State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1911 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,294 Indiana births in 1911 across 386 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Indiana more than they say America.

#56Lowelloutside the national top 200
#67Forrest#198 nationally
#81Daleoutside the national top 200
#92Marcellaoutside the national top 200
#65Fern#172 nationally
#96Luellaoutside the national top 200
#99Byronoutside the national top 200
#89Freda#177 nationally
#60Glen#145 nationally
#69Maxine#152 nationally
#78Phillip#160 nationally
#45Wayne#126 nationally

Girls

#1Mary612US #1
#2Helen370US #2
#3Dorothy308US #4
#4Ruth249US #5
#5Mildred217US #8
#6Margaret199US #3
#7Martha125US #28
#8Elizabeth119US #7
#9Thelma119US #27
#10Florence117US #12
#11Anna111US #6
#12Marie111US #9
#13Edna107US #17
#14Esther107US #34
#15Frances103US #10
#16Evelyn100US #16
#17Hazel99US #25
#18Alice91US #11
#19Irene89US #21
#20Edith87US #31
#21Lucille86US #32
#22Gladys83US #18
#23Ruby81US #22
#24Ethel80US #15
#25Virginia80US #26
#26Louise77US #19
#27Catherine71US #20
#28Mabel68US #43
#29Pauline66US #38
#30Lois65US #68
#31Marjorie64US #59
#32Grace61US #23
#33Lillian61US #13
#34Clara59US #33
#35Eva54US #46
#36Violet54US #83
#37Alma50US #62
#38Nellie50US #54
#39Opal50US #81
#40Bernice49US #51
#41Kathryn49US #73
#42Rose49US #14
#43Wilma49US #102
#44Elsie48US #41
#45Vivian48US #80
#46Gertrude45US #30
#47Pearl45US #48
#48Agnes44US #39
#49Bertha44US #36
#50Josephine43US #29
#51Katherine43US #55
#52Emma42US #35
#53Leona40US #76
#54Geneva38US #122
#55Vera38US #67
#56Viola38US #47
#57Betty37US #69
#58Juanita37US #107
#59Doris36US #56
#60Sarah35US #42
#61Beatrice33US #37
#62Beulah33US #79
#63Georgia31US #96
#64Laura29US #57
#65Fern28US #172
#66Ida28US #45
#67Jessie28US #66
#68Marguerite28US #87
#69Maxine28US #152
#70Stella28US #72
#71Velma28US #90
#72Irma27US #137
#73Julia27US #44
#74Mable26US #127
#75Naomi26US #141
#76Charlotte25US #95
#77Jane25US #98
#78Myrtle25US #50
#79Eleanor24US #49
#80Ann23US #53
#81Audrey23US #154
#82Blanche23US #75
#83Inez23US #99
#84Jean23US #74
#85Alberta22US #114
#86Ellen22US #84
#87Marian21US #105
#88Minnie21US #52
#89Freda20US #177
#90Geraldine20US #134
#91Lena20US #70
#92Marcella20
#93Barbara19US #119
#94Bessie19US #40
#95Lucile19US #128
#96Luella19
#97Olive19US #121
#98Cora18US #91
#99Genevieve18US #93
#100Harriet18US #115

Boys

#1John222US #1
#2William180US #2
#3Robert171US #5
#4James155US #3
#5Charles141US #7
#6George113US #4
#7Joseph90US #6
#8Paul83US #17
#9Walter65US #12
#10Harold61US #16
#11Raymond58US #19
#12Carl57US #26
#13Donald57US #36
#14Edward55US #9
#15Kenneth54US #40
#16Ralph53US #24
#17Arthur51US #18
#18Harry50US #13
#19Richard49US #20
#20Lawrence48US #37
#21Earl41US #34
#22Frank41US #8
#23Clarence39US #23
#24Henry38US #11
#25Russell38US #55
#26Albert37US #15
#27Thomas37US #10
#28Chester33US #58
#29Fred33US #22
#30Wilbur32US #101
#31Howard31US #28
#32Herbert29US #41
#33Louis29US #21
#34Ernest27US #32
#35Eugene24US #43
#36Francis24US #33
#37Herman24US #49
#38Ray24US #71
#39Roy24US #31
#40David22US #27
#41Leonard22US #46
#42Alfred20US #39
#43Leo20US #51
#44Marion20US #110
#45Wayne20US #126
#46Jack19US #25
#47Leroy19US #59
#48Norman19US #63
#49Edwin18US #60
#50Everett18US #102
#51Floyd18US #57
#52Elmer17US #48
#53Lester17US #65
#54Lloyd17US #74
#55Frederick15US #52
#56Lowell15
#57Maurice15US #99
#58Virgil15US #107
#59Clyde14US #61
#60Glen14US #145
#61Lee14US #67
#62Claude13US #87
#63Glenn13US #111
#64Jesse13US #72
#65Samuel13US #30
#66Clifford12US #62
#67Forrest12US #198
#68Gerald12US #88
#69Homer12US #95
#70Melvin12US #73
#71Warren12US #113
#72Bernard11US #54
#73Edgar11US #83
#74Hubert11US #119
#75Max11US #106
#76Michael11US #38
#77Orville11US #146
#78Phillip11US #160
#79Stanley11US #44
#80Cecil10US #76
#81Dale10
#82Daniel10US #53
#83Franklin10US #152
#84Gilbert10US #103
#85Martin10US #75
#86Stephen10US #84
#87Theodore10US #56
#88Willard10US #114
#89Anthony9US #35
#90Arnold9US #108
#91Lewis9US #66
#92Marvin9US #82
#93Philip9US #69
#94Vernon9US #96
#95Victor9US #81
#96Joe8US #29
#97Oscar8US #68
#98Willie8US #14
#99Byron7
#100Harvey7US #91

On the move since 1910

Rising

↑44Vivian#45
↑33Marjorie#31
↑32Chester#28
↑32Norman#48
↑32Lowell#56
↑29Leroy#47
↑27Kathryn#41
↑25Edwin#49

Falling

↓48Victor#95
↓42Genevieve#99
↓38Bessie#94
↓35Lewis#91
↓31Blanche#82
↓30Theodore#87
↓28Daniel#82
↓27Melvin#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1910 rankings.