Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,205
2	James	1,334
3	William	1,224
4	John	1,171
5	Richard	1,144
6	Charles	1,047
7	Donald	1,012
8	Jack	555
9	Paul	507
10	George	488
11	Harold	416
12	Joseph	349
13	Thomas	348
14	Kenneth	336
15	David	313
16	Edward	297
17	Eugene	274
18	Ralph	271
19	Raymond	265
20	Carl	242
21	Billy	230
22	Walter	194
23	Frank	186
24	Norman	181
25	Harry	178

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Earl	171
27	Gerald	163
28	Arthur	161
29	Howard	159
30	Gene	158
30	Herbert	158
32	Wayne	141
33	Dale	139
34	Albert	138
35	Fred	137
36	Max	132
37	Ronald	131
38	Roy	126
39	Russell	125
40	Lawrence	121
41	Clarence	120
41	Don	120
43	Jerry	118
44	Bill	117
44	Marvin	117
46	Joe	114
47	Henry	109
48	Louis	106
49	Lloyd	103
50	Floyd	100
51	Melvin	98
52	Stanley	95
53	Ernest	93
53	Francis	93
55	Bobby	91
56	Leonard	82
56	Ray	82
58	Bob	80
59	Edwin	79
60	Daniel	78
60	Elmer	78
62	Jackie	77
62	Keith	77
64	Alfred	75
64	Glenn	75
66	Bernard	74
67	Chester	70
67	Leroy	70
69	Roger	69
69	Theodore	69
71	Philip	67
72	Clifford	66
72	Glen	66
74	Herman	65
74	Wilbur	65
76	Clyde	64
76	Marion	64
78	Frederick	62
78	Gordon	62
78	Leo	62
78	Samuel	62
82	Lewis	60
82	Maurice	60
84	Everett	58
85	Delbert	54
86	Virgil	53
87	Edgar	51
88	Cecil	50
89	Dean	48
89	Dick	48
89	Lowell	48
89	Rex	48
89	Vernon	48
94	Hubert	47
95	Jesse	46
96	Warren	44
97	Allen	43
98	Gilbert	42
98	Jerome	42
100	Willard	41