Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1979

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,587
2	Jason	1,527
3	Christopher	1,287
4	Joshua	1,205
5	Matthew	1,090
6	James	1,028
7	David	1,000
8	Ryan	861
9	Robert	842
10	John	836
11	Jeremy	817
12	Brian	778
13	Joseph	744
14	Nicholas	704
15	Andrew	674
16	Daniel	645
17	William	636
18	Adam	621
19	Eric	609
20	Justin	534
21	Timothy	526
22	Chad	474
23	Aaron	462
24	Steven	458
25	Kevin	443

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Brandon	441
27	Anthony	428
27	Scott	428
29	Jeffrey	414
30	Charles	403
31	Nathan	402
32	Mark	399
33	Benjamin	393
34	Thomas	387
35	Richard	353
36	Travis	342
37	Bradley	328
37	Jonathan	328
39	Paul	280
40	Kyle	276
41	Jacob	250
42	Shawn	244
43	Gregory	232
44	Bryan	217
45	Kenneth	216
46	Donald	213
47	Stephen	209
48	Patrick	199
49	Dustin	198
50	Douglas	170
50	Shane	170
50	Zachary	170
53	Todd	169
54	Shaun	153
55	Keith	151
56	Gary	145
56	Jesse	145
58	Derek	143
58	Nathaniel	143
60	Ronald	142
61	Brent	141
61	Craig	141
61	Jeremiah	141
64	Cory	136
64	Samuel	136
66	Corey	129
67	Phillip	127
68	Sean	125
69	Larry	121
70	Edward	115
71	Jared	113
72	Dennis	105
72	Erik	105
72	Wesley	105
75	Joel	104
75	Terry	104
77	Jerry	103
78	Brett	99
79	George	98
79	Jeffery	98
81	Lucas	93
81	Troy	93
83	Billy	92
84	Brad	91
85	Philip	88
85	Seth	88
87	Marcus	84
87	Peter	84
87	Rodney	84
90	Randall	82
91	Derrick	81
92	Kristopher	80
93	Raymond	79
94	Randy	76
94	Tony	76
96	Casey	73
96	Luke	73
98	Curtis	72
99	Jamie	71
99	Jon	71