Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1977

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	1,843
2	Michael	1,763
3	Christopher	1,216
4	David	1,081
5	Matthew	1,071
6	James	1,049
7	Jeremy	941
8	Ryan	926
9	Brian	918
10	Joshua	901
11	John	838
12	Robert	808
13	Joseph	694
14	Eric	621
15	William	606
16	Kevin	602
17	Andrew	593
18	Daniel	580
19	Timothy	521
20	Chad	508
21	Steven	487
22	Mark	482
23	Jeffrey	464
24	Scott	462
25	Richard	443

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	439
27	Aaron	419
28	Nathan	412
29	Thomas	404
30	Adam	395
31	Charles	394
32	Benjamin	363
33	Shawn	345
34	Bradley	334
35	Justin	298
36	Jonathan	283
37	Gregory	282
38	Travis	276
39	Brandon	267
40	Paul	260
41	Kenneth	241
42	Stephen	225
43	Todd	210
44	Patrick	209
45	Bryan	203
46	Donald	198
46	Jacob	198
48	Corey	187
49	Douglas	175
50	Kyle	174
50	Ronald	174
52	Keith	173
53	Jeremiah	172
53	Nicholas	172
55	Cory	170
56	Sean	168
57	Craig	164
58	Shane	162
59	Larry	160
60	Dustin	151
61	Brent	141
62	Derek	135
63	Wesley	134
64	Jeffery	133
65	Samuel	127
66	Gary	125
67	Troy	123
68	Brad	117
68	Edward	117
68	Phillip	117
71	George	115
72	Jerry	112
73	Jesse	106
73	Terry	106
75	Dennis	102
75	Nathaniel	102
77	Peter	100
78	Joel	98
79	Shaun	93
80	Rodney	88
81	Curtis	85
82	Randy	84
83	Marcus	83
84	Jay	82
85	Jared	81
85	Jon	81
85	Raymond	81
88	Damon	80
88	Jamie	80
88	Zachary	80
91	Derrick	79
92	Carl	77
93	Philip	76
93	Tony	76
95	Brett	75
96	Billy	74
97	Roger	73
97	Seth	73
99	Clinton	72
100	Randall	69