Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,308
2	William	1,408
3	James	1,356
4	John	1,305
5	Charles	979
6	Richard	971
7	Donald	787
8	Paul	609
9	George	531
10	Jack	495
11	Harold	460
12	Joseph	403
13	Kenneth	387
14	Raymond	324
15	Thomas	323
16	Ralph	313
17	Edward	297
18	Walter	286
19	Eugene	271
20	Carl	265
21	Frank	247
22	Harry	242
23	David	200
24	Earl	192
25	Arthur	191

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Norman	182
27	Billy	180
28	Albert	173
28	Clarence	173
30	Howard	168
31	Wayne	166
32	Max	152
33	Russell	149
34	Roy	147
35	Joe	141
36	Gerald	133
37	Dale	131
38	Henry	129
39	Fred	128
40	Ernest	121
41	Louis	118
42	Lloyd	117
43	Herbert	115
43	Lawrence	115
43	Melvin	115
46	Francis	113
47	Bill	111
48	Marvin	107
49	Floyd	104
50	Frederick	103
50	Leonard	103
52	Don	101
53	Stanley	100
54	Bob	97
55	Marion	93
56	Gene	92
57	Elmer	89
57	Glenn	89
57	Leroy	89
60	Everett	88
61	Leo	86
62	Ray	82
63	Edwin	80
64	Chester	79
65	Herman	78
66	Lester	76
66	Maurice	76
66	Ronald	76
69	Clifford	75
69	Wilbur	75
71	Daniel	74
72	Bernard	73
73	Vernon	71
74	Alfred	68
75	Samuel	67
76	Leon	65
76	Warren	65
78	Clyde	64
79	Lewis	62
80	Philip	60
81	Theodore	58
82	Victor	57
83	Cecil	56
83	Junior	56
85	Gordon	53
86	Jesse	52
86	Roger	52
88	Willard	51
89	Alvin	50
89	Calvin	50
89	Glen	50
89	Keith	50
93	Jerry	49
94	Claude	48
94	Lee	48
94	Virgil	48
97	Edgar	47
98	Dean	46
98	Rex	46
100	Delbert	45
100	Gilbert	45
100	Phillip	45