Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1931

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,994
2	James	1,262
3	Richard	1,152
4	Donald	1,109
5	John	1,107
5	William	1,107
7	Charles	905
8	Jack	548
9	George	427
10	Paul	424
11	Thomas	400
12	David	361
13	Kenneth	359
14	Harold	355
15	Joseph	318
16	Edward	272
17	Ralph	231
18	Raymond	230
19	Carl	225
20	Ronald	222
21	Eugene	193
22	Jerry	191
23	Frank	182
24	Billy	179
25	Gerald	171

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Norman	170
27	Walter	167
28	Harry	155
29	Roy	151
30	Don	149
31	Wayne	146
32	Dale	142
33	Earl	141
34	Fred	137
35	Arthur	136
36	Howard	132
37	Clarence	126
38	Bill	119
38	Gene	119
38	Marvin	119
41	Albert	118
42	Joe	116
43	Francis	114
44	Max	113
44	Russell	113
46	Bob	108
47	Melvin	107
48	Louis	106
49	Lawrence	101
50	Floyd	95
51	Henry	94
52	Herbert	91
52	Ray	91
54	Daniel	90
55	Jackie	89
56	Bobby	88
57	Ernest	87
58	Lloyd	83
59	Stanley	76
60	Bernard	75
61	Chester	74
62	Virgil	73
63	Glen	72
64	Lowell	71
65	Frederick	70
66	Elmer	68
66	Larry	68
66	Leroy	68
66	Philip	68
70	Keith	66
71	Lester	65
72	Glenn	63
72	Roger	63
72	Tom	63
75	Edwin	61
75	Marion	61
77	Samuel	60
78	Jimmie	56
78	Maurice	56
78	Phillip	56
78	Vernon	56
82	Leonard	55
83	Alvin	54
83	Dick	54
83	Lewis	54
86	Clifford	53
86	Dean	53
86	Theodore	53
89	Allen	52
89	Everett	52
91	Clyde	51
92	Herman	50
93	Lee	49
93	Leo	49
95	Alfred	48
95	Warren	48
97	Gordon	47
97	Jim	47
99	Claude	46
99	Wilbur	46