Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,287
2	James	1,365
3	John	1,265
4	William	1,230
5	Richard	1,170
6	Donald	1,140
7	Charles	1,012
8	Jack	612
9	Paul	505
10	George	495
11	Harold	390
12	Thomas	374
13	David	367
14	Kenneth	348
15	Joseph	330
16	Raymond	296
17	Edward	286
18	Eugene	263
19	Ralph	252
20	Carl	230
21	Billy	228
22	Walter	205
23	Norman	195
24	Harry	190
25	Frank	182

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gerald	161
27	Howard	152
27	Ronald	152
29	Wayne	149
30	Arthur	148
30	Don	148
32	Earl	144
33	Herbert	143
34	Jerry	141
35	Roy	139
36	Dale	137
37	Russell	136
38	Clarence	133
38	Marvin	133
40	Gene	132
41	Albert	122
41	Fred	122
43	Joe	119
44	Max	117
45	Bob	111
46	Henry	105
46	Louis	105
48	Floyd	103
48	Lawrence	103
50	Bobby	101
51	Bill	98
51	Lloyd	98
51	Melvin	98
54	Daniel	96
55	Francis	90
56	Jackie	89
57	Leonard	87
58	Ernest	86
59	Glenn	85
60	Keith	82
61	Clifford	78
61	Ray	78
63	Bernard	71
64	Gordon	69
64	Phillip	69
64	Roger	69
67	Alfred	67
67	Virgil	67
69	Elmer	66
69	Glen	66
69	Samuel	66
72	Leroy	65
72	Maurice	65
74	Lewis	64
74	Marion	64
74	Stanley	64
77	Edwin	63
77	Philip	63
77	Vernon	63
80	Leo	61
80	Lester	61
82	Clyde	60
82	Wilbur	60
84	Herman	59
85	Allen	58
85	Frederick	58
85	Jim	58
85	Larry	58
89	Chester	55
90	Edgar	53
91	Lee	52
91	Theodore	52
93	Everett	51
94	Gilbert	50
94	Lowell	50
96	Alvin	48
97	Rex	47
98	Michael	46
98	Willard	46
100	Dick	44