Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1974

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	1,924
2	Michael	1,802
3	Christopher	1,351
4	James	1,165
5	Brian	1,111
6	David	1,104
7	Robert	1,028
8	Matthew	940
9	John	902
10	William	714
11	Scott	644
12	Chad	606
13	Daniel	601
14	Eric	589
15	Ryan	586
16	Mark	567
17	Jeremy	565
18	Jeffrey	559
19	Kevin	511
20	Steven	502
21	Joseph	491
22	Joshua	462
23	Andrew	461
24	Richard	456
25	Anthony	454

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	432
27	Thomas	428
28	Aaron	426
29	Charles	400
30	Shawn	377
31	Gregory	310
32	Paul	305
33	Todd	283
34	Adam	266
35	Stephen	263
36	Bradley	261
37	Kenneth	258
38	Jonathan	247
39	Donald	239
40	Larry	230
41	Shane	228
42	Nathan	218
43	Ronald	215
44	Travis	214
45	Benjamin	211
46	Bryan	207
47	Sean	203
48	Brandon	201
48	Douglas	201
50	Patrick	195
51	Gary	190
52	Keith	189
53	Troy	176
54	Brent	171
55	Justin	165
56	Jeffery	164
57	Craig	159
58	Jerry	156
59	Dennis	142
60	Edward	137
61	Derek	133
62	George	127
63	Phillip	126
64	Samuel	118
65	Jamie	117
65	Rodney	117
65	Terry	117
68	Brad	112
69	Kyle	106
70	Jacob	104
71	Danny	99
71	Nicholas	99
73	Carl	96
73	Jesse	96
75	Randall	95
75	Randy	95
77	Brett	94
77	Raymond	94
79	Jon	92
79	Peter	92
81	Marcus	91
81	Tony	91
83	Damon	89
84	Cory	87
85	Billy	86
85	Shannon	86
87	Corey	85
88	Jay	83
88	Russell	83
90	Curtis	82
91	Philip	79
92	Frank	77
92	Roger	77
94	Joel	76
95	Dustin	70
96	Derrick	66
97	Lee	65
98	Erik	64
98	Jeremiah	64
98	Marc	64