Popular Indiana Boy Baby Names From 1940

The Most Popular Indiana Boy Baby Names in 1940

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1940.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in Indiana was James. In total there were 28,409 boys born sharing 366 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1940 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby boy that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of boy baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.

Rank	Name	How Unique?	Total births this year
1	James	1 in 16 (6.1%)	1,724
2	Robert	1 in 18 (5.4%)	1,537
3	John	1 in 20 (4.9%)	1,397
4	Larry	1 in 22 (4.6%)	1,302
5	William	1 in 25 (4%)	1,145
6	Richard	1 in 26 (3.9%)	1,101
7	David	1 in 26 (3.8%)	1,083
8	Charles	1 in 31 (3.2%)	918
9	Jerry	1 in 34 (3%)	848
10	Donald	1 in 35 (2.8%)	801
11	Ronald	1 in 37 (2.7%)	773
12	Thomas	1 in 41 (2.5%)	699
13	Paul	1 in 63 (1.6%)	453
14	Kenneth	1 in 65 (1.5%)	436
15	Michael	1 in 65 (1.5%)	434
16	George	1 in 75 (1.3%)	378
17	Gary	1 in 84 (1.2%)	338
18	Joseph	1 in 91 (1.1%)	312
19	Jack	1 in 92 (1.1%)	310
20	Harold	1 in 112 (0.9%)	254
21	Gerald	1 in 114 (0.9%)	249
22	Carl	1 in 125 (0.8%)	227
23	Edward	1 in 125 (0.8%)	227
24	Raymond	1 in 127 (0.8%)	224
25	Dennis	1 in 132 (0.8%)	215
26	Stephen	1 in 154 (0.7%)	185
27	Roger	1 in 160 (0.6%)	178
28	Terry	1 in 171 (0.6%)	166
29	Ralph	1 in 175 (0.6%)	162
30	Wayne	1 in 179 (0.6%)	159
31	Phillip	1 in 179 (0.6%)	159
32	Daniel	1 in 182 (0.5%)	156
33	Don	1 in 183 (0.5%)	155
34	Frank	1 in 186 (0.5%)	153
35	Lawrence	1 in 186 (0.5%)	153
36	Walter	1 in 188 (0.5%)	151
37	Norman	1 in 193 (0.5%)	147
38	Joe	1 in 196 (0.5%)	145
39	Fred	1 in 206 (0.5%)	138
40	Dale	1 in 210 (0.5%)	135
41	Ronnie	1 in 210 (0.5%)	135
42	Billy	1 in 229 (0.4%)	124
43	Philip	1 in 235 (0.4%)	121
44	Arthur	1 in 237 (0.4%)	120
45	Bill	1 in 239 (0.4%)	119
46	Harry	1 in 239 (0.4%)	119
47	Roy	1 in 261 (0.4%)	109
48	Marvin	1 in 266 (0.4%)	107
49	Tom	1 in 271 (0.4%)	105
50	Earl	1 in 276 (0.4%)	103
51	Russell	1 in 276 (0.4%)	103
52	Howard	1 in 287 (0.3%)	99
53	Jim	1 in 290 (0.3%)	98
54	Jackie	1 in 293 (0.3%)	97
55	Stanley	1 in 293 (0.3%)	97
56	Melvin	1 in 309 (0.3%)	92
57	Max	1 in 316 (0.3%)	90
58	Danny	1 in 319 (0.3%)	89
59	Eugene	1 in 323 (0.3%)	88
60	Gene	1 in 338 (0.3%)	84
61	Albert	1 in 342 (0.3%)	83
62	Frederick	1 in 351 (0.3%)	81
63	Keith	1 in 369 (0.3%)	77
64	Allen	1 in 379 (0.3%)	75
65	Patrick	1 in 384 (0.3%)	74
66	Henry	1 in 384 (0.3%)	74
67	Clarence	1 in 384 (0.3%)	74
68	Bruce	1 in 384 (0.3%)	74
69	Samuel	1 in 389 (0.3%)	73
70	Steven	1 in 395 (0.3%)	72
71	Bob	1 in 395 (0.3%)	72
72	Jon	1 in 406 (0.2%)	70
73	Ray	1 in 406 (0.2%)	70
74	Franklin	1 in 418 (0.2%)	68
75	Douglas	1 in 424 (0.2%)	67
76	Tommy	1 in 437 (0.2%)	65
77	Steve	1 in 437 (0.2%)	65
78	Wendell	1 in 444 (0.2%)	64
79	Glenn	1 in 451 (0.2%)	63
80	Mike	1 in 458 (0.2%)	62
81	Lloyd	1 in 458 (0.2%)	62
82	Jimmy	1 in 458 (0.2%)	62
83	Bobby	1 in 458 (0.2%)	62
84	Louis	1 in 466 (0.2%)	61
85	Darrell	1 in 473 (0.2%)	60
86	Herbert	1 in 473 (0.2%)	60
87	Rex	1 in 490 (0.2%)	58
88	Leonard	1 in 517 (0.2%)	55
89	Glen	1 in 517 (0.2%)	55
90	Ernest	1 in 517 (0.2%)	55
91	Eddie	1 in 517 (0.2%)	55
92	Gordon	1 in 536 (0.2%)	53
93	Edwin	1 in 536 (0.2%)	53
94	Clifford	1 in 536 (0.2%)	53
95	Alan	1 in 536 (0.2%)	53
96	Maurice	1 in 546 (0.2%)	52
97	Warren	1 in 568 (0.2%)	50
98	Lowell	1 in 568 (0.2%)	50
99	Leroy	1 in 568 (0.2%)	50
100	Francis	1 in 568 (0.2%)	50