Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,534
2	John	2,233
3	Robert	2,196
4	David	2,054
5	Michael	1,860
6	William	1,610
7	Richard	1,552
8	Larry	1,397
9	Thomas	1,194
10	Charles	1,042
11	Ronald	1,011
12	Dennis	828
13	Donald	821
14	Gary	790
15	Stephen	777
16	Steven	742
17	Jerry	684
18	Terry	660
19	Kenneth	630
20	Paul	570
21	Joseph	515
22	Daniel	454
23	George	450
24	Roger	384
25	Jack	354

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steve	352
27	Edward	345
28	Danny	338
29	Gregory	283
30	Mike	277
31	Bruce	255
32	Mark	252
33	Timothy	247
34	Gerald	232
35	Phillip	223
36	Harold	217
37	Raymond	215
38	Carl	213
39	Ronnie	205
40	Frank	204
41	Wayne	203
42	Alan	199
43	Tom	198
44	Douglas	197
44	Philip	197
46	Bill	187
46	Dale	187
48	Jim	184
49	Ralph	180
50	Lawrence	172
51	Patrick	165
52	Stanley	163
53	Joe	162
54	Walter	150
55	Roy	147
56	Keith	135
57	Don	134
57	Fred	134
57	Randall	134
60	Allen	133
61	Harry	130
62	Arthur	126
62	Dan	126
64	Jeffrey	123
64	Marvin	123
66	Norman	122
67	Barry	117
68	Anthony	116
69	Russell	115
70	Frederick	114
71	Darrell	112
72	Craig	111
73	Melvin	108
74	Samuel	106
75	Eugene	103
76	Jon	99
77	Howard	94
78	Albert	92
78	Bob	92
80	Ernest	91
81	Earl	90
81	Glenn	90
81	Max	90
84	Henry	87
85	Rex	86
85	Rodney	86
87	Randy	85
88	Louis	84
89	Dave	83
90	Jimmy	82
90	Tony	82
92	Leonard	81
93	Billy	79
93	Eddie	79
95	Clarence	76
95	Duane	76
95	Jay	76
98	Johnny	75
99	Garry	74
100	Ted	73