Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,523
2	James	1,470
3	John	1,147
4	Richard	1,035
5	Donald	1,007
6	William	941
7	Charles	818
8	Ronald	648
9	Larry	563
10	David	560
11	Jerry	485
12	Thomas	458
13	Paul	425
14	Jack	403
15	George	391
16	Kenneth	333
17	Joseph	285
18	Harold	272
19	Edward	238
20	Gerald	222
21	Carl	207
22	Raymond	196
23	Frank	171
24	Ralph	169
25	Joe	166

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Norman	163
27	Don	158
28	Wayne	154
29	Billy	149
30	Fred	145
31	Dale	143
32	Marvin	139
33	Walter	138
34	Harry	136
35	Eugene	134
36	Gary	130
37	Max	127
38	Roger	124
39	Jackie	118
39	Michael	118
41	Howard	111
42	Arthur	108
42	Daniel	108
42	Phillip	108
45	Bill	106
46	Earl	102
47	Roy	101
48	Melvin	100
49	Bob	96
50	Albert	94
50	Jim	94
52	Lawrence	92
53	Clarence	91
53	Russell	91
55	Tom	90
56	Gene	89
57	Philip	86
58	Stanley	83
59	Frederick	77
60	Ernest	76
61	Franklin	75
62	Dennis	72
62	Ronnie	72
64	Glenn	70
65	Louis	68
66	Bernard	67
67	Dick	66
68	Gordon	65
69	Ray	64
69	Terry	64
71	Bobby	63
71	Bruce	63
73	Francis	61
73	Jimmy	61
75	Allen	60
76	Leonard	59
77	Glen	58
77	Keith	58
77	Rex	58
80	Floyd	57
81	Henry	56
81	Jimmie	56
83	Herbert	55
84	Lowell	53
85	Clifford	52
86	Samuel	51
87	Darrell	50
87	Lloyd	50
87	Virgil	50
90	Leroy	48
90	Lester	48
92	Stephen	47
92	Tommy	47
94	Lee	46
94	Theodore	46
96	Arnold	44
96	Dean	44
96	Edwin	44
96	Marion	44
96	Vernon	44