Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,788
2	Robert	1,650
3	John	1,478
4	Larry	1,401
5	William	1,202
6	David	1,189
7	Richard	1,022
8	Ronald	951
9	Charles	908
10	Jerry	881
11	Donald	754
12	Thomas	742
13	Michael	529
14	Kenneth	462
15	Paul	431
16	George	374
17	Gary	369
18	Stephen	342
19	Joseph	336
20	Dennis	307
21	Jack	306
22	Edward	300
23	Gerald	281
24	Roger	229
25	Harold	224

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Carl	218
27	Terry	198
28	Raymond	189
29	Daniel	188
30	Phillip	183
31	Ralph	178
32	Frank	172
33	Walter	167
34	Dale	162
34	Wayne	162
36	Norman	145
37	Fred	143
38	Steven	141
39	Philip	140
40	Don	139
40	Lawrence	139
42	Ronnie	136
43	Joe	133
44	Harry	126
44	Marvin	126
46	Eugene	123
47	Tom	121
48	Bill	118
49	Arthur	115
50	Melvin	112
51	Billy	109
52	Roy	106
53	Earl	102
54	Gene	98
54	Max	98
56	Stanley	95
57	Jim	94
57	Russell	94
59	Albert	92
59	Allen	92
61	Howard	89
62	Steve	86
63	Jon	83
64	Mike	80
65	Danny	76
65	Jackie	76
67	Bruce	74
67	Ernest	74
69	Leonard	73
70	Henry	72
71	Patrick	69
72	Darrell	67
73	Douglas	66
73	Frederick	66
73	Keith	66
76	Clarence	65
77	Jimmy	64
78	Ray	63
79	Anthony	61
80	Alan	60
80	Gordon	60
80	Lloyd	60
83	Louis	58
83	Peter	58
85	Bob	56
85	Jay	56
87	Bernard	55
87	Floyd	55
87	Warren	55
90	Franklin	54
90	Samuel	54
90	Theodore	54
90	Timothy	54
94	Lee	53
94	Mark	53
94	Rex	53
97	Glenn	51
98	Glen	50
98	Lynn	50
98	Tommy	50