Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1955

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	2,708
2	Michael	2,612
3	James	2,270
4	Robert	2,025
5	John	1,952
6	Mark	1,578
7	William	1,540
8	Steven	1,350
9	Richard	1,333
10	Thomas	1,255
11	Gary	1,065
12	Charles	904
13	Jeffrey	888
14	Donald	876
15	Daniel	806
16	Timothy	802
17	Gregory	800
18	Dennis	790
19	Ronald	776
20	Larry	714
21	Terry	677
22	Kenneth	648
23	Paul	619
24	Stephen	618
25	Joseph	615

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kevin	584
27	Randy	541
28	Jerry	485
29	Douglas	478
30	Bruce	417
31	Roger	389
32	Edward	359
33	Keith	349
34	George	346
35	Randall	331
36	Ricky	322
37	Danny	317
38	Scott	293
39	Anthony	282
40	Jeffery	280
41	Jack	255
42	Patrick	236
43	Dale	232
44	Raymond	227
45	Brian	221
46	Carl	217
47	Phillip	215
48	Alan	212
48	Rick	212
50	Gerald	206
51	Christopher	185
52	Micheal	178
52	Philip	178
54	Stanley	177
55	Rodney	175
56	Russell	172
57	Kim	170
58	Darrell	169
59	Frank	167
59	Lawrence	167
61	Tony	162
62	Ralph	160
63	Harold	158
64	Wayne	155
65	Steve	150
66	Walter	129
67	Roy	127
68	Allen	124
68	Samuel	124
70	Garry	123
71	Jay	122
71	Jon	122
73	Craig	121
73	Eric	121
75	Marvin	120
76	Ronnie	118
77	Peter	116
78	Bradley	113
78	Martin	113
80	Curtis	111
81	Kent	110
82	Andrew	107
82	Norman	107
82	Rex	107
85	Billy	106
85	Frederick	106
87	Barry	104
88	Glenn	103
89	Johnny	97
90	Harry	96
91	Fred	95
92	Joe	94
93	Arthur	93
94	Howard	90
95	Henry	89
95	Kerry	89
95	Melvin	89
98	Bobby	86
99	Brad	84
100	Duane	83
100	Mike	83