State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1914 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 30,273 Indiana births in 1914 across 662 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#75Lowelloutside the national top 200
#93Byronoutside the national top 200
#97Rosemaryoutside the national top 200
#74Fern#172 nationally
#98Freda#194 nationally
#96Delbert#184 nationally
#99Marcella#183 nationally
#95Forrest#176 nationally
#36Maxine#114 nationally
#89Wanda#164 nationally
#69Dale#142 nationally
#67Orville#133 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,349US #1
#2Helen741US #2
#3Dorothy594US #3
#4Ruth492US #5
#5Margaret479US #4
#6Mildred389US #7
#7Elizabeth248US #8
#8Frances245US #9
#9Virginia245US #14
#10Anna233US #6
#11Martha228US #27
#12Thelma225US #26
#13Evelyn221US #11
#14Marie199US #10
#15Florence177US #13
#16Alice171US #12
#17Marjorie162US #45
#18Esther160US #35
#19Lucille158US #30
#20Irene152US #22
#21Louise145US #17
#22Pauline144US #34
#23Ruby144US #24
#24Catherine138US #18
#25Hazel128US #29
#26Edna127US #19
#27Gladys125US #20
#28Lois125US #51
#29Edith121US #31
#30Doris118US #36
#31Wilma115US #95
#32Lillian113US #16
#33Clara109US #37
#34Josephine109US #23
#35Kathryn107US #63
#36Maxine106US #114
#37Ethel105US #21
#38Emma98US #39
#39Mabel95US #58
#40Betty91US #62
#41Grace84US #25
#42Katherine83US #48
#43Agnes82US #44
#44Violet82US #83
#45Gertrude80US #32
#46Opal80US #89
#47Sarah78US #47
#48Eleanor77US #28
#49Bernice75US #43
#50Ann74US #40
#51Nellie73US #61
#52Eva72US #52
#53Juanita72US #94
#54Marguerite72US #84
#55Elsie71US #46
#56Bertha70US #41
#57Vivian70US #81
#58Alma69US #69
#59Jean69US #54
#60Julia69US #42
#61Geneva68US #118
#62Beatrice66US #38
#63Leona65US #79
#64Rose65US #15
#65Charlotte64US #88
#66Vera62US #68
#67Velma59US #92
#68Beulah56US #96
#69Laura56US #59
#70Viola55US #57
#71Genevieve54US #76
#72Jane54US #71
#73Olive54US #127
#74Fern52US #172
#75Naomi52US #134
#76Geraldine49US #123
#77Anne48US #53
#78Georgia47US #107
#79Kathleen46US #110
#80Ida45US #49
#81Myrtle45US #60
#82Blanche44US #80
#83Norma44US #128
#84Harriet42US #111
#85Loretta41US #122
#86Bessie40US #55
#87Marian39US #90
#88Alberta38US #119
#89Wanda38US #164
#90Barbara37US #82
#91Irma37US #146
#92Hilda36US #103
#93Stella36US #65
#94Audrey35US #138
#95June35US #132
#96Ellen34US #86
#97Rosemary34
#98Freda33US #194
#99Marcella33US #183
#100Sylvia33US #70

Boys

#1John824US #1
#2Robert810US #4
#3William670US #2
#4Charles644US #7
#5James562US #3
#6George400US #6
#7Joseph354US #5
#8Paul340US #13
#9Harold318US #14
#10Richard266US #17
#11Edward231US #8
#12Walter217US #10
#13Raymond215US #16
#14Kenneth211US #30
#15Ralph205US #21
#16Carl200US #24
#17Harry189US #19
#18Frank186US #9
#19Donald182US #23
#20Thomas159US #11
#21Arthur158US #18
#22Howard138US #26
#23Albert135US #15
#24Clarence135US #22
#25Russell126US #49
#26Earl122US #33
#27Roy116US #32
#28Lawrence112US #35
#29Louis106US #20
#30Eugene104US #43
#31Elmer98US #46
#32Francis98US #31
#33Fred93US #28
#34Henry93US #12
#35Ernest92US #38
#36Floyd92US #58
#37Melvin84US #59
#38Herbert83US #42
#39Norman80US #54
#40Stanley80US #39
#41Glenn79US #91
#42Lloyd77US #66
#43David74US #29
#44Frederick74US #52
#45Gerald74US #81
#46Chester72US #56
#47Everett71US #90
#48Maurice68US #94
#49Ray68US #74
#50Lester67US #57
#51Clifford66US #62
#52Joe66US #34
#53Samuel66US #36
#54Wilbur66US #96
#55Herman65US #51
#56Bernard63US #50
#57Jack62US #27
#58Leonard62US #45
#59Edwin60US #53
#60Wayne58US #111
#61Leo56US #47
#62Lewis56US #72
#63Cecil50US #79
#64Virgil48US #107
#65Marion47US #115
#66Clyde46US #63
#67Orville46US #133
#68Victor46US #76
#69Dale44US #142
#70Alfred43US #41
#71Willard42US #92
#72Glen41US #123
#73Theodore41US #64
#74Daniel40US #55
#75Lowell40
#76Marvin40US #75
#77Max40US #99
#78Michael40US #40
#79Vernon40US #83
#80Andrew39US #44
#81Hubert39US #118
#82Jesse39US #82
#83Philip39US #68
#84Morris38US #86
#85Woodrow38US #71
#86Gilbert37US #104
#87Leroy37US #60
#88Oscar37US #77
#89Steve34US #112
#90Alvin33US #78
#91Edgar33US #87
#92Homer33US #101
#93Byron31
#94Claude31US #93
#95Forrest31US #176
#96Delbert30US #184
#97Willis29US #135
#98Anthony28US #37
#99Arnold28US #97
#100Peter28US #48

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑33Glenn#41
↑30Maxine#36
↑25Olive#73
↑25Naomi#75
↑24Betty#40
↑21Michael#78
↑19Geneva#61
↑19Samuel#53

Falling

↓54Woodrow#85
↓25Bessie#86
↓23Homer#92
↓21Gilbert#86
↓20Alvin#90
↓18Bertha#56
↓18Velma#67
↓17Julia#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.