Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,044
2	Robert	1,859
3	John	1,652
4	William	1,451
5	Larry	1,429
6	David	1,410
7	Richard	1,159
8	Ronald	1,016
9	Charles	952
10	Thomas	942
11	Jerry	871
12	Donald	793
13	Michael	780
14	Paul	510
15	Kenneth	488
16	George	439
17	Gary	433
18	Stephen	403
19	Dennis	379
20	Joseph	377
21	Edward	334
21	Jack	334
23	Gerald	326
24	Terry	266
25	Harold	265

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Daniel	231
26	Raymond	231
28	Roger	230
29	Carl	219
30	Phillip	201
31	Douglas	199
32	Ralph	194
33	Steven	192
34	Frank	186
35	Wayne	184
36	Walter	173
37	Lawrence	165
38	Tom	155
39	Jim	152
40	Dale	149
41	Philip	146
42	Arthur	143
43	Norman	142
44	Fred	139
45	Harry	138
45	Ronnie	138
47	Roy	136
48	Eugene	135
49	Stanley	133
50	Marvin	132
51	Don	129
52	Billy	120
53	Danny	118
53	Joe	118
55	Earl	116
55	Howard	116
57	Melvin	115
58	Bill	113
58	Steve	113
60	Jon	105
61	Bruce	102
62	Russell	101
63	Gene	99
64	Mike	97
65	Albert	95
66	Frederick	94
67	Louis	90
68	Clarence	84
68	Samuel	84
70	Leonard	83
71	Anthony	82
71	Henry	82
73	Max	81
74	Bob	79
74	Darrell	79
74	Jackie	79
77	Allen	78
78	Ernest	77
78	Keith	77
80	Patrick	74
81	Bernard	73
82	Alan	72
82	Jimmy	72
82	Timothy	72
85	Lloyd	71
86	Mark	66
86	Tommy	66
88	Gordon	65
89	Ray	63
90	Leroy	62
91	Eddie	61
91	Glenn	61
93	Herbert	60
93	Jerome	60
95	Clifford	59
95	Lewis	59
97	Floyd	57
97	Peter	57
99	Lowell	56
100	Francis	55
100	Jay	55
100	Warren	55