Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,346
2	James	2,259
3	Robert	2,059
4	John	2,045
5	David	1,994
6	William	1,495
7	Richard	1,375
8	Thomas	1,322
9	Larry	1,080
10	Steven	1,079
11	Gary	1,024
12	Charles	957
13	Ronald	883
14	Stephen	840
15	Donald	820
16	Dennis	785
17	Kenneth	643
18	Mark	613
19	Daniel	611
20	Terry	609
21	Paul	586
22	Jerry	580
23	Gregory	561
24	Joseph	495
25	Timothy	429

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Roger	411
27	George	406
28	Edward	341
29	Bruce	326
30	Douglas	316
31	Danny	310
32	Jack	292
33	Jeffrey	245
34	Randall	242
35	Phillip	240
36	Dale	233
37	Patrick	228
38	Gerald	219
39	Philip	209
40	Raymond	204
41	Lawrence	200
42	Alan	193
43	Harold	192
44	Carl	184
45	Steve	181
46	Stanley	180
47	Frank	174
48	Wayne	167
49	Randy	164
50	Keith	161
51	Walter	160
52	Anthony	150
52	Kevin	150
54	Micheal	140
55	Allen	130
55	Russell	130
57	Ralph	129
58	Mike	128
59	Frederick	124
59	Samuel	124
61	Marvin	116
62	Howard	112
62	Scott	112
64	Joe	110
65	Arthur	108
65	Norman	108
67	Craig	105
67	Harry	105
69	Roy	104
70	Darrell	103
70	Rick	103
72	Ricky	99
73	Christopher	98
73	Ronnie	98
75	Fred	97
76	Barry	94
76	Rex	94
78	Rodney	93
79	Eugene	91
79	Jay	91
79	Martin	91
82	Glenn	88
82	Melvin	88
84	Earl	85
84	Jon	85
86	Ernest	83
87	Brian	82
87	Tom	82
89	Eric	81
89	Jerome	81
91	Dan	79
91	Kent	79
93	Duane	76
94	Bill	75
94	Johnny	75
94	Leonard	75
97	Billy	73
98	Don	72
98	Peter	72
100	Gordon	70