Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1959

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	2,390
2	Michael	2,204
3	James	2,092
4	Mark	1,998
5	John	1,837
6	Robert	1,818
7	William	1,210
8	Timothy	1,181
9	Jeffrey	1,132
10	Richard	1,110
11	Kevin	1,024
12	Thomas	991
13	Steven	983
14	Brian	821
15	Charles	809
16	Donald	744
17	Daniel	712
18	Gregory	690
19	Ronald	683
20	Gary	637
21	Kenneth	614
22	Larry	611
23	Terry	600
24	Paul	589
25	Dennis	588

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joseph	586
27	Scott	560
28	Douglas	513
29	Jerry	461
30	Randy	457
31	Mike	454
32	Jeffery	438
33	Anthony	398
33	Jeff	398
33	Stephen	398
36	Bruce	365
37	Keith	341
38	Christopher	338
39	Tim	337
40	Roger	334
41	Steve	333
42	Ricky	327
43	Edward	311
44	George	308
45	Eric	305
46	Randall	301
47	Tony	300
48	Rick	297
49	Danny	262
50	Dale	261
51	Patrick	238
52	Jim	225
53	Alan	209
54	Chris	207
55	Greg	206
56	Jay	203
56	Phillip	203
58	Jack	201
59	Craig	190
60	Matthew	186
60	Raymond	186
62	Joe	180
63	Bryan	178
64	Bill	176
64	Bradley	176
66	Carl	173
67	Rodney	170
68	Tom	169
69	Philip	164
70	Andrew	162
70	Russell	162
72	Billy	161
73	Gerald	157
74	Kent	150
75	Frank	149
76	Darrell	147
77	Jon	144
78	Wayne	141
79	Dan	138
79	Ronnie	138
81	Martin	136
82	Harold	135
83	Micheal	131
84	Curtis	127
85	Lawrence	125
86	Peter	124
86	Roy	124
88	Allen	122
89	Brent	119
90	Todd	116
91	Bret	114
92	Dave	112
93	Barry	111
94	Dean	110
95	Brett	109
95	Samuel	109
97	Ralph	108
98	Don	103
98	Kirk	103
100	Rex	102