Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,375
2	Michael	2,226
3	John	2,129
4	David	2,030
5	Robert	2,010
6	William	1,567
7	Richard	1,352
8	Thomas	1,283
9	Larry	1,161
10	Charles	1,095
11	Steven	1,057
12	Stephen	952
13	Ronald	884
14	Donald	818
15	Gary	810
16	Dennis	759
17	Kenneth	636
18	Jerry	592
19	Terry	536
20	Daniel	525
21	Paul	519
22	Mark	467
23	Joseph	450
24	George	432
25	Roger	399

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	397
27	Gregory	392
28	Edward	357
29	Bruce	320
30	Danny	312
30	Jack	312
32	Douglas	279
33	Gerald	242
34	Steve	238
35	Raymond	235
36	Patrick	222
37	Phillip	219
38	Lawrence	215
39	Philip	208
40	Jeffrey	206
41	Carl	203
42	Alan	201
42	Harold	201
44	Dale	194
44	Randall	194
46	Wayne	190
47	Ralph	187
48	Mike	172
49	Frank	170
49	Walter	170
51	Stanley	159
52	Ronnie	149
53	Keith	137
54	Anthony	135
54	Randy	135
56	Marvin	131
57	Darrell	130
58	Micheal	127
59	Russell	126
60	Allen	125
61	Samuel	119
62	Fred	118
62	Roy	118
62	Tom	118
65	Joe	116
66	Arthur	115
67	Barry	112
67	Bill	112
69	Frederick	111
70	Jim	108
71	Howard	104
71	Rodney	104
73	Earl	103
73	Harry	103
73	Norman	103
76	Rick	98
77	Craig	97
78	Don	95
78	Melvin	95
80	Eugene	93
81	Eric	91
81	Ernest	91
83	Dan	89
83	Rex	89
85	Glenn	88
86	Kevin	85
87	Christopher	84
87	Peter	84
89	Jon	83
90	Albert	79
90	Jay	79
90	Lee	79
90	Louis	79
94	Martin	76
95	Leonard	73
96	Gene	72
96	Jimmy	72
96	Max	72
99	Billy	70
99	Glen	70
99	Tony	70