State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1919 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 45,535 Indiana births in 1919 across 787 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#46Rosemary#166 nationally
#89Lowelloutside the national top 200
#76Forrest#185 nationally
#99Lorenoutside the national top 200
#89Joan#174 nationally
#90Marcella#171 nationally
#96Fern#176 nationally
#42Max#110 nationally
#21Wilma#86 nationally
#95Delbert#157 nationally
#51Dale#112 nationally
#25Maxine#85 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,209US #1
#2Helen1,018US #2
#3Dorothy812US #3
#4Ruth754US #5
#5Margaret690US #4
#6Mildred559US #6
#7Betty557US #15
#8Virginia527US #7
#9Martha441US #25
#10Evelyn377US #11
#11Frances363US #9
#12Marjorie336US #33
#13Elizabeth313US #8
#14Anna305US #10
#15Thelma254US #31
#16Alice244US #13
#17Marie236US #12
#18Doris234US #18
#19Lois219US #40
#20Esther209US #38
#21Wilma202US #86
#22Lucille201US #27
#23Irene200US #16
#24Florence196US #14
#25Maxine192US #85
#26Edna191US #22
#27Catherine190US #23
#28Pauline184US #36
#29Ruby176US #24
#30Jean175US #37
#31Edith164US #29
#32Josephine153US #26
#33Kathryn148US #66
#34Ethel147US #28
#35Rose146US #19
#36Gladys143US #21
#37Lillian143US #17
#38Louise140US #20
#39June131US #64
#40Katherine130US #51
#41Juanita129US #73
#42Clara128US #43
#43Hazel128US #32
#44Violet128US #74
#45Eleanor125US #30
#46Rosemary121US #166
#47Jane118US #53
#48Bernice117US #42
#49Geraldine116US #68
#50Julia112US #48
#51Vera112US #65
#52Vivian109US #72
#53Elsie108US #47
#54Norma104US #83
#55Grace103US #34
#56Sarah102US #46
#57Geneva100US #107
#58Eva98US #55
#59Mabel96US #78
#60Bertha93US #52
#61Agnes92US #50
#62Alma92US #76
#63Ann92US #49
#64Charlotte91US #79
#65Leona91US #90
#66Nellie91US #69
#67Emma90US #45
#68Phyllis89US #84
#69Opal88US #98
#70Gertrude86US #39
#71Marguerite84US #96
#72Barbara83US #60
#73Ellen83US #92
#74Viola83US #58
#75Marian81US #82
#76Eileen80US #103
#77Alberta75US #120
#78Wanda74US #128
#79Beulah73US #108
#80Genevieve73US #88
#81Velma71US #104
#82Kathleen68US #101
#83Laura68US #71
#84Bessie66US #59
#85Georgia66US #106
#86Myrtle66US #67
#87Beatrice64US #41
#88Ida64US #57
#89Joan63US #174
#90Marcella60US #171
#91Anne59US #63
#92Naomi58US #140
#93Harriet57US #113
#94Jeanette56US #135
#95Loretta55US #118
#96Fern54US #176
#97Roberta53US #144
#98Erma52US #147
#99Janet52US #126
#100Stella52US #70

Boys

#1Robert1,568US #4
#2John1,204US #1
#3William1,072US #2
#4James965US #3
#5Charles923US #5
#6George578US #6
#7Paul477US #15
#8Harold451US #13
#9Richard429US #12
#10Joseph394US #7
#11Donald367US #17
#12Raymond339US #14
#13Edward302US #8
#14Kenneth283US #26
#15Walter273US #11
#16Carl265US #29
#17Harry262US #20
#18Ralph256US #22
#19Thomas246US #10
#20Jack234US #21
#21Frank226US #9
#22Howard208US #24
#23Earl204US #31
#24Arthur194US #19
#25Clarence183US #25
#26Eugene167US #33
#27Albert164US #18
#28Russell162US #50
#29David155US #27
#30Roy151US #32
#31Francis142US #34
#32Lawrence140US #38
#33Ernest137US #36
#34Louis137US #28
#35Fred134US #30
#36Henry125US #16
#37Herbert114US #40
#38Chester113US #53
#39Wayne112US #90
#40Lloyd111US #58
#41Elmer109US #44
#42Max108US #110
#43Joe105US #35
#44Floyd103US #59
#45Leo103US #49
#46Stanley102US #37
#47Norman97US #48
#48Gerald95US #70
#49Clifford94US #60
#50Lester92US #62
#51Dale90US #112
#52Melvin89US #56
#53Bernard88US #45
#54Leonard88US #39
#55Maurice88US #108
#56Cecil81US #78
#57Wilbur81US #98
#58Frederick77US #64
#59Marvin74US #63
#60Glen73US #116
#61Glenn73US #84
#62Herman73US #61
#63Alfred71US #42
#64Ray71US #69
#65Clyde68US #67
#66Leroy68US #55
#67Marion68US #106
#68Victor68US #68
#69Daniel67US #51
#70Edwin67US #52
#71Lewis66US #74
#72Samuel66US #43
#73Everett65US #93
#74Andrew62US #47
#75Virgil62US #103
#76Forrest58US #185
#77Theodore58US #54
#78Claude57US #92
#79Philip57US #71
#80Warren57US #83
#81Gilbert56US #102
#82Leon56US #80
#83Willard55US #87
#84Hubert54US #115
#85Vernon54US #65
#86Michael51US #46
#87Morris51US #100
#88Edgar49US #89
#89Lowell48
#90Don47US #145
#91Jesse45US #77
#92Alvin44US #76
#93Franklin44US #129
#94Oscar44US #88
#95Delbert43US #157
#96Leslie43US #105
#97Orville43US #133
#98Anthony42US #41
#99Loren40
#100Gordon37US #86

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑22Julia#50
↑20Andrew#74
↑19Geneva#57
↑16Alma#62
↑15Kathleen#82
↑15Cecil#56
↑14Ellen#73
↑14Leonard#54

Falling

↓19Virgil#75
↓18Agnes#61
↓17Grace#55
↓17Leona#65
↓17Gertrude#70
↓17Jesse#91
↓14Phyllis#68
↓14Marion#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.