Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1948

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,189
2	John	2,183
3	Robert	2,096
4	Michael	1,997
5	David	1,912
6	William	1,506
7	Richard	1,389
8	Larry	1,294
9	Thomas	1,155
10	Ronald	1,031
11	Charles	1,006
12	Stephen	870
13	Steven	817
14	Donald	810
15	Gary	777
16	Dennis	732
17	Jerry	622
17	Kenneth	622
19	Terry	596
20	Daniel	548
21	Paul	524
22	Joseph	496
23	Roger	416
24	George	414
25	Mark	375

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gregory	340
27	Edward	328
28	Danny	322
29	Jack	292
30	Timothy	283
31	Bruce	272
32	Steve	270
33	Mike	240
34	Gerald	229
35	Phillip	227
36	Harold	223
37	Carl	215
38	Philip	210
39	Douglas	209
40	Frank	199
41	Patrick	195
42	Raymond	194
43	Dale	188
44	Ralph	187
45	Ronnie	184
46	Alan	179
47	Jim	169
48	Walter	168
48	Wayne	168
50	Russell	162
51	Stanley	161
52	Joe	160
53	Lawrence	158
54	Tom	155
55	Fred	154
56	Roy	152
57	Bill	151
57	Jeffrey	151
57	Randall	151
60	Keith	135
61	Marvin	125
62	Don	120
63	Arthur	118
63	Harry	118
65	Allen	116
66	Billy	113
66	Frederick	113
68	Samuel	109
69	Randy	107
70	Anthony	103
71	Darrell	101
71	Howard	101
73	Dan	99
74	Eugene	97
75	Earl	94
75	Melvin	94
75	Rodney	94
78	Barry	93
78	Jon	93
80	Craig	91
81	Norman	89
81	Rex	89
83	Albert	86
83	Henry	86
85	Peter	85
86	Leonard	84
87	Louis	83
88	Micheal	82
89	Ray	78
90	Ernest	77
90	Glenn	77
90	Johnny	77
90	Tim	77
94	Jay	75
95	Rick	74
96	Eric	73
97	Bob	72
97	Glen	72
99	Clarence	71
100	Dave	70
100	Ricky	70
100	Ted	70