Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,672
2	James	1,616
3	John	1,264
4	William	1,064
5	Richard	1,044
6	Donald	969
7	Charles	923
8	Larry	919
9	David	833
10	Ronald	810
11	Jerry	676
12	Thomas	557
13	Kenneth	441
14	Paul	437
15	George	377
16	Jack	368
17	Joseph	315
18	Gerald	264
19	Michael	260
20	Harold	258
21	Edward	255
22	Carl	242
23	Gary	228
24	Raymond	197
25	Ralph	177

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Walter	177
27	Don	175
28	Norman	170
28	Wayne	170
30	Frank	165
31	Fred	155
32	Dale	144
33	Daniel	138
33	Phillip	138
35	Billy	135
36	Joe	133
36	Max	133
38	Marvin	131
39	Harry	128
39	Roger	128
39	Terry	128
42	Eugene	127
43	Arthur	124
44	Bill	123
45	Roy	118
46	Dennis	115
47	Jackie	112
48	Albert	111
48	Tom	111
50	Ronnie	106
51	Lawrence	105
51	Philip	105
53	Howard	104
54	Russell	100
55	Earl	98
56	Melvin	95
57	Stephen	94
58	Allen	89
58	Gene	89
60	Jim	87
60	Jon	87
60	Stanley	87
63	Keith	86
64	Gordon	79
65	Frederick	77
66	Bob	74
67	Clarence	72
67	Louis	72
67	Tommy	72
70	Danny	70
70	Ray	70
72	Henry	65
72	Herbert	65
74	Ernest	64
74	Francis	64
76	Floyd	63
76	Glenn	63
78	Alan	62
78	Bruce	62
78	Glen	62
81	Clifford	61
81	Leroy	61
81	Samuel	61
84	Leonard	60
85	Jimmy	59
86	Darrell	58
86	Rex	58
88	Bobby	57
88	Jimmie	57
90	Edwin	56
91	Lowell	53
92	Bernard	52
92	Dean	52
94	Dick	51
94	Jerome	51
94	Warren	51
97	Everett	50
97	Lewis	50
99	Lloyd	49
100	Alvin	48
100	Ted	48