Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1951

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,568
2	James	2,358
3	David	2,262
4	Robert	2,160
5	John	2,121
6	William	1,639
7	Richard	1,480
8	Thomas	1,376
9	Steven	1,258
10	Gary	1,175
11	Charles	1,033
12	Larry	1,009
13	Ronald	848
14	Mark	847
15	Donald	841
16	Dennis	826
17	Stephen	807
18	Kenneth	692
19	Daniel	675
20	Paul	600
21	Terry	594
22	Jerry	567
23	Timothy	539
24	Joseph	524
25	Gregory	518

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Douglas	427
27	Bruce	413
28	George	410
29	Roger	407
30	Edward	385
31	Danny	330
32	Jack	276
33	Jeffrey	273
34	Randall	271
35	Patrick	255
36	Dale	241
37	Keith	232
38	Randy	230
39	Alan	226
40	Gerald	224
41	Carl	216
42	Frank	213
43	Phillip	209
44	Lawrence	204
45	Raymond	202
45	Wayne	202
47	Philip	199
48	Stanley	193
49	Kevin	192
50	Anthony	181
51	Ralph	172
52	Harold	165
53	Walter	154
54	Micheal	152
55	Ricky	145
56	Steve	144
57	Craig	142
57	Roy	142
59	Rex	136
59	Rick	136
61	Samuel	134
61	Scott	134
63	Frederick	132
64	Allen	129
65	Russell	122
66	Arthur	119
67	Darrell	118
68	Marvin	117
69	Ronnie	115
70	Brian	114
71	Harry	110
72	Rodney	108
73	Eric	106
73	Glenn	106
75	Melvin	100
76	Martin	97
77	Barry	96
77	Christopher	96
79	Howard	95
80	Dean	94
81	Norman	93
82	Earl	92
82	Fred	92
82	Joe	92
85	Mike	91
86	Peter	90
87	Henry	89
87	Jon	89
89	Albert	87
89	Jeffery	87
91	Billy	86
91	Ernest	86
93	Curtis	85
94	Max	84
95	Eugene	83
95	Garry	83
97	Jay	81
98	Tony	80
99	Leonard	79
100	Duane	78