State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1920 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 50,368 Indiana births in 1920 across 822 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#67Lowell#198 nationally
#30Rosemary#141 nationally
#87Forrest#178 nationally
#90Keith#175 nationally
#94Gene#173 nationally
#42Max#112 nationally
#74Joan#143 nationally
#39Dale#105 nationally
#85Delbert#150 nationally
#88Olive#151 nationally
#73Orville#134 nationally
#19Wilma#78 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,395US #1
#2Helen1,055US #3
#3Dorothy958US #2
#4Ruth764US #5
#5Betty760US #11
#6Margaret742US #4
#7Virginia574US #7
#8Mildred521US #6
#9Martha460US #23
#10Marjorie435US #24
#11Frances381US #9
#12Evelyn356US #12
#13Elizabeth323US #8
#14Anna315US #10
#15Doris285US #14
#16Lois269US #38
#17Thelma268US #31
#18Alice259US #15
#19Wilma238US #78
#20Irene229US #17
#21Catherine227US #21
#22Esther225US #39
#23Florence225US #16
#24Marie209US #13
#25Pauline208US #36
#26Edna194US #27
#27Jean189US #33
#28Maxine188US #81
#29Lucille184US #29
#30Rosemary181US #141
#31Ruby179US #26
#32Hazel174US #34
#33Lillian172US #18
#34Norma167US #69
#35Edith164US #32
#36Eleanor163US #25
#37June162US #53
#38Kathryn152US #67
#39Louise152US #19
#40Vivian151US #64
#41Ethel148US #30
#42Juanita148US #61
#43Violet147US #77
#44Josephine141US #28
#45Clara140US #44
#46Gladys138US #22
#47Phyllis131US #72
#48Jane126US #48
#49Grace122US #37
#50Katherine122US #45
#51Emma119US #46
#52Rose119US #20
#53Vera119US #75
#54Barbara118US #47
#55Geraldine116US #60
#56Elsie114US #51
#57Julia113US #55
#58Leona108US #89
#59Mabel108US #83
#60Bernice107US #40
#61Geneva105US #106
#62Eva102US #58
#63Gertrude99US #42
#64Charlotte97US #79
#65Sarah94US #50
#66Kathleen93US #91
#67Ann92US #49
#68Agnes91US #54
#69Bertha91US #57
#70Genevieve91US #86
#71Wanda87US #117
#72Laura86US #63
#73Viola85US #59
#74Joan84US #143
#75Naomi83US #134
#76Marian80US #73
#77Opal80US #101
#78Velma79US #105
#79Alma78US #80
#80Ellen77US #92
#81Nellie77US #76
#82Pearl77US #62
#83Beulah73US #109
#84Eileen73US #100
#85Roberta73US #144
#86Ida72US #66
#87Alberta69US #128
#88Olive68US #151
#89Jeanette67US #126
#90Anne66US #65
#91Georgia64US #113
#92Rita64US #52
#93Jeanne63US #114
#94Beatrice62US #41
#95Myrtle62US #68
#96Audrey61US #103
#97Janet61US #124
#98Patricia60US #104
#99Marguerite58US #93
#100Bessie57US #71

Boys

#1Robert1,850US #3
#2John1,229US #1
#3William1,196US #2
#4James1,124US #4
#5Charles1,035US #5
#6George620US #6
#7Richard564US #10
#8Paul548US #14
#9Harold486US #12
#10Joseph444US #7
#11Donald426US #16
#12Raymond363US #15
#13Ralph338US #22
#14Edward337US #8
#15Kenneth329US #23
#16Walter301US #13
#17Carl283US #27
#18Frank278US #9
#19Jack259US #20
#20Harry243US #21
#21Arthur242US #18
#22Thomas239US #11
#23Eugene217US #30
#24Howard206US #24
#25Earl196US #31
#26Warren191US #39
#27Clarence187US #26
#28David171US #25
#29Albert170US #19
#30Francis162US #34
#31Roy152US #32
#32Herbert151US #41
#33Russell139US #51
#34Ernest135US #37
#35Wayne134US #86
#36Lawrence132US #36
#37Fred131US #33
#38Gerald131US #64
#39Dale130US #105
#40Henry129US #17
#41Louis129US #28
#42Max127US #112
#43Lloyd124US #58
#44Floyd119US #61
#45Stanley117US #40
#46Norman115US #47
#47Chester108US #55
#48Maurice107US #102
#49Lester106US #69
#50Melvin106US #54
#51Elmer104US #45
#52Leonard103US #38
#53Glenn100US #80
#54Ray100US #67
#55Joe96US #35
#56Frederick92US #60
#57Marvin90US #62
#58Bernard86US #46
#59Wilbur86US #98
#60Everett85US #95
#61Virgil84US #101
#62Alfred80US #42
#63Leo80US #48
#64Marion77US #109
#65Samuel77US #44
#66Edwin76US #53
#67Lowell75US #198
#68Clifford74US #59
#69Herman74US #66
#70Leroy72US #56
#71Lewis71US #72
#72Glen69US #122
#73Orville69US #134
#74Cecil68US #77
#75Theodore67US #63
#76Vernon64US #65
#77Gilbert63US #97
#78Lee63US #82
#79Clyde62US #68
#80Claude60US #92
#81Edgar60US #89
#82Victor59US #81
#83Morris56US #108
#84Daniel55US #52
#85Delbert54US #150
#86Jesse53US #79
#87Forrest52US #178
#88Alvin50US #76
#89Don50US #148
#90Keith48US #175
#91Willard48US #88
#92Anthony47US #43
#93Andrew46US #49
#94Gene46US #173
#95Philip46US #71
#96Hubert43US #113
#97Michael43US #50
#98Oscar43US #90
#99Billy42US #132
#100Homer42US #100

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑54Warren#26
↑24Orville#73
↑22Lowell#67
↑21Phyllis#47
↑20Norma#34
↑18Barbara#54
↑17Naomi#75
↑16Rosemary#30

Falling

↓28Marguerite#99
↓19Clifford#68
↓19Andrew#93
↓18Leo#63
↓18Cecil#74
↓17Rose#52
↓17Alma#79
↓16Bessie#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.