State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1912 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 20,475 Indiana births in 1912 across 542 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#89Lowelloutside the national top 200
#98Lorenoutside the national top 200
#87Forrest#187 nationally
#88Fern#167 nationally
#40Wayne#118 nationally
#81Dale#159 nationally
#97Ivan#173 nationally
#96Irvin#170 nationally
#65Maxine#134 nationally
#89Goldie#158 nationally
#55Geneva#116 nationally
#92Marshall#151 nationally

Girls

#1Mary935US #1
#2Helen549US #2
#3Dorothy430US #3
#4Ruth347US #5
#5Mildred329US #6
#6Margaret319US #4
#7Thelma183US #26
#8Frances175US #9
#9Martha165US #29
#10Elizabeth162US #8
#11Florence149US #12
#12Evelyn143US #13
#13Anna142US #7
#14Alice137US #11
#15Marie137US #10
#16Edna136US #16
#17Virginia135US #20
#18Louise127US #17
#19Irene125US #22
#20Lucille120US #32
#21Lillian118US #14
#22Marjorie117US #56
#23Esther114US #33
#24Gladys112US #19
#25Ethel110US #18
#26Edith108US #31
#27Hazel104US #25
#28Catherine98US #21
#29Grace93US #24
#30Ruby93US #23
#31Josephine87US #28
#32Pauline84US #38
#33Katherine83US #53
#34Doris80US #48
#35Clara77US #34
#36Lois76US #63
#37Mabel72US #46
#38Elsie68US #42
#39Marguerite64US #79
#40Kathryn63US #71
#41Vera63US #68
#42Wilma63US #99
#43Opal62US #85
#44Violet62US #83
#45Eva61US #49
#46Emma60US #35
#47Gertrude60US #30
#48Bertha59US #36
#49Laura58US #57
#50Bernice57US #51
#51Velma57US #88
#52Alma56US #62
#53Eleanor56US #39
#54Betty55US #66
#55Geneva55US #116
#56Juanita55US #103
#57Julia55US #44
#58Sarah55US #41
#59Ann54US #47
#60Beatrice52US #37
#61Charlotte52US #91
#62Agnes50US #40
#63Nellie48US #59
#64Viola48US #52
#65Maxine47US #134
#66Genevieve46US #92
#67Pearl46US #54
#68Bessie45US #43
#69Beulah45US #80
#70Rose45US #15
#71Hilda44US #104
#72Leona43US #76
#73Olive41US #131
#74Vivian41US #84
#75Jessie40US #65
#76Marian40US #93
#77Jane38US #89
#78Ida37US #45
#79Geraldine36US #122
#80Lucile35US #129
#81Mable35US #125
#82Anne34US #58
#83Naomi33US #132
#84Blanche32US #75
#85Lena32US #72
#86Myrtle32US #50
#87Alberta31US #106
#88Fern30US #167
#89Goldie30US #158
#90Nora30US #130
#91Ellen29US #86
#92Harriet29US #113
#93Jean28US #64
#94Erma27US #141
#95Stella27US #73
#96Mae26US #74
#97Minnie25US #60
#98Georgia24US #101
#99Lucy24US #78
#100Sylvia24US #77

Boys

#1John473US #1
#2Robert449US #4
#3William427US #2
#4Charles396US #7
#5James344US #3
#6George231US #6
#7Paul230US #14
#8Harold226US #13
#9Joseph198US #5
#10Edward156US #8
#11Walter148US #11
#12Raymond136US #18
#13Ralph129US #23
#14Donald126US #27
#15Clarence125US #21
#16Richard123US #19
#17Carl122US #24
#18Harry122US #16
#19Arthur117US #15
#20Frank115US #9
#21Howard115US #25
#22Kenneth113US #33
#23Thomas105US #10
#24Earl102US #34
#25Albert91US #17
#26Herbert85US #39
#27Lawrence80US #38
#28Henry76US #12
#29Russell74US #56
#30Chester72US #55
#31Elmer71US #47
#32Fred69US #26
#33Roy64US #31
#34Eugene56US #41
#35Louis55US #20
#36Frederick53US #51
#37Herman53US #50
#38Floyd51US #59
#39Gerald51US #87
#40Wayne50US #118
#41Cecil48US #76
#42Lloyd48US #70
#43David47US #29
#44Lester47US #58
#45Wilbur47US #92
#46Edwin46US #54
#47Ernest46US #32
#48Francis46US #35
#49Leonard46US #45
#50Maurice46US #95
#51Clifford44US #62
#52Leo44US #49
#53Bernard43US #60
#54Everett43US #96
#55Norman39US #61
#56Virgil38US #111
#57Leroy37US #66
#58Samuel37US #30
#59Lewis36US #68
#60Vernon36US #90
#61Woodrow36US #46
#62Glenn35US #84
#63Theodore35US #52
#64Andrew34US #44
#65Claude34US #89
#66Ray34US #77
#67Marion32US #112
#68Melvin32US #71
#69Jack31US #28
#70Joe31US #36
#71Victor31US #81
#72Edgar30US #85
#73Marvin30US #83
#74Stanley30US #43
#75Willard30US #105
#76Gilbert28US #115
#77Alfred27US #40
#78Clyde27US #65
#79Max26US #101
#80Orville26US #136
#81Dale25US #159
#82Franklin25US #129
#83Oscar25US #73
#84Arnold24US #99
#85Daniel24US #53
#86Jesse24US #74
#87Forrest23US #187
#88Hubert23US #122
#89Lowell23
#90Glen22US #139
#91Homer20US #98
#92Marshall20US #151
#93Morris20US #82
#94Lee19US #78
#95Oliver19US #117
#96Irvin18US #170
#97Ivan18US #173
#98Loren18
#99Michael18US #42
#100Peter18US #48

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑39Cecil#41
↑34Vernon#60
↑33Genevieve#66
↑32Lewis#59
↑29Marguerite#39
↑29Gerald#39
↑26Eleanor#53
↑26Bessie#68

Falling

↓35Georgia#98
↓35Alfred#77
↓33Lowell#89
↓33Lee#94
↓30Glen#90
↓29Vivian#74
↓28Rose#70
↓28Ray#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.