Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1971

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,193
2	James	1,631
3	David	1,463
4	John	1,429
5	Christopher	1,334
6	Robert	1,327
7	Jason	1,184
8	Brian	1,152
9	Scott	1,042
10	William	961
11	Jeffrey	870
12	Matthew	794
13	Mark	789
14	Steven	690
15	Eric	689
16	Kevin	684
17	Timothy	650
18	Richard	623
19	Thomas	614
20	Joseph	571
21	Charles	559
22	Daniel	545
23	Chad	540
24	Anthony	516
25	Gregory	503

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Todd	463
27	Paul	405
28	Kenneth	379
29	Shawn	373
30	Andrew	369
31	Bradley	355
32	Donald	352
33	Stephen	349
34	Ronald	348
35	Douglas	336
36	Troy	323
37	Larry	311
38	Aaron	309
39	Gary	307
40	Jeremy	306
41	Ryan	262
42	Jerry	258
43	Patrick	252
44	Keith	247
45	Jeffery	240
46	Jonathan	237
47	Craig	227
48	Sean	218
49	Brent	215
50	Terry	204
51	Dennis	202
52	Bryan	200
53	Edward	196
54	Shane	190
55	Rodney	180
56	Travis	176
57	Tony	167
58	Adam	163
58	George	163
60	Chris	149
61	Raymond	142
62	Carl	139
63	Jon	135
64	Derek	129
64	Roger	129
66	Phillip	125
67	Brett	124
68	Nathan	123
69	Danny	121
70	Randy	120
71	Randall	116
72	Brad	115
73	Russell	111
74	Benjamin	109
74	Peter	109
76	Samuel	107
77	Marc	104
77	Shannon	104
79	Kyle	102
80	Jamie	101
80	Jay	101
82	Darrell	99
83	Brandon	98
83	Curtis	98
85	Billy	97
85	Darren	97
85	Jeff	97
88	Marcus	94
89	Lance	91
90	Bruce	90
90	Joshua	90
92	Frank	86
93	Corey	84
93	Derrick	84
95	Wayne	83
96	Alan	82
96	Dale	82
96	Jack	82
99	Bobby	81
99	Philip	81