Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,658
2	James	1,501
3	John	1,155
4	William	1,070
5	Donald	1,043
6	Richard	1,028
7	Charles	882
8	Larry	787
9	David	719
10	Ronald	694
11	Jerry	577
12	Thomas	505
13	Paul	449
14	Kenneth	411
15	George	403
16	Jack	391
17	Joseph	297
18	Harold	262
19	Edward	247
20	Gerald	239
21	Carl	222
22	Raymond	208
23	Gary	177
24	Ralph	169
25	Michael	161

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Don	160
26	Wayne	160
28	Frank	157
29	Fred	155
29	Norman	155
31	Billy	143
31	Roger	143
33	Dale	140
34	Bill	132
35	Walter	131
36	Marvin	127
37	Harry	126
38	Earl	120
38	Lawrence	120
40	Eugene	116
40	Joe	116
40	Melvin	116
43	Daniel	115
43	Jackie	115
43	Jim	115
43	Max	115
47	Phillip	114
48	Philip	109
49	Russell	107
50	Arthur	105
51	Tom	102
52	Roy	101
53	Gene	98
54	Howard	97
55	Clarence	91
56	Bob	87
57	Frederick	86
58	Albert	85
59	Dennis	82
60	Stanley	80
61	Ray	79
62	Franklin	76
63	Ronnie	73
63	Terry	73
65	Bernard	70
66	Gordon	69
67	Louis	68
68	Leroy	66
69	Glenn	63
70	Danny	62
70	Ernest	62
70	Jimmy	62
70	Lloyd	62
74	Henry	61
74	Keith	61
76	Bruce	59
77	Lowell	57
78	Bobby	55
78	Clifford	55
78	Duane	55
78	Leonard	55
78	Lester	55
83	Herbert	53
83	Rex	53
83	Tommy	53
86	Vernon	52
87	Allen	50
87	Glen	50
87	Jon	50
87	Marion	50
91	Francis	49
91	Stephen	49
93	Jimmie	48
94	Clyde	47
94	Floyd	47
94	Samuel	47
97	Darrell	45
97	Edwin	45
97	Lee	45
100	Alan	44
100	Jay	44