Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	1,603
2	Michael	1,588
3	Christopher	1,224
4	Matthew	1,103
5	James	1,018
6	Joshua	1,010
7	David	1,003
8	Ryan	905
9	Jeremy	834
10	Robert	825
11	John	802
12	Brian	791
13	Joseph	665
14	Eric	617
15	Andrew	615
16	Daniel	598
17	William	576
18	Nicholas	569
19	Kevin	525
20	Timothy	522
21	Adam	515
22	Aaron	479
22	Chad	479
24	Steven	466
25	Jeffrey	458

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	440
27	Scott	416
28	Richard	407
29	Justin	398
30	Thomas	386
31	Mark	385
32	Charles	373
33	Benjamin	363
34	Nathan	337
35	Bradley	322
36	Brandon	302
37	Shawn	292
38	Jonathan	284
39	Paul	264
40	Gregory	255
41	Stephen	234
42	Patrick	215
43	Kenneth	211
44	Travis	206
45	Bryan	205
46	Shaun	203
47	Kyle	202
48	Todd	195
49	Douglas	193
50	Dustin	188
51	Jacob	181
52	Donald	171
53	Shane	158
54	Corey	157
55	Ronald	156
56	Sean	153
57	Craig	147
58	Keith	144
59	Derek	141
60	Cory	138
61	Brent	137
61	Samuel	137
63	Jeremiah	131
63	Larry	131
65	Troy	128
66	Jesse	127
67	Gary	125
68	Zachary	115
69	Peter	112
70	Nathaniel	111
71	Phillip	110
72	Jeffery	108
73	Terry	106
74	George	104
75	Wesley	102
76	Jerry	101
77	Dennis	91
78	Jared	90
79	Edward	89
80	Curtis	88
80	Philip	88
82	Derrick	87
83	Joel	86
84	Marcus	84
85	Randy	82
86	Casey	79
86	Raymond	79
86	Rodney	79
86	Tony	79
90	Carl	76
91	Brad	75
91	Brett	75
91	Seth	75
94	Kristopher	74
95	Damon	73
96	Jon	70
97	Billy	68
98	Danny	66
99	Erik	62
100	Lucas	61