Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,294
2	Robert	2,024
3	John	1,987
4	David	1,644
5	Michael	1,613
6	Richard	1,468
7	William	1,379
8	Larry	1,259
9	Thomas	1,047
10	Ronald	982
11	Charles	967
12	Donald	885
13	Gary	755
14	Dennis	708
15	Jerry	673
16	Stephen	625
17	Kenneth	571
18	Paul	569
19	Terry	550
20	Steven	537
21	George	425
22	Joseph	404
23	Daniel	403
24	Roger	386
25	Edward	333

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jack	320
27	Danny	289
28	Gerald	252
29	Steve	244
30	Mike	227
31	Carl	226
32	Wayne	225
33	Harold	219
34	Phillip	218
35	Timothy	217
36	Raymond	200
37	Jim	196
38	Ronnie	194
39	Ralph	190
40	Tom	188
41	Alan	187
42	Philip	178
43	Frank	177
44	Gregory	173
45	Bruce	172
46	Dale	168
46	Douglas	168
48	Lawrence	167
49	Bill	163
50	Joe	158
51	Mark	157
52	Harry	153
53	Fred	139
54	Don	136
55	Walter	133
56	Stanley	132
57	Norman	124
57	Roy	124
59	Patrick	122
60	Russell	120
61	Billy	114
62	Allen	112
63	Arthur	110
64	Marvin	106
65	Howard	105
65	Keith	105
65	Randall	105
68	Eugene	103
69	Frederick	99
70	Darrell	98
70	Jon	98
72	Max	96
73	Albert	95
74	Earl	94
75	Samuel	91
76	Henry	88
77	Dan	87
78	Anthony	86
79	Ray	85
80	Bob	84
81	Lloyd	82
81	Rodney	82
83	Glenn	81
84	Jeffrey	80
85	Melvin	79
86	Louis	78
87	Gene	77
88	Jimmy	76
89	Leonard	74
90	Randy	72
91	Tommy	71
92	Barry	69
93	Bobby	68
94	Johnny	67
95	Eddie	66
95	Lester	66
97	Lee	65
97	Micheal	65
99	Clarence	64
99	Craig	64
99	Dave	64
99	Ernest	64