Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1952

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,591
2	James	2,325
3	David	2,252
4	Robert	2,160
5	John	2,141
6	William	1,576
7	Richard	1,535
8	Thomas	1,376
9	Steven	1,268
10	Gary	1,208
11	Charles	1,120
12	Mark	1,039
13	Larry	960
14	Dennis	910
15	Donald	832
16	Ronald	823
17	Stephen	776
18	Daniel	725
19	Kenneth	678
20	Paul	654
21	Terry	596
22	Gregory	588
23	Joseph	587
24	Timothy	562
25	Jerry	545

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bruce	457
27	Roger	437
28	Jeffrey	416
29	Edward	397
30	Douglas	396
31	George	386
32	Danny	353
33	Jack	310
34	Randall	285
35	Randy	279
36	Dale	270
36	Patrick	270
38	Kevin	260
39	Keith	249
40	Raymond	240
41	Anthony	225
42	Carl	219
43	Gerald	211
44	Alan	208
44	Rick	208
46	Philip	207
46	Ricky	207
48	Stanley	200
49	Phillip	195
50	Lawrence	191
51	Ralph	179
52	Frank	178
53	Wayne	177
54	Harold	170
55	Christopher	159
56	Scott	156
57	Micheal	150
58	Darrell	146
59	Samuel	143
60	Roy	142
61	Walter	139
62	Russell	134
63	Rex	133
64	Craig	132
65	Barry	126
66	Ronnie	125
67	Frederick	123
67	Jay	123
69	Garry	120
70	Steve	119
71	Allen	118
71	Peter	118
73	Arthur	116
74	Kim	114
75	Dan	113
75	Eric	113
75	Harry	113
75	Jeffery	113
79	Brian	110
80	Martin	106
81	Howard	103
82	Glenn	101
83	Billy	100
84	Fred	99
85	Joe	97
85	Rodney	97
87	Dean	96
88	Norman	95
89	Eugene	94
90	Ernest	93
90	Marvin	93
92	Tony	91
93	Andrew	90
94	Henry	86
94	Theodore	86
96	Gordon	85
96	Kent	85
98	Albert	82
98	Jon	82
98	Leonard	82
98	Melvin	82