Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,214
2	James	1,318
3	William	1,265
4	John	1,223
5	Richard	1,068
6	Donald	1,052
7	Charles	1,003
8	Paul	547
9	Jack	521
10	George	495
11	Harold	441
12	Kenneth	387
13	Joseph	375
14	Thomas	359
15	Edward	311
16	Ralph	295
17	Carl	277
18	Eugene	260
19	David	258
20	Raymond	256
21	Walter	238
22	Billy	237
23	Harry	232
24	Frank	212
25	Max	176

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Norman	174
27	Howard	173
28	Arthur	171
29	Herbert	165
30	Clarence	156
30	Earl	156
32	Wayne	153
33	Albert	148
34	Gene	146
34	Gerald	146
36	Dale	138
36	Don	138
38	Roy	128
39	Fred	126
39	Joe	126
39	Melvin	126
42	Russell	125
43	Marvin	124
44	Alfred	117
44	Ronald	117
46	Louis	116
47	Lawrence	115
48	Bill	104
49	Henry	103
50	Floyd	101
51	Bob	99
52	Lloyd	95
53	Chester	91
54	Ernest	90
55	Francis	89
55	Wilbur	89
57	Glenn	87
58	Leonard	86
58	Leroy	86
58	Stanley	86
61	Edwin	82
62	Bobby	78
62	Elmer	78
64	Ray	77
65	Clifford	76
66	Maurice	75
67	Daniel	72
68	Frederick	70
68	Philip	70
70	Jerry	69
71	Lester	67
72	Marion	64
73	Everett	62
73	Keith	62
73	Leo	62
76	Bernard	61
76	Lewis	61
76	Samuel	61
79	Glen	60
80	Theodore	56
81	Roger	55
81	Vernon	55
81	Virgil	55
84	Cecil	54
84	Phillip	54
84	Warren	54
87	Alvin	52
87	Lowell	52
89	Hubert	50
90	Clyde	49
90	Morris	49
92	Allen	48
92	Gordon	48
94	Gilbert	45
95	Edgar	44
95	Victor	44
97	Dean	43
97	Delbert	43
97	Ivan	43
100	Junior	42
100	Lee	42
100	Leon	42