Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,580
2	David	2,469
3	James	2,251
4	Robert	2,203
5	John	2,052
6	William	1,592
7	Richard	1,558
8	Thomas	1,288
9	Steven	1,235
10	Gary	1,159
11	Mark	1,134
12	Charles	1,003
13	Dennis	891
14	Ronald	872
15	Larry	869
16	Donald	817
17	Daniel	734
18	Stephen	686
19	Paul	668
20	Gregory	649
21	Kenneth	648
22	Timothy	623
23	Joseph	608
24	Terry	604
25	Jeffrey	588

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jerry	515
27	Roger	451
28	Bruce	446
29	Douglas	431
30	Randy	394
31	George	379
32	Edward	336
33	Ricky	328
34	Danny	314
35	Kevin	305
36	Randall	293
37	Jack	278
38	Patrick	256
39	Anthony	253
40	Rick	249
41	Keith	248
42	Gerald	234
43	Rodney	219
44	Dale	217
45	Alan	214
46	Lawrence	208
46	Phillip	208
48	Carl	199
49	Stanley	192
50	Harold	191
50	Philip	191
50	Raymond	191
53	Frank	186
54	Scott	184
55	Micheal	180
56	Jeffery	157
57	Ralph	153
58	Wayne	148
59	Walter	146
60	Roy	143
61	Steve	140
62	Darrell	138
62	Garry	138
64	Christopher	135
65	Brian	134
66	Frederick	131
67	Russell	130
68	Craig	129
69	Eric	126
70	Kim	124
71	Jay	119
71	Rickey	119
73	Joe	118
74	Jon	115
75	Arthur	113
76	Allen	110
76	Rex	110
76	Tony	110
79	Samuel	108
80	Martin	104
81	Howard	100
82	Barry	97
83	Billy	94
83	Peter	94
85	Kent	93
86	Harry	92
87	Fred	91
87	Norman	91
89	Marvin	89
90	Dan	88
91	Curtis	87
91	Melvin	87
93	Dean	86
93	Johnny	86
95	Ronnie	85
96	Bradley	84
96	Glenn	84
96	Henry	84
99	Leonard	83
100	Duane	82
100	Jerome	82