Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1976

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	1,779
2	Michael	1,677
3	Christopher	1,188
4	James	1,016
5	Matthew	987
6	David	960
7	Jeremy	903
8	Brian	890
9	Robert	801
10	John	784
11	Ryan	729
12	Joshua	723
13	Eric	658
14	William	648
15	Joseph	607
16	Daniel	580
17	Chad	556
18	Scott	512
19	Andrew	511
20	Timothy	482
21	Anthony	469
22	Jeffrey	461
23	Aaron	455
24	Mark	438
25	Kevin	437

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	420
27	Thomas	407
28	Richard	398
29	Charles	380
30	Shawn	346
31	Benjamin	342
32	Adam	340
33	Nathan	338
34	Gregory	293
35	Paul	280
36	Bradley	276
37	Jonathan	255
38	Stephen	254
39	Justin	248
40	Brandon	247
41	Travis	241
42	Shane	236
43	Donald	227
44	Todd	218
45	Kenneth	217
46	Bryan	209
47	Douglas	180
48	Keith	178
49	Kyle	173
49	Patrick	173
51	Sean	164
52	Brent	161
53	Ronald	159
54	Craig	158
55	Gary	151
56	Jacob	138
57	Samuel	136
58	Edward	135
59	Dustin	133
59	Troy	133
61	Jeffery	132
61	Larry	132
63	Terry	130
64	Jamie	128
65	Jeremiah	123
66	Jerry	122
67	Cory	116
68	Jesse	115
68	Phillip	115
70	Dennis	111
70	George	111
72	Corey	109
72	Derek	109
74	Brad	94
75	Joel	87
75	Randy	87
77	Jon	85
78	Damon	84
79	Nathaniel	83
80	Tony	81
81	Marcus	79
81	Nicholas	79
81	Zachary	79
84	Billy	78
84	Shannon	78
86	Carl	75
86	Rodney	75
88	Roger	72
89	Brett	71
89	Peter	71
89	Raymond	71
92	Philip	70
93	Danny	68
94	Jared	65
95	Jay	64
96	Bobby	63
97	Johnny	62
98	Frank	61
98	Russell	61
98	Wesley	61