Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1970

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,316
2	James	1,787
3	David	1,750
4	Robert	1,611
5	John	1,526
6	Brian	1,177
7	Christopher	1,109
8	William	1,048
9	Mark	1,034
10	Jeffrey	999
11	Scott	944
12	Jason	796
13	Steven	794
14	Richard	762
15	Kevin	752
16	Matthew	720
16	Timothy	720
18	Thomas	697
19	Eric	687
20	Joseph	632
21	Daniel	596
22	Charles	595
23	Anthony	586
24	Todd	549
25	Gregory	530

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Paul	478
27	Stephen	436
28	Ronald	419
29	Donald	411
30	Kenneth	405
31	Bradley	403
32	Douglas	386
33	Andrew	367
34	Gary	343
35	Troy	335
36	Larry	328
37	Patrick	296
38	Jerry	291
39	Shawn	287
40	Chad	275
41	Jeffery	271
42	Aaron	254
43	Edward	249
44	Craig	247
45	Keith	242
46	Bryan	227
46	Sean	227
48	Terry	225
49	Brent	220
50	Dennis	215
51	Rodney	207
52	Jonathan	183
53	Jeremy	179
54	George	176
55	Tony	166
56	Jon	161
57	Shane	160
58	Roger	158
59	Phillip	155
60	Randy	151
61	Danny	149
62	Chris	143
63	Raymond	141
64	Carl	140
65	Travis	132
66	Marc	130
67	Jay	128
68	Russell	126
69	Brett	122
70	Samuel	121
71	Brad	119
71	Randall	119
73	Peter	118
74	Billy	114
75	Lance	107
76	Derek	106
77	Benjamin	105
78	Jeff	104
79	Ricky	103
80	Dale	102
81	Darren	101
82	Bruce	98
82	Gerald	98
82	Marcus	98
82	Roy	98
86	Joel	97
87	Curtis	94
88	Frank	93
89	Ryan	92
90	Alan	91
91	Kyle	90
91	Shannon	90
93	Bobby	87
94	Johnny	86
94	Nathan	86
94	Philip	86
97	Lawrence	84
98	Corey	83
98	Jack	83
98	Mike	83
98	Ronnie	83