State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1913 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 23,961 Indiana births in 1913 across 573 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#82Lowelloutside the national top 200
#90Byronoutside the national top 200
#88Marcella#189 nationally
#79Forrest#173 nationally
#67Dale#155 nationally
#96Delbert#184 nationally
#92Don#176 nationally
#85Fern#166 nationally
#62Glen#129 nationally
#96June#163 nationally
#32Wilma#92 nationally
#53Wayne#113 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,104US #1
#2Helen649US #2
#3Dorothy493US #3
#4Ruth422US #5
#5Mildred377US #6
#6Margaret339US #4
#7Elizabeth223US #8
#8Frances208US #9
#9Anna203US #7
#10Virginia196US #15
#11Martha187US #28
#12Evelyn184US #12
#13Thelma174US #26
#14Irene153US #21
#15Florence152US #13
#16Marie150US #10
#17Alice146US #11
#18Esther141US #32
#19Lucille133US #31
#20Edna129US #18
#21Edith125US #29
#22Pauline121US #35
#23Hazel120US #27
#24Ruby118US #23
#25Marjorie117US #48
#26Louise115US #17
#27Gladys114US #19
#28Catherine103US #22
#29Doris100US #44
#30Ethel99US #20
#31Josephine95US #24
#32Wilma95US #92
#33Lillian93US #16
#34Clara92US #36
#35Lois91US #59
#36Grace90US #25
#37Gertrude84US #33
#38Bertha82US #39
#39Mabel79US #56
#40Juanita78US #95
#41Bernice77US #45
#42Eva76US #50
#43Julia74US #42
#44Kathryn74US #66
#45Agnes69US #41
#46Nellie65US #58
#47Opal65US #86
#48Sarah65US #43
#49Velma65US #89
#50Vivian65US #83
#51Katherine64US #54
#52Alma63US #64
#53Emma62US #38
#54Leona62US #74
#55Rose62US #14
#56Viola62US #52
#57Elsie59US #40
#58Eleanor58US #34
#59Jane58US #81
#60Marguerite58US #78
#61Bessie57US #47
#62Violet57US #82
#63Ann56US #46
#64Betty55US #67
#65Beulah55US #85
#66Maxine54US #119
#67Myrtle53US #53
#68Vera52US #68
#69Genevieve50US #84
#70Jessie49US #61
#71Pearl49US #55
#72Anne48US #57
#73Blanche48US #76
#74Laura48US #62
#75Jean45US #60
#76Alberta44US #108
#77Georgia44US #100
#78Geraldine44US #121
#79Beatrice43US #37
#80Geneva43US #120
#81Charlotte40US #87
#82Marian40US #93
#83Hilda38US #105
#84Lucile38US #128
#85Fern37US #166
#86Mae37US #79
#87Kathleen35US #110
#88Marcella35US #189
#89Marion34US #51
#90Ellen33US #88
#91Ada32US #104
#92Ida32US #49
#93Sylvia32US #72
#94Goldie31US #150
#95Irma31US #144
#96June31US #163
#97Lola31US #130
#98Olive31US #129
#99Lena30US #73
#100Naomi30US #142

Boys

#1John605US #1
#2Robert576US #4
#3William572US #2
#4Charles468US #7
#5James434US #3
#6George319US #6
#7Paul275US #14
#8Harold236US #13
#9Joseph220US #5
#10Raymond180US #18
#11Richard177US #19
#12Edward171US #8
#13Walter168US #11
#14Ralph164US #22
#15Kenneth150US #33
#16Frank146US #9
#17Donald137US #25
#18Harry136US #15
#19Carl133US #23
#20Arthur124US #17
#21Thomas124US #10
#22Howard117US #26
#23Albert105US #16
#24Earl105US #31
#25Clarence99US #21
#26Henry91US #12
#27Lawrence86US #35
#28Francis84US #30
#29Russell82US #50
#30Fred79US #27
#31Woodrow73US #44
#32Roy70US #32
#33Floyd69US #58
#34Ernest64US #34
#35Frederick64US #49
#36Louis64US #20
#37Wilbur61US #91
#38Gerald59US #84
#39Herbert59US #39
#40Eugene58US #43
#41Jack57US #28
#42Chester56US #56
#43Clifford56US #68
#44Lester54US #59
#45Elmer53US #45
#46Edwin52US #55
#47Maurice51US #95
#48David50US #29
#49Lloyd50US #67
#50Herman49US #53
#51Joe49US #37
#52Melvin49US #61
#53Wayne49US #113
#54Stanley46US #41
#55Norman45US #57
#56Bernard44US #52
#57Everett44US #97
#58Cecil43US #74
#59Lewis43US #72
#60Marion43US #111
#61Virgil43US #107
#62Glen42US #129
#63Ray42US #73
#64Clyde41US #64
#65Gilbert41US #103
#66Leonard41US #46
#67Dale39US #155
#68Alfred37US #42
#69Homer36US #96
#70Alvin35US #82
#71Leo35US #48
#72Samuel33US #36
#73Willard33US #99
#74Glenn32US #85
#75Oscar32US #76
#76Andrew31US #47
#77Max31US #101
#78Claude30US #88
#79Forrest30US #173
#80Vernon30US #83
#81Anthony29US #38
#82Lowell29
#83Orville29US #120
#84Victor29US #80
#85Arnold26US #92
#86Marvin26US #77
#87Morris26US #89
#88Franklin25US #132
#89Lee25US #78
#90Byron23
#91Theodore23US #60
#92Don22US #176
#93Edgar22US #87
#94Leon22US #81
#95Allen21US #100
#96Delbert21US #184
#97Harvey21US #93
#98Jesse21US #79
#99Michael21US #40
#100Oliver21US #124

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑30Woodrow#31
↑28Jack#41
↑28Glen#62
↑24Vivian#50
↑22Homer#69
↑21Georgia#77
↑20Francis#28
↑20Stanley#54

Falling

↓28Theodore#91
↓27Vera#68
↓25Laura#74
↓25Geneva#80
↓25Olive#98
↓21Marguerite#60
↓21Edgar#93
↓20Charlotte#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.