Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,724
2	Robert	1,537
3	John	1,399
4	Larry	1,303
5	William	1,146
6	Richard	1,102
7	David	1,083
8	Charles	919
9	Jerry	849
10	Donald	801
11	Ronald	775
12	Thomas	700
13	Paul	452
14	Kenneth	435
15	Michael	434
16	George	378
17	Gary	338
18	Joseph	312
19	Jack	310
20	Harold	255
21	Gerald	249
22	Edward	228
23	Carl	226
24	Raymond	224
25	Dennis	215

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Stephen	185
27	Roger	178
28	Terry	166
29	Ralph	162
30	Phillip	160
31	Wayne	159
32	Daniel	157
33	Don	155
34	Frank	153
34	Lawrence	153
36	Walter	151
37	Norman	147
38	Joe	145
39	Fred	138
40	Dale	135
40	Ronnie	135
42	Billy	124
43	Philip	121
44	Arthur	120
45	Bill	119
45	Harry	119
47	Roy	109
48	Marvin	107
49	Tom	105
50	Earl	103
50	Russell	103
52	Howard	99
52	Jim	99
54	Jackie	97
54	Stanley	97
56	Melvin	92
57	Max	90
58	Danny	89
59	Eugene	88
60	Gene	84
61	Albert	83
62	Frederick	81
63	Keith	77
64	Allen	75
64	Clarence	75
66	Bruce	74
66	Henry	74
66	Patrick	74
69	Samuel	73
70	Bob	72
70	Steven	72
72	Ray	71
73	Jon	70
74	Franklin	68
75	Douglas	67
76	Steve	65
76	Tommy	65
78	Wendell	64
79	Glenn	63
80	Bobby	62
80	Lloyd	62
82	Jimmy	61
82	Louis	61
82	Mike	61
85	Darrell	60
85	Herbert	60
87	Rex	58
88	Eddie	55
88	Ernest	55
88	Glen	55
88	Leonard	55
92	Alan	53
92	Clifford	53
92	Edwin	53
92	Gordon	53
96	Maurice	52
97	Francis	50
97	Leroy	50
97	Lowell	50
97	Warren	50