Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1965

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,027
2	David	1,899
3	James	1,864
4	John	1,785
5	Robert	1,499
6	Mark	1,262
7	Jeffrey	1,067
8	Timothy	999
9	William	980
10	Brian	979
11	Kevin	916
12	Richard	885
13	Scott	879
14	Thomas	832
15	Steven	793
16	Daniel	682
17	Christopher	621
18	Charles	620
19	Joseph	590
20	Gregory	569
21	Paul	562
22	Todd	542
23	Ronald	540
24	Kenneth	536
25	Anthony	492

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Donald	475
27	Gary	433
28	Rodney	432
29	Douglas	425
30	Eric	416
31	Stephen	382
32	Jeffery	367
32	Larry	367
34	Terry	364
35	Jerry	339
36	Randy	306
37	Keith	284
38	Patrick	282
39	Dennis	274
40	Matthew	264
41	Bradley	257
42	Edward	254
43	Tony	252
44	Jeff	249
44	Roger	249
46	Troy	247
47	Bryan	220
48	Andrew	219
49	Chris	205
50	Randall	204
51	Mike	203
52	Jon	192
53	Carl	181
54	Danny	180
54	Steve	180
56	Darren	179
57	George	178
58	Alan	175
59	Bruce	174
59	Tim	174
61	Phillip	169
61	Ricky	169
63	Craig	168
64	Jay	151
65	Russell	148
66	Shawn	137
67	Raymond	133
67	Rick	133
69	Greg	130
70	Brad	129
71	Dale	128
72	Curtis	127
73	Brent	126
73	Peter	126
75	Frank	123
76	Darrin	122
77	Barry	121
77	Philip	121
79	Jack	117
80	Darryl	113
81	Billy	112
82	Darin	111
82	Samuel	111
84	Allen	107
85	Brett	106
86	Darrell	103
86	Jim	103
86	Tracy	103
89	Dean	100
89	Kent	100
91	Gerald	99
92	Lawrence	97
93	Bobby	96
93	Wayne	96
95	Jonathan	95
96	Harold	93
97	Joe	92
97	Kurt	92
97	Martin	92
100	Roy	86