Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1980

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,642
2	Joshua	1,447
3	Jason	1,332
4	Christopher	1,175
5	Matthew	1,170
6	David	1,050
7	James	991
8	Ryan	901
9	John	813
10	Justin	809
11	Robert	801
12	Jeremy	775
13	Brian	765
14	Adam	720
15	Joseph	693
16	Andrew	691
17	Nicholas	682
18	Daniel	652
19	Eric	629
20	William	589
21	Timothy	517
22	Brandon	502
23	Aaron	499
24	Chad	460
25	Thomas	456

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Benjamin	439
27	Anthony	421
28	Jeffrey	417
29	Nathan	416
30	Jonathan	415
31	Kevin	407
32	Steven	398
33	Scott	383
34	Travis	382
35	Charles	374
36	Mark	366
37	Dustin	354
38	Richard	352
39	Bradley	319
40	Kyle	294
41	Paul	276
42	Jacob	264
43	Shawn	249
44	Stephen	245
45	Derek	239
45	Gregory	239
47	Kenneth	233
48	Patrick	211
49	Bryan	202
50	Donald	188
51	Douglas	175
52	Jesse	167
52	Zachary	167
54	Craig	157
55	Cory	155
55	Keith	155
57	Jeremiah	151
58	Shane	148
59	Samuel	145
60	Brent	144
60	Ronald	144
62	Nathaniel	143
63	Phillip	139
64	Todd	131
65	Corey	129
66	Jeffery	128
67	Gary	127
68	Jared	125
69	Marcus	117
70	Larry	107
71	Shaun	104
71	Troy	104
73	Dennis	102
74	Erik	101
74	Sean	101
76	Edward	100
76	Lucas	100
76	Seth	100
79	Jerry	98
79	Joel	98
81	George	96
82	Peter	95
83	Randy	94
84	Derrick	90
85	Curtis	89
86	Brett	88
86	Terry	88
88	Brad	79
88	Raymond	79
90	Philip	78
91	Wesley	76
92	Jon	74
93	Clinton	72
93	Ricky	72
95	Billy	70
95	Ian	70
95	Jonathon	70
95	Luke	70
99	Rodney	69
99	Tony	69