Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1954

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,783
2	David	2,446
3	James	2,252
4	Robert	2,150
5	John	2,039
6	William	1,549
7	Richard	1,495
8	Mark	1,325
9	Thomas	1,283
10	Steven	1,260
11	Gary	1,190
12	Charles	971
13	Donald	883
14	Ronald	831
15	Larry	826
16	Daniel	792
17	Dennis	773
18	Terry	744
19	Timothy	729
20	Jeffrey	725
21	Gregory	702
22	Kenneth	694
23	Joseph	684
24	Paul	660
25	Stephen	627

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kevin	534
27	Jerry	513
28	Randy	485
29	Douglas	449
30	Roger	441
31	Bruce	411
32	Edward	380
33	George	374
34	Randall	332
35	Danny	297
36	Ricky	288
37	Jack	279
38	Anthony	269
39	Dale	252
40	Carl	250
41	Patrick	249
42	Alan	248
43	Jeffery	232
44	Gerald	231
44	Keith	231
46	Rick	226
47	Raymond	209
48	Scott	208
49	Philip	205
50	Rodney	194
51	Phillip	187
52	Brian	186
53	Stanley	176
54	Lawrence	175
55	Steve	169
56	Harold	156
57	Frank	155
58	Garry	149
59	Russell	146
60	Bradley	145
61	Ralph	144
62	Barry	143
63	Darrell	142
63	Micheal	142
63	Wayne	142
66	Allen	139
67	Roy	138
68	Kim	136
69	Peter	127
70	Tony	126
71	Joe	123
72	Christopher	121
73	Martin	120
74	Walter	118
75	Billy	116
75	Jon	116
75	Ronnie	116
78	Craig	115
78	Jay	115
80	Arthur	114
81	Eric	112
81	Glenn	112
83	Samuel	109
84	Rex	107
85	Marvin	106
86	Frederick	105
87	Curtis	102
88	Earl	100
89	Eugene	99
90	Duane	97
91	Howard	96
92	Kent	95
92	Norman	95
94	Harry	93
95	Melvin	91
96	Dean	90
97	Andrew	88
98	Fred	87
98	Louis	87
100	Jerome	86