State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1915 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 42,864 Indiana births in 1915 across 794 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#79Rosemaryoutside the national top 200
#85Lowelloutside the national top 200
#92Delbert#179 nationally
#99Marcella#186 nationally
#91Ivan#173 nationally
#85Fern#157 nationally
#92Wanda#154 nationally
#36Wayne#97 nationally
#38Maxine#98 nationally
#65Dale#125 nationally
#61Hubert#116 nationally
#55Virgil#108 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,977US #1
#2Helen1,069US #2
#3Dorothy829US #3
#4Ruth714US #5
#5Margaret653US #4
#6Mildred566US #6
#7Virginia374US #12
#8Martha364US #25
#9Frances358US #9
#10Thelma331US #30
#11Anna321US #7
#12Evelyn320US #10
#13Elizabeth317US #8
#14Alice250US #13
#15Esther240US #33
#16Marjorie227US #39
#17Edna226US #20
#18Marie221US #11
#19Catherine220US #19
#20Florence218US #14
#21Hazel208US #26
#22Irene204US #17
#23Lucille201US #29
#24Louise200US #18
#25Pauline193US #32
#26Ruby191US #24
#27Doris190US #34
#28Edith188US #31
#29Lois181US #47
#30Kathryn175US #60
#31Gladys173US #21
#32Lillian169US #15
#33Wilma167US #80
#34Ethel155US #23
#35Clara140US #38
#36Josephine140US #22
#37Mabel140US #62
#38Maxine134US #98
#39Bernice127US #42
#40Eleanor125US #28
#41Vera125US #65
#42Katherine121US #49
#43Rose118US #16
#44Gertrude115US #35
#45Opal111US #90
#46Juanita108US #92
#47Elsie107US #41
#48Grace107US #27
#49Violet107US #82
#50Jean106US #48
#51Jane103US #69
#52Vivian102US #78
#53Agnes101US #45
#54Betty100US #53
#55Emma100US #40
#56Bertha98US #46
#57Ann96US #43
#58Eva96US #55
#59Sarah95US #51
#60Geneva92US #110
#61Beulah88US #95
#62Leona88US #74
#63Alma85US #70
#64Julia85US #44
#65Marguerite85US #85
#66Laura84US #61
#67Pearl83US #56
#68Viola83US #59
#69Nellie82US #63
#70Charlotte81US #81
#71Beatrice79US #37
#72Geraldine78US #108
#73June78US #96
#74Norma76US #118
#75Genevieve75US #76
#76Marian69US #86
#77Myrtle68US #58
#78Ellen67US #88
#79Rosemary66
#80Kathleen65US #104
#81Naomi65US #128
#82Velma65US #94
#83Bessie64US #57
#84Ida63US #54
#85Fern61US #157
#86Lucile61US #135
#87Jessie60US #66
#88Stella59US #64
#89Georgia58US #111
#90Olive58US #123
#91Eileen57US #132
#92Wanda57US #154
#93Alberta56US #120
#94Irma56US #142
#95Phyllis56US #100
#96Anne55US #52
#97Ada54US #114
#98Blanche54US #87
#99Marcella53US #186
#100Sylvia53US #67

Boys

#1Robert1,113US #4
#2John1,088US #1
#3William893US #2
#4Charles796US #7
#5James772US #3
#6George567US #6
#7Paul468US #13
#8Joseph429US #5
#9Harold421US #12
#10Richard336US #15
#11Edward316US #8
#12Raymond308US #16
#13Kenneth305US #28
#14Carl290US #22
#15Ralph279US #21
#16Donald276US #20
#17Walter273US #11
#18Frank266US #9
#19Harry243US #19
#20Arthur207US #18
#21Thomas204US #10
#22Earl195US #33
#23Howard195US #25
#24Clarence192US #24
#25Albert190US #17
#26Russell161US #51
#27Lawrence155US #37
#28Francis153US #29
#29Henry151US #14
#30Jack130US #27
#31Louis130US #23
#32Roy129US #32
#33Fred127US #26
#34Eugene123US #41
#35Herbert122US #40
#36Wayne121US #97
#37Ernest120US #35
#38Gerald116US #78
#39David113US #31
#40Chester111US #54
#41Frederick107US #52
#42Wilbur105US #92
#43Willard105US #58
#44Elmer104US #45
#45Lloyd103US #62
#46Norman101US #50
#47Herman99US #56
#48Ray98US #67
#49Stanley98US #34
#50Lester96US #57
#51Bernard91US #48
#52Floyd87US #59
#53Clifford86US #61
#54Everett86US #89
#55Virgil85US #108
#56Joe83US #38
#57Lewis83US #70
#58Edwin81US #53
#59Melvin78US #60
#60Max77US #102
#61Hubert76US #116
#62Maurice75US #101
#63Cecil73US #76
#64Glenn73US #87
#65Dale72US #125
#66Leo72US #47
#67Andrew71US #46
#68Marvin71US #72
#69Samuel69US #39
#70Alfred67US #42
#71Marion67US #112
#72Glen66US #123
#73Leonard66US #44
#74Michael64US #43
#75Jesse63US #77
#76Leroy63US #66
#77Clyde62US #63
#78Claude61US #96
#79Gilbert60US #100
#80Edgar58US #85
#81Alvin55US #81
#82Vernon51US #80
#83Victor51US #74
#84Daniel50US #55
#85Lowell49
#86Warren49US #105
#87Orville48US #127
#88Woodrow48US #83
#89Oscar47US #88
#90Anthony45US #36
#91Ivan45US #173
#92Delbert44US #179
#93Theodore43US #64
#94Homer41US #98
#95Hugh41US #111
#96Leslie41US #106
#97Franklin40US #132
#98Morris39US #93
#99Steve39US #110
#100Arnold38US #91

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑28Willard#43
↑27Jack#30
↑25Vera#41
↑24Wayne#36
↑22June#73
↑21Rose#43
↑21Jane#51
↑20Hubert#61

Falling

↓23Glenn#64
↓22Melvin#59
↓20Orville#87
↓20Theodore#93
↓19Anne#96
↓18Nellie#69
↓17Emma#55
↓17Olive#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.