State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1917 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 45,386 Indiana births in 1917 across 809 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#70Lowelloutside the national top 200
#57Rosemary#176 nationally
#95Forrest#183 nationally
#97Ivan#168 nationally
#51Dale#120 nationally
#93Delbert#162 nationally
#38Max#104 nationally
#67Naomi#133 nationally
#100Fern#162 nationally
#35Maxine#93 nationally
#39Wayne#96 nationally
#65Glen#122 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,231US #1
#2Helen1,114US #2
#3Dorothy829US #3
#4Margaret707US #4
#5Ruth670US #5
#6Mildred545US #6
#7Virginia537US #10
#8Martha480US #22
#9Elizabeth374US #8
#10Frances369US #9
#11Anna354US #7
#12Evelyn345US #11
#13Thelma302US #32
#14Marjorie291US #36
#15Alice269US #13
#16Betty267US #34
#17Esther226US #38
#18Doris224US #25
#19Florence224US #14
#20Irene223US #17
#21Marie217US #12
#22Lois208US #43
#23Catherine205US #18
#24Lucille195US #29
#25Ruby188US #27
#26Edna187US #20
#27Pauline187US #33
#28Hazel182US #31
#29Edith180US #28
#30Lillian180US #15
#31Wilma179US #82
#32Louise170US #19
#33Josephine169US #21
#34Kathryn162US #60
#35Maxine159US #93
#36Grace154US #30
#37Clara153US #41
#38Gladys151US #23
#39Ethel149US #24
#40Rose139US #16
#41Jane138US #55
#42Katherine137US #49
#43Juanita133US #87
#44Jean131US #40
#45Mabel124US #68
#46Ann123US #44
#47Vivian120US #79
#48Violet119US #84
#49Agnes118US #48
#50Vera116US #66
#51Eleanor112US #26
#52Gertrude111US #37
#53Emma109US #46
#54Bernice106US #42
#55Bertha101US #51
#56Eva101US #54
#57Rosemary101US #176
#58Genevieve99US #77
#59June98US #73
#60Julia96US #47
#61Leona95US #80
#62Elsie94US #50
#63Geneva94US #113
#64Charlotte93US #76
#65Marian93US #74
#66Marguerite89US #78
#67Naomi89US #133
#68Sarah88US #52
#69Geraldine84US #89
#70Opal84US #95
#71Eileen83US #106
#72Beatrice82US #39
#73Phyllis81US #92
#74Viola81US #59
#75Laura80US #65
#76Nellie77US #64
#77Norma77US #108
#78Beulah75US #102
#79Barbara73US #67
#80Ellen73US #90
#81Pearl72US #57
#82Alma69US #71
#83Olive69US #138
#84Anne68US #53
#85Wanda68US #140
#86Jessie67US #70
#87Stella67US #62
#88Velma66US #99
#89Alberta63US #122
#90Georgia62US #105
#91Kathleen62US #101
#92Ida59US #56
#93Jeanette57US #132
#94Hilda55US #112
#95Loretta55US #114
#96Audrey53US #117
#97Bessie52US #61
#98Ella52US #83
#99Sylvia51US #69
#100Fern50US #162

Boys

#1Robert1,314US #4
#2John1,180US #1
#3William1,029US #2
#4Charles960US #7
#5James819US #3
#6George595US #6
#7Paul503US #13
#8Harold460US #12
#9Joseph420US #5
#10Richard405US #14
#11Donald348US #20
#12Edward325US #8
#13Raymond309US #16
#14Ralph301US #21
#15Kenneth291US #27
#16Walter266US #11
#17Frank253US #9
#18Harry251US #19
#19Thomas241US #10
#20Carl240US #24
#21Arthur223US #17
#22Howard210US #26
#23Clarence198US #25
#24Albert191US #18
#25Earl186US #32
#26Jack160US #22
#27Henry153US #15
#28Eugene148US #39
#29Francis143US #30
#30Roy143US #33
#31Russell143US #52
#32Herbert142US #40
#33Lawrence140US #36
#34Louis134US #23
#35Floyd127US #62
#36Lloyd125US #53
#37David124US #28
#38Max121US #104
#39Wayne120US #96
#40Elmer116US #45
#41Ernest114US #37
#42Chester112US #56
#43Gerald112US #69
#44Fred109US #29
#45Stanley108US #34
#46Leonard107US #41
#47Wilbur107US #92
#48Frederick103US #51
#49Melvin98US #57
#50Leo96US #47
#51Dale94US #120
#52Bernard92US #49
#53Herman92US #58
#54Marion92US #108
#55Everett91US #94
#56Lester90US #61
#57Norman87US #46
#58Edwin85US #55
#59Glenn84US #86
#60Joe81US #35
#61Maurice80US #101
#62Clifford72US #59
#63Lewis72US #70
#64Virgil70US #103
#65Glen69US #122
#66Willard67US #80
#67Claude65US #98
#68Marvin65US #68
#69Jesse63US #79
#70Lowell63
#71Gilbert62US #105
#72Ray62US #74
#73Alfred61US #43
#74Cecil59US #83
#75Samuel59US #42
#76Leroy58US #60
#77Woodrow58US #73
#78Hubert57US #115
#79Edgar56US #88
#80Clyde55US #64
#81Theodore53US #63
#82Daniel51US #54
#83Andrew49US #48
#84Michael48US #44
#85Vernon48US #71
#86Alvin47US #81
#87Homer47US #102
#88Martin47US #77
#89Orville47US #134
#90Warren47US #93
#91Philip46US #66
#92Oscar43US #87
#93Delbert42US #162
#94Victor42US #78
#95Forrest40US #183
#96Morris39US #99
#97Ivan38US #168
#98Hugh36US #110
#99Franklin35US #124
#100Harvey35US #90

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑22Max#38
↑21Rosemary#57
↑20Jean#44
↑20Hubert#78
↑17Charlotte#64
↑17Naomi#67
↑15Rose#40
↑15Vivian#47

Falling

↓26Bessie#97
↓24Alfred#73
↓23Alma#82
↓21Sarah#68
↓19Andrew#83
↓18Norman#57
↓18Victor#94
↓17Opal#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.