Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1961

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	2,446
2	Michael	2,217
3	James	1,971
4	Mark	1,911
5	John	1,891
6	Robert	1,673
7	Jeffrey	1,247
8	William	1,170
9	Kevin	1,052
10	Timothy	1,049
11	Richard	1,016
12	Thomas	945
13	Brian	910
14	Steven	849
15	Gregory	740
16	Charles	733
17	Scott	704
18	Donald	696
19	Daniel	670
20	Gary	636
21	Ronald	621
22	Kenneth	564
23	Paul	559
24	Joseph	554
25	Douglas	543

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Larry	527
27	Christopher	492
28	Terry	479
29	Anthony	467
30	Jeff	440
31	Jerry	420
32	Jeffery	415
33	Randy	408
34	Mike	401
35	Dennis	384
36	Stephen	372
37	Tony	352
38	Keith	350
39	Roger	346
40	Todd	320
41	Steve	318
42	Bruce	316
43	Eric	314
44	Tim	312
45	Edward	291
46	Patrick	274
47	Danny	270
48	Randall	267
49	Chris	262
50	Ricky	256
51	Bradley	247
52	George	245
53	Greg	241
54	Phillip	230
55	Dale	225
56	Craig	224
57	Alan	214
58	Bryan	212
59	Carl	201
60	Jay	199
61	Rodney	197
62	Andrew	196
63	Matthew	191
64	Jack	189
64	Rick	189
66	Jim	188
67	Tom	184
68	Troy	182
69	Joe	180
70	Russell	175
71	Jon	174
72	Raymond	163
73	Barry	158
74	Darrell	155
74	Gerald	155
76	Dean	152
77	Kent	151
78	Brent	149
79	Frank	147
80	Billy	138
80	Philip	138
82	Brad	136
83	Tracy	135
84	Martin	134
85	Curtis	128
86	Bill	127
87	Wayne	124
88	Lawrence	123
89	Kerry	117
90	Ronnie	116
91	Walter	115
92	Harold	114
92	Samuel	114
94	Allen	112
95	Dan	108
95	Duane	108
97	Don	105
98	Dave	101
99	Roy	100
100	Bob	98
100	Glenn	98