State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1918 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 49,344 Indiana births in 1918 across 838 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#56Rosemary#171 nationally
#89Lowelloutside the national top 200
#84Forrest#175 nationally
#80Marcella#163 nationally
#92Delbert#164 nationally
#40Max#106 nationally
#95Joan#160 nationally
#47Dale#111 nationally
#25Maxine#87 nationally
#46Maurice#103 nationally
#27Wilma#82 nationally
#53Marion#107 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,316US #1
#2Helen1,097US #2
#3Dorothy932US #3
#4Ruth784US #5
#5Margaret706US #4
#6Virginia639US #7
#7Mildred526US #6
#8Martha498US #25
#9Betty471US #21
#10Frances386US #8
#11Evelyn383US #11
#12Elizabeth372US #9
#13Marjorie349US #34
#14Alice319US #13
#15Anna312US #10
#16Thelma265US #32
#17Esther246US #38
#18Doris238US #19
#19Lois230US #42
#20Florence227US #14
#21Irene225US #16
#22Marie225US #12
#23Pauline215US #35
#24Edna214US #23
#25Maxine205US #87
#26Catherine200US #20
#27Wilma200US #82
#28Lucille192US #29
#29Louise189US #18
#30Edith184US #30
#31Lillian180US #15
#32Ruby177US #27
#33Hazel159US #33
#34Kathryn158US #63
#35Josephine156US #24
#36Gladys147US #22
#37Ethel144US #28
#38Grace140US #31
#39June140US #66
#40Clara138US #43
#41Katherine132US #50
#42Jean130US #37
#43Agnes129US #47
#44Rose127US #17
#45Eleanor125US #26
#46Violet124US #83
#47Juanita123US #85
#48Leona121US #79
#49Vivian121US #72
#50Bernice119US #41
#51Jane119US #53
#52Ann118US #44
#53Gertrude116US #39
#54Phyllis113US #80
#55Vera113US #68
#56Rosemary112US #171
#57Norma107US #98
#58Opal107US #94
#59Emma106US #46
#60Elsie104US #49
#61Sarah102US #52
#62Geraldine101US #77
#63Mabel100US #74
#64Barbara99US #60
#65Charlotte99US #78
#66Nellie99US #65
#67Bertha96US #51
#68Marguerite94US #86
#69Eva90US #55
#70Laura90US #64
#71Eileen89US #110
#72Julia84US #48
#73Beulah83US #104
#74Genevieve83US #81
#75Beatrice82US #40
#76Geneva82US #112
#77Wanda81US #128
#78Alma80US #73
#79Viola79US #59
#80Marcella78US #163
#81Bessie77US #61
#82Anne76US #54
#83Ida76US #57
#84Georgia75US #107
#85Marian74US #76
#86Alberta70US #122
#87Ellen70US #92
#88Naomi70US #140
#89Stella70US #67
#90Velma69US #103
#91Myrtle67US #62
#92Olive67US #143
#93Harriet66US #106
#94Pearl63US #56
#95Joan62US #160
#96Janet59US #129
#97Kathleen58US #99
#98Audrey57US #118
#99Jeanne56US #126
#100Jeanette55US #131

Boys

#1Robert1,558US #4
#2John1,307US #1
#3William1,161US #2
#4Charles1,036US #5
#5James934US #3
#6Paul542US #14
#7George541US #6
#8Richard484US #12
#9Joseph476US #7
#10Harold437US #13
#11Donald396US #18
#12Edward352US #8
#13Frank319US #9
#14Walter317US #11
#15Ralph314US #22
#16Raymond313US #15
#17Harry292US #20
#18Carl284US #25
#19Kenneth281US #27
#20Thomas248US #10
#21Arthur236US #17
#22Earl222US #31
#23Howard220US #26
#24Jack215US #21
#25Clarence211US #23
#26Albert199US #19
#27Eugene185US #35
#28Russell182US #50
#29Roy179US #32
#30Francis164US #30
#31Fred152US #33
#32Louis146US #24
#33Lawrence140US #38
#34Henry138US #16
#35Herbert135US #40
#36Ernest134US #37
#37Chester133US #54
#38Elmer132US #44
#39Lloyd129US #51
#40Max126US #106
#41David125US #28
#42Gerald125US #72
#43Wayne123US #91
#44Floyd115US #61
#45Norman115US #49
#46Maurice109US #103
#47Dale108US #111
#48Frederick104US #59
#49Herman103US #65
#50Melvin101US #56
#51Leo100US #48
#52Joe99US #34
#53Marion98US #107
#54Wilbur98US #97
#55Stanley95US #36
#56Virgil92US #99
#57Clifford91US #60
#58Bernard89US #47
#59Everett88US #93
#60Ray84US #69
#61Samuel84US #43
#62Victor84US #63
#63Lester83US #62
#64Marvin81US #68
#65Leroy79US #57
#66Lewis79US #74
#67Claude78US #95
#68Leonard78US #41
#69Edwin77US #55
#70Glenn77US #84
#71Cecil73US #82
#72Alfred66US #42
#73Glen66US #125
#74Jesse65US #78
#75Vernon65US #66
#76Woodrow65US #58
#77Clyde63US #67
#78Michael63US #45
#79Theodore61US #64
#80Warren61US #90
#81Willard61US #83
#82Edgar60US #89
#83Daniel59US #52
#84Forrest59US #175
#85Gilbert52US #105
#86Homer51US #100
#87Leon51US #77
#88Orville51US #134
#89Lowell49
#90Oscar49US #87
#91Philip49US #71
#92Delbert48US #164
#93Alvin47US #80
#94Andrew47US #46
#95Morris47US #101
#96Hugh46US #112
#97Lee46US #86
#98Hubert45US #114
#99Anthony44US #39
#100Benjamin43US #79

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑32Victor#62
↑20June#39
↑20Norma#57
↑19Phyllis#54
↑16Bessie#81
↑15Barbara#64
↑15Maurice#46
↑14Samuel#61

Falling

↓22Leonard#68
↓21Naomi#88
↓20Marian#85
↓20Hubert#98
↓19Lowell#89
↓18Mabel#63
↓16Genevieve#74
↓15Willard#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.