Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,342
2	William	1,396
3	James	1,308
4	John	1,226
5	Charles	1,068
6	Richard	1,023
7	Donald	909
8	George	543
9	Jack	538
10	Paul	533
11	Harold	462
12	Kenneth	384
13	Joseph	362
14	Thomas	336
15	Raymond	308
16	Edward	307
17	Ralph	289
18	Eugene	288
19	Carl	256
20	Walter	251
21	Harry	240
22	Billy	218
23	Frank	216
24	Howard	197
25	Arthur	193

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Norman	192
27	Earl	180
28	David	169
29	Albert	166
29	Clarence	166
31	Russell	160
32	Wayne	153
33	Gerald	145
34	Max	140
35	Lawrence	137
36	Dale	131
36	Melvin	131
38	Roy	130
39	Fred	128
40	Louis	127
41	Joe	124
42	Bill	123
43	Marvin	117
44	Gene	111
45	Floyd	107
46	Bernard	102
46	Stanley	102
48	Henry	100
48	Herbert	100
48	Lloyd	100
51	Edwin	99
52	Ernest	98
53	Don	96
54	Francis	95
55	Bob	93
56	Ronald	91
57	Chester	87
58	Daniel	84
58	Frederick	84
60	Virgil	83
61	Ray	82
62	Leroy	81
63	Glenn	79
64	Herman	76
64	Leo	76
64	Lewis	76
64	Marion	76
64	Theodore	76
69	Glen	75
70	Bobby	74
70	Elmer	74
70	Maurice	74
73	Everett	73
74	Leonard	72
74	Lester	72
76	Clifford	70
76	Samuel	70
76	Wilbur	70
79	Keith	65
79	Vernon	65
81	Cecil	64
82	Alfred	63
83	Jesse	61
84	Philip	59
85	Lee	58
86	Hubert	56
86	Jerry	56
88	Gilbert	55
88	Victor	55
90	Clyde	54
90	Roger	54
92	Lowell	53
93	Homer	51
93	Willard	51
95	Warren	49
96	Phillip	48
97	Claude	46
97	Wallace	46
99	Calvin	45
99	Delbert	45
99	Junior	45