Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1945

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,888
2	Robert	1,665
3	John	1,649
4	David	1,298
5	Richard	1,221
6	William	1,166
7	Larry	1,110
8	Michael	1,106
9	Thomas	849
10	Charles	792
11	Ronald	716
12	Donald	706
13	Jerry	606
14	Gary	582
15	Kenneth	482
16	Stephen	457
17	Paul	447
18	Dennis	443
19	George	357
20	Steven	346
21	Terry	342
22	Joseph	304
23	Jack	285
24	Roger	272
25	Edward	267

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Daniel	260
27	Harold	217
28	Gerald	216
29	Raymond	211
30	Danny	198
31	Carl	184
32	Phillip	173
33	Steve	169
34	Ralph	157
35	Wayne	154
36	Jim	151
37	Bill	148
38	Dale	147
38	Joe	147
40	Ronnie	144
41	Mike	142
42	Lawrence	140
43	Frank	139
44	Fred	137
45	Tom	135
45	Walter	135
47	Douglas	134
48	Harry	132
49	Alan	129
50	Roy	126
51	Don	122
52	Bruce	121
52	Russell	121
54	Philip	114
55	Timothy	109
56	Marvin	104
57	Arthur	102
58	Norman	101
59	Keith	96
60	Howard	95
61	Eugene	93
61	Mark	93
61	Max	93
64	Billy	91
65	Jon	90
66	Albert	89
66	Samuel	89
66	Stanley	89
69	Patrick	84
70	Henry	82
71	Melvin	80
72	Gene	79
73	Allen	78
74	Earl	74
75	Bob	70
75	Frederick	70
77	Anthony	66
77	Dan	66
79	Gregory	65
80	Leonard	64
81	Clifford	63
82	Clarence	62
82	Ernest	62
82	Johnny	62
82	Lloyd	62
86	Jeffrey	61
86	Jimmy	61
88	Louis	60
88	Victor	60
90	Darrell	59
90	Lee	59
90	Ted	59
93	Jackie	57
94	Glenn	56
94	Micheal	56
96	Herbert	55
97	Leroy	54
97	Rex	54
99	Tommy	53
100	Barry	52
100	Leslie	52