Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1983

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	1,371
1	Michael	1,371
3	Joshua	1,236
4	Christopher	1,228
5	Ryan	924
6	Jason	856
7	David	840
8	Adam	830
9	James	808
10	Justin	774
11	Andrew	757
12	Brandon	756
13	Robert	699
14	John	681
15	Joseph	675
16	Daniel	672
17	Brian	605
18	Eric	547
19	Nicholas	535
20	William	527
21	Kyle	519
22	Aaron	507
23	Jeremy	459
24	Jonathan	445
25	Anthony	431

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dustin	402
27	Steven	399
28	Benjamin	375
28	Timothy	375
30	Kevin	374
31	Jeffrey	371
31	Nathan	371
33	Thomas	343
34	Jacob	338
35	Mark	327
36	Charles	320
37	Zachary	313
38	Richard	305
39	Travis	302
40	Scott	286
41	Bradley	268
42	Gregory	253
43	Stephen	240
44	Chad	234
45	Paul	228
46	Patrick	227
47	Kenneth	204
48	Derek	196
49	Bryan	180
50	Jesse	168
51	Craig	159
52	Tyler	157
53	Donald	155
54	Jared	154
55	Shawn	152
56	Samuel	143
57	Sean	142
58	Phillip	138
59	Nathaniel	133
60	Keith	130
61	Cory	127
62	Jordan	121
63	Brent	113
64	Douglas	111
65	Corey	109
66	Jeffery	105
66	Marcus	105
68	Todd	104
69	Brett	103
70	Ronald	100
71	Gary	98
72	Derrick	97
72	Joel	97
74	Jeremiah	96
75	Shane	95
76	Peter	89
77	Seth	87
78	Jonathon	85
79	Evan	82
79	Lucas	82
79	Philip	82
82	Wesley	81
83	Alexander	80
83	Larry	80
85	Blake	76
85	Troy	76
87	Clinton	73
87	Terry	73
89	Ian	72
90	Caleb	71
90	Dennis	71
90	Edward	71
90	George	71
94	Austin	70
95	Jerry	69
96	Casey	68
96	Russell	68
98	Luke	61
99	Erik	60
100	Alan	58
100	Randall	58