Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1981

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,549
2	Joshua	1,414
3	Matthew	1,293
4	Christopher	1,158
5	Jason	1,063
6	David	937
7	James	919
8	Ryan	904
9	John	791
10	Justin	788
11	Robert	787
12	Joseph	760
13	Andrew	733
14	Brandon	714
15	Adam	701
16	Jeremy	673
17	Brian	649
18	Daniel	646
19	Eric	600
20	Nicholas	544
21	William	530
22	Aaron	524
23	Jonathan	455
24	Nathan	444
25	Benjamin	437

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Kevin	437
27	Timothy	429
28	Dustin	424
29	Anthony	391
30	Steven	386
31	Jeffrey	376
32	Thomas	372
33	Travis	344
34	Charles	342
35	Scott	336
36	Mark	334
37	Chad	318
38	Jacob	316
39	Richard	315
40	Bradley	305
41	Kyle	299
42	Paul	242
43	Derek	228
44	Gregory	225
45	Shawn	221
46	Jesse	219
47	Patrick	218
48	Kenneth	217
49	Stephen	215
50	Zachary	201
51	Bryan	182
52	Jeremiah	163
53	Douglas	158
53	Jared	158
55	Sean	156
56	Craig	155
57	Donald	150
58	Ronald	142
59	Nathaniel	136
59	Shane	136
61	Brent	135
62	Keith	129
63	Jeffery	124
64	Samuel	123
65	Joel	122
66	Cory	121
67	Todd	118
68	Larry	110
69	Corey	109
69	Gary	109
69	Peter	109
72	Brett	107
73	Seth	106
74	Phillip	105
75	Edward	102
76	Dennis	101
76	Lucas	101
78	Curtis	99
78	Philip	99
80	George	95
81	Erik	94
81	Terry	94
83	Derrick	92
84	Shaun	90
85	Luke	89
86	Marcus	88
87	Tyler	85
88	Jerry	83
88	Troy	83
90	Billy	82
90	Casey	82
90	Clinton	82
90	Jonathon	82
94	Wesley	81
95	Ian	75
96	Raymond	73
96	Tony	73
98	Carl	72
99	Randall	71
100	Jordan	68