Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1956

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,696
2	David	2,505
3	James	2,315
4	Robert	2,089
5	John	1,962
6	Mark	1,812
7	William	1,458
8	Richard	1,388
9	Steven	1,231
10	Thomas	1,158
11	Timothy	1,007
12	Jeffrey	990
13	Charles	962
14	Gary	926
15	Donald	874
16	Gregory	867
17	Daniel	843
18	Ronald	835
19	Kevin	832
20	Larry	768
21	Kenneth	746
22	Dennis	728
23	Joseph	718
24	Terry	717
25	Paul	632

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Randy	618
27	Stephen	574
28	Douglas	530
29	Jerry	489
30	Bruce	473
31	Brian	419
32	Roger	409
33	Edward	387
34	Jeffery	375
35	Anthony	348
36	Keith	339
37	Randall	338
38	George	337
39	Scott	328
40	Danny	311
41	Ricky	304
42	Patrick	276
43	Dale	262
44	Phillip	239
45	Jack	237
46	Raymond	228
47	Gerald	226
48	Christopher	215
49	Carl	213
50	Rick	201
51	Lawrence	200
52	Steve	198
53	Rodney	192
54	Russell	185
55	Jay	182
56	Frank	180
57	Alan	179
57	Philip	179
59	Micheal	177
60	Darrell	167
61	Tony	164
62	Kim	162
63	Wayne	161
64	Barry	155
65	Harold	144
66	Bradley	139
66	Eric	139
68	Joe	138
68	Ralph	138
68	Ronnie	138
68	Stanley	138
72	Andrew	137
72	Roy	137
74	Allen	133
74	Walter	133
76	Kent	130
77	Jon	129
78	Curtis	128
79	Samuel	127
80	Robin	125
81	Billy	123
81	Craig	123
81	Martin	123
84	Dean	122
85	Rex	121
86	Matthew	118
87	Peter	115
88	Mike	111
89	Arthur	109
90	Garry	102
91	Johnny	101
92	Duane	100
92	Marvin	100
94	Brad	97
94	Howard	97
96	Henry	95
97	Victor	93
98	Frederick	90
99	Eugene	89
100	Bobby	86
100	Bryan	86
100	Glenn	86
100	Norman	86
100	Tim	86