Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1973

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,901
2	Jason	1,681
3	Christopher	1,340
4	James	1,212
5	Brian	1,156
6	David	1,150
7	Robert	1,071
8	John	1,019
9	Matthew	867
10	William	742
11	Scott	669
12	Eric	651
13	Daniel	641
14	Mark	628
15	Chad	611
16	Jeffrey	571
17	Steven	547
18	Kevin	512
19	Timothy	511
20	Joseph	484
21	Charles	482
22	Ryan	480
23	Richard	455
24	Anthony	453
25	Thomas	450

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jeremy	402
27	Andrew	391
28	Gregory	384
29	Shawn	382
30	Aaron	375
31	Paul	307
32	Todd	299
33	Joshua	270
33	Kenneth	270
35	Douglas	266
36	Donald	261
37	Jonathan	257
38	Ronald	244
39	Stephen	241
40	Shane	240
41	Adam	226
41	Bryan	226
43	Bradley	225
44	Larry	222
45	Troy	218
46	Craig	210
47	Keith	206
48	Travis	203
49	Jeffery	197
50	Jerry	196
51	Patrick	193
52	Gary	191
53	Nathan	183
54	Brandon	173
55	Edward	170
56	Sean	169
57	Dennis	160
58	Benjamin	153
59	Brent	152
60	Terry	135
61	Jamie	130
62	Jon	128
63	Rodney	127
64	Justin	122
65	George	119
66	Derek	118
67	Phillip	116
68	Samuel	106
69	Joel	100
70	Billy	99
70	Brad	99
70	Danny	99
73	Tony	98
74	Corey	97
74	Nicholas	97
76	Randall	94
76	Randy	94
78	Marcus	89
78	Peter	89
80	Brett	88
81	Marc	87
81	Raymond	87
83	Chris	86
84	Roger	84
85	Kyle	81
86	Curtis	80
87	Shannon	78
88	Jesse	77
89	Cory	75
90	Jay	74
91	Dustin	72
91	Russell	72
93	Bobby	71
93	Damon	71
95	Carl	70
95	Jacob	70
97	Erik	69
98	Philip	67
99	Darren	66
100	Alan	65