Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1982
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 1,441 |
| 2 | Joshua | 1,324 |
| 3 | Christopher | 1,297 |
| 4 | Matthew | 1,287 |
| 5 | Jason | 1,023 |
| 6 | David | 911 |
| 7 | Ryan | 890 |
| 8 | James | 871 |
| 9 | Justin | 803 |
| 10 | Adam | 750 |
| 11 | John | 745 |
| 12 | Robert | 730 |
| 13 | Joseph | 717 |
| 14 | Brandon | 713 |
| 15 | Andrew | 705 |
| 16 | Daniel | 683 |
| 17 | Nicholas | 597 |
| 18 | Jeremy | 594 |
| 19 | Brian | 555 |
| 20 | William | 541 |
| 21 | Eric | 524 |
| 22 | Aaron | 510 |
| 23 | Jonathan | 469 |
| 24 | Anthony | 445 |
| 25 | Dustin | 440 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Timothy | 426 |
| 27 | Nathan | 420 |
| 28 | Kevin | 415 |
| 29 | Steven | 408 |
| 30 | Benjamin | 393 |
| 31 | Kyle | 385 |
| 32 | Thomas | 364 |
| 33 | Scott | 356 |
| 34 | Jeffrey | 355 |
| 35 | Richard | 353 |
| 36 | Charles | 348 |
| 37 | Mark | 345 |
| 38 | Travis | 327 |
| 39 | Chad | 312 |
| 40 | Jacob | 311 |
| 41 | Bradley | 272 |
| 42 | Zachary | 262 |
| 43 | Gregory | 241 |
| 44 | Paul | 240 |
| 45 | Kenneth | 227 |
| 46 | Stephen | 223 |
| 47 | Derek | 220 |
| 48 | Patrick | 219 |
| 49 | Jesse | 211 |
| 50 | Shawn | 185 |
| 51 | Bryan | 167 |
| 51 | Keith | 167 |
| 51 | Sean | 167 |
| 54 | Samuel | 164 |
| 55 | Donald | 160 |
| 56 | Jared | 159 |
| 57 | Craig | 150 |
| 58 | Jeremiah | 142 |
| 59 | Douglas | 141 |
| 60 | Nathaniel | 138 |
| 61 | Cory | 133 |
| 62 | Jeffery | 126 |
| 62 | Tyler | 126 |
| 64 | Phillip | 122 |
| 65 | Brett | 116 |
| 66 | Brent | 115 |
| 67 | Corey | 112 |
| 68 | Ronald | 110 |
| 69 | Gary | 108 |
| 69 | Seth | 108 |
| 71 | Larry | 107 |
| 71 | Shane | 107 |
| 73 | Edward | 104 |
| 74 | Todd | 103 |
| 75 | Lucas | 101 |
| 76 | Joel | 99 |
| 77 | Marcus | 98 |
| 78 | Jonathon | 96 |
| 78 | Peter | 96 |
| 78 | Terry | 96 |
| 81 | Jerry | 93 |
| 82 | Philip | 89 |
| 83 | George | 88 |
| 83 | Jordan | 88 |
| 85 | Casey | 85 |
| 85 | Derrick | 85 |
| 87 | Curtis | 81 |
| 88 | Dennis | 80 |
| 89 | Troy | 78 |
| 90 | Wesley | 76 |
| 91 | Blake | 75 |
| 91 | Carl | 75 |
| 93 | Raymond | 73 |
| 94 | Evan | 72 |
| 94 | Ian | 72 |
| 96 | Kristopher | 70 |
| 97 | Russell | 69 |
| 98 | Alan | 68 |
| 98 | Alexander | 68 |
| 98 | Caleb | 68 |