Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,643
2	Robert	1,568
3	John	1,246
4	Larry	1,069
5	William	1,064
6	Richard	981
7	David	979
8	Charles	824
9	Donald	809
10	Jerry	770
11	Ronald	721
12	Thomas	584
13	Paul	436
14	Kenneth	432
15	George	377
16	Jack	325
17	Michael	314
18	Joseph	313
19	Gerald	259
20	Gary	252
21	Edward	249
22	Harold	231
23	Carl	220
24	Dennis	189
25	Raymond	187

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Roger	183
27	Ralph	180
28	Don	169
29	Frank	157
30	Fred	155
31	Norman	151
32	Dale	150
33	Daniel	147
33	Joe	147
35	Wayne	143
36	Phillip	136
37	Walter	135
38	Stephen	124
38	Terry	124
40	Bill	120
40	Harry	120
42	Eugene	113
43	Marvin	111
43	Max	111
45	Billy	109
46	Arthur	107
46	Tom	107
48	Earl	106
48	Ronnie	106
50	Gene	102
51	Lawrence	101
52	Melvin	99
53	Stanley	98
54	Roy	95
55	Jackie	94
56	Jim	93
56	Philip	93
58	Howard	92
59	Frederick	89
59	Jon	89
59	Keith	89
59	Louis	89
63	Danny	87
64	Russell	82
65	Albert	74
66	Clarence	71
67	Bob	70
68	Allen	69
68	Douglas	69
68	Ernest	69
71	Gordon	67
71	Herbert	67
73	Ray	65
74	Henry	64
75	Bruce	63
76	Leroy	61
77	Bernard	59
78	Glen	58
79	Bobby	57
79	Maurice	57
81	Edwin	55
81	Jerome	55
81	Lloyd	55
84	Rex	54
85	Clifford	53
85	Glenn	53
87	Samuel	52
88	Lowell	51
89	Steve	50
90	Alan	49
90	Chester	49
90	Floyd	49
90	Vernon	49
94	Francis	48
94	Leonard	48
94	Lester	48
94	Tommy	48
98	Gilbert	47
98	Lee	47
100	Darrell	46
100	Mike	46
100	Patrick	46
100	Peter	46