
59	Anthony	22
59	Ayden	22
59	Charles	22
59	Chase	22
63	Colton	21
63	Hunter	21
65	Austin	20
65	Jaxson	20
65	Joshua	20
65	Roman	20
65	Tristan	20
70	Ryder	19
70	Ryker	19
72	Christian	18
72	Ryan	18
72	Sawyer	18
75	Adrian	17
75	Cole	17
75	Jayden	17
75	Jordan	17
75	Nathan	17
80	Bennett	16
80	Cameron	16
80	Daniel	16
80	Jameson	16
80	Jeremiah	16
80	Jesse	16
80	Thomas	16
87	Abel	15
87	Brady	15
87	Hayden	15
87	Ian	15
87	Maxwell	15
87	Micah	15
87	Robert	15
94	Graham	14
94	Griffin	14
94	Jake	14
94	Jason	14
94	Myles	14
94	Ty	14
94	Tyler	14