State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1916 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 44,061 Indiana births in 1916 across 804 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#81Lowelloutside the national top 200
#78Rosemary#184 nationally
#97Lorenoutside the national top 200
#100Forrest#183 nationally
#86Delbert#161 nationally
#48Dale#121 nationally
#93Ivan#165 nationally
#35Maxine#96 nationally
#37Wayne#98 nationally
#99Roberta#155 nationally
#55Marion#110 nationally
#97Fern#152 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,223US #1
#2Helen1,004US #2
#3Dorothy864US #3
#4Margaret705US #4
#5Ruth657US #5
#6Mildred535US #6
#7Martha434US #24
#8Virginia405US #10
#9Frances363US #9
#10Anna362US #7
#11Elizabeth310US #8
#12Evelyn304US #11
#13Alice279US #13
#14Marjorie272US #37
#15Esther254US #34
#16Thelma246US #29
#17Marie242US #12
#18Florence238US #14
#19Edna232US #19
#20Catherine222US #20
#21Irene216US #17
#22Doris210US #32
#23Pauline206US #33
#24Lois201US #43
#25Edith197US #28
#26Lucille197US #30
#27Hazel196US #31
#28Louise186US #18
#29Betty177US #44
#30Gladys176US #22
#31Kathryn174US #60
#32Ruby172US #23
#33Wilma172US #82
#34Lillian170US #16
#35Maxine162US #96
#36Ethel153US #25
#37Josephine146US #21
#38Katherine133US #51
#39Bernice131US #42
#40Clara131US #39
#41Vera126US #66
#42Grace125US #26
#43Mabel125US #65
#44Ann121US #40
#45Gertrude121US #35
#46Eleanor119US #27
#47Sarah117US #52
#48Juanita111US #90
#49Violet109US #83
#50Elsie108US #48
#51Jane107US #62
#52Julia107US #46
#53Opal107US #91
#54Eva104US #55
#55Rose104US #15
#56Emma103US #41
#57June102US #86
#58Agnes100US #50
#59Alma99US #70
#60Genevieve98US #76
#61Bertha97US #49
#62Vivian95US #77
#63Nellie94US #61
#64Jean93US #45
#65Marian92US #72
#66Beulah91US #97
#67Geraldine86US #94
#68Leona85US #75
#69Marguerite84US #78
#70Geneva82US #112
#71Bessie80US #56
#72Velma80US #99
#73Ellen77US #87
#74Pearl76US #57
#75Ida75US #54
#76Anne73US #53
#77Laura73US #64
#78Rosemary72US #184
#79Viola70US #59
#80Beatrice69US #38
#81Charlotte69US #80
#82Kathleen69US #104
#83Norma68US #111
#84Naomi67US #130
#85Eileen65US #118
#86Stella64US #63
#87Barbara63US #74
#88Alberta62US #123
#89Olive61US #132
#90Harriet60US #106
#91Audrey59US #119
#92Hilda58US #105
#93Loretta58US #113
#94Georgia57US #108
#95Myrtle57US #58
#96Sylvia57US #69
#97Fern55US #152
#98Jessie55US #68
#99Roberta55US #155
#100Wanda53US #138

Boys

#1Robert1,272US #4
#2John1,189US #1
#3Charles928US #6
#4William915US #2
#5James825US #3
#6George554US #7
#7Paul451US #12
#8Harold449US #13
#9Joseph442US #5
#10Richard372US #15
#11Edward351US #8
#12Donald301US #20
#13Ralph286US #21
#14Walter282US #11
#15Kenneth272US #27
#16Harry262US #19
#17Raymond260US #16
#18Carl258US #23
#19Frank237US #9
#20Thomas220US #10
#21Howard207US #25
#22Earl201US #32
#23Arthur199US #18
#24Albert190US #17
#25Clarence160US #24
#26Russell160US #51
#27Eugene154US #39
#28Jack139US #26
#29Henry138US #14
#30Louis132US #22
#31Roy132US #33
#32Fred130US #29
#33Francis128US #31
#34Lawrence126US #38
#35Herbert125US #40
#36Chester122US #54
#37Wayne114US #98
#38Floyd113US #60
#39Norman112US #48
#40Ernest111US #36
#41David110US #28
#42Elmer103US #45
#43Gerald103US #76
#44Lloyd102US #58
#45Stanley102US #34
#46Lester98US #59
#47Herman95US #56
#48Dale89US #121
#49Alfred87US #43
#50Virgil87US #104
#51Frederick86US #52
#52Leonard86US #42
#53Joe83US #35
#54Clifford82US #61
#55Marion81US #110
#56Maurice81US #100
#57Melvin79US #57
#58Wilbur78US #94
#59Leo77US #47
#60Max77US #105
#61Everett75US #91
#62Glenn75US #84
#63Clyde70US #62
#64Andrew68US #46
#65Gilbert68US #106
#66Willard67US #69
#67Bernard66US #49
#68Edwin66US #53
#69Cecil65US #80
#70Leroy65US #63
#71Lewis65US #71
#72Marvin65US #66
#73Samuel65US #41
#74Woodrow62US #64
#75Ray60US #73
#76Victor60US #78
#77Glen58US #122
#78Claude57US #93
#79Jesse57US #77
#80Daniel54US #55
#81Lowell52
#82Hugh51US #96
#83Michael51US #44
#84Vernon50US #75
#85Warren49US #102
#86Delbert48US #161
#87Philip46US #70
#88Edgar44US #88
#89Steve44US #108
#90Oscar43US #86
#91Anthony42US #37
#92Homer42US #103
#93Ivan42US #165
#94Morris42US #97
#95Arnold41US #89
#96Theodore41US #65
#97Loren40
#98Hubert39US #113
#99Leslie39US #112
#100Forrest38US #183

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑25Betty#29
↑21Alfred#49
↑21Leonard#52
↑20Anne#76
↑17Dale#48
↑16June#57
↑16Marion#55
↑15Genevieve#60

Falling

↓37Hubert#98
↓27Ray#75
↓23Willard#66
↓18Myrtle#95
↓16Wilbur#58
↓16Bernard#67
↓14Jean#64
↓14Lewis#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.