Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,250
2	Robert	1,895
3	John	1,648
4	David	1,369
5	William	1,351
6	Larry	1,258
7	Richard	1,179
8	Ronald	1,025
9	Charles	1,006
10	Michael	915
11	Thomas	848
12	Jerry	839
13	Donald	834
14	Paul	504
15	Kenneth	484
16	Gary	465
17	Stephen	436
18	Dennis	402
19	George	398
20	Joseph	371
21	Jack	305
22	Terry	301
23	Edward	285
24	Gerald	277
25	Harold	255

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Roger	253
27	Raymond	244
28	Daniel	237
29	Steven	223
30	Carl	210
31	Phillip	195
32	Ralph	191
33	Walter	184
34	Wayne	170
35	Frank	165
36	Fred	163
37	Bill	159
38	Steve	153
39	Arthur	151
39	Dale	151
41	Lawrence	146
42	Douglas	141
42	Jim	141
42	Roy	141
42	Stanley	141
46	Tom	140
47	Philip	136
48	Danny	133
49	Marvin	131
50	Ronnie	127
51	Norman	126
52	Joe	123
53	Don	116
54	Harry	115
55	Keith	113
56	Patrick	112
57	Eugene	110
57	Howard	110
59	Billy	107
60	Mike	104
61	Bruce	103
61	Earl	103
63	Russell	101
64	Frederick	98
65	Melvin	92
66	Mark	89
67	Bob	87
67	Samuel	87
69	Gene	86
69	Jon	86
71	Max	85
72	Timothy	84
73	Albert	83
74	Alan	80
75	Allen	76
76	Louis	74
77	Lloyd	71
78	Leonard	70
79	Ernest	69
79	Ray	69
81	Gordon	66
81	Herbert	66
83	Floyd	65
83	Jimmy	65
85	Henry	64
86	Darrell	62
86	Warren	62
88	Clarence	61
88	Edwin	61
88	Johnny	61
91	Tommy	59
92	Bernard	57
92	Jay	57
94	Dave	56
94	Eddie	56
94	Glenn	56
94	Lowell	56
98	Anthony	55
98	Dan	55
98	Theodore	55