Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,133
2	Robert	1,821
3	John	1,633
4	David	1,364
5	William	1,287
6	Richard	1,185
7	Larry	1,103
8	Michael	1,006
9	Charles	951
10	Thomas	947
11	Ronald	845
12	Donald	790
13	Jerry	697
14	Gary	527
15	Paul	481
16	Kenneth	472
17	Dennis	452
18	Stephen	446
19	George	400
20	Joseph	385
21	Terry	299
22	Edward	295
23	Steven	280
24	Jack	271
25	Daniel	267

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gerald	250
27	Roger	233
28	Raymond	228
29	Carl	223
30	Harold	207
31	Ralph	182
32	Bill	168
33	Steve	166
34	Danny	159
35	Ronnie	157
36	Walter	155
37	Lawrence	154
38	Wayne	150
39	Frank	149
40	Dale	148
41	Fred	145
42	Phillip	144
42	Roy	144
44	Jim	143
45	Mike	139
46	Philip	133
47	Don	127
47	Tom	127
49	Douglas	125
50	Arthur	124
51	Harry	123
51	Stanley	123
53	Russell	120
54	Joe	118
55	Billy	113
56	Marvin	112
57	Bruce	107
58	Timothy	103
59	Albert	100
60	Keith	96
60	Norman	96
62	Earl	95
63	Alan	92
63	Eugene	92
65	Allen	91
66	Mark	88
67	Gene	87
67	Melvin	87
69	Howard	86
70	Patrick	83
71	Samuel	82
72	Frederick	81
73	Bob	79
74	Jon	78
75	Henry	76
76	Max	74
77	Darrell	73
78	Clarence	71
79	Tommy	66
80	Glenn	65
81	Randall	64
82	Ernest	63
83	Dan	62
83	Lloyd	62
85	Dean	61
85	Jimmy	61
85	Louis	61
88	Leonard	59
88	Theodore	59
90	Bobby	58
90	Edwin	58
92	Anthony	57
92	Eddie	57
92	Herbert	57
92	Leroy	57
96	Barry	56
96	Micheal	56
96	Ray	56
99	Floyd	55
100	Warren	54