State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1922 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 51,127 Indiana births in 1922 across 815 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#81Lowell#197 nationally
#99Imogeneoutside the national top 200
#29Rosemary#120 nationally
#29Max#117 nationally
#72Bette#160 nationally
#80Donna#166 nationally
#99Forrest#182 nationally
#67Gene#144 nationally
#79Marcella#155 nationally
#86Delbert#162 nationally
#75Roberta#150 nationally
#84Keith#157 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,376US #1
#2Betty1,284US #6
#3Dorothy985US #2
#4Helen905US #3
#5Ruth678US #5
#6Virginia671US #7
#7Margaret669US #4
#8Marjorie546US #16
#9Martha497US #21
#10Mildred469US #8
#11Doris377US #11
#12Frances347US #10
#13Anna343US #12
#14Evelyn339US #13
#15Elizabeth310US #9
#16Alice274US #15
#17Norma273US #46
#18Lois245US #35
#19Wilma227US #77
#20Thelma226US #31
#21Jean223US #20
#22Irene209US #17
#23Phyllis209US #53
#24Ruby196US #26
#25Maxine194US #82
#26Lillian188US #19
#27Barbara187US #40
#28Catherine187US #24
#29Rosemary187US #120
#30Esther181US #44
#31Juanita168US #57
#32Edna164US #29
#33Pauline162US #36
#34Florence160US #18
#35June160US #45
#36Lucille154US #33
#37Marie150US #14
#38Edith148US #34
#39Kathryn135US #73
#40Louise132US #22
#41Rose130US #23
#42Violet130US #86
#43Hazel129US #37
#44Josephine128US #27
#45Eleanor123US #28
#46Gladys123US #25
#47Wanda123US #92
#48Clara118US #47
#49Ethel117US #32
#50Charlotte114US #76
#51Vivian113US #74
#52Julia109US #60
#53Emma108US #50
#54Jane107US #55
#55Eva105US #64
#56Bernice103US #41
#57Elsie100US #59
#58Vera98US #79
#59Geraldine97US #58
#60Grace95US #38
#61Katherine94US #54
#62Patricia92US #69
#63Joan91US #127
#64Sarah91US #51
#65Eileen90US #96
#66Laura90US #68
#67Bertha89US #63
#68Ellen89US #95
#69Kathleen89US #80
#70Marian89US #67
#71Agnes86US #62
#72Bette85US #160
#73Margie85US #100
#74Gertrude84US #48
#75Roberta84US #150
#76Geneva83US #110
#77Naomi83US #134
#78Opal83US #108
#79Marcella82US #155
#80Donna80US #166
#81Jeanne78US #97
#82Leona76US #101
#83Velma75US #113
#84Bonnie73US #137
#85Alma70US #84
#86Marilyn68US #145
#87Nellie68US #83
#88Alberta67US #136
#89Viola67US #72
#90Genevieve66US #98
#91Rita66US #52
#92Ann65US #49
#93Audrey65US #89
#94Mabel65US #99
#95Jeanette62US #128
#96Georgia61US #114
#97Harriet61US #117
#98Loretta61US #125
#99Imogene60
#100Pearl60US #71

Boys

#1Robert2,083US #2
#2John1,327US #1
#3William1,284US #3
#4James1,196US #4
#5Charles1,114US #5
#6Richard689US #9
#7George584US #6
#8Paul558US #14
#9Donald547US #12
#10Harold477US #13
#11Joseph438US #7
#12Edward371US #8
#13Kenneth364US #21
#14Jack356US #18
#15Raymond341US #16
#16Ralph340US #23
#17Harry299US #22
#18Walter293US #15
#19Thomas291US #11
#20Carl262US #30
#21Frank246US #10
#22Eugene234US #25
#23Howard231US #26
#24Arthur192US #19
#25Earl181US #31
#26Albert178US #20
#27David176US #24
#28Roy166US #32
#29Max154US #117
#30Fred153US #33
#31Clarence150US #29
#32Russell150US #49
#33Lawrence146US #36
#34Louis145US #27
#35Norman145US #44
#36Henry134US #17
#37Francis131US #34
#38Wayne123US #78
#39Herbert119US #40
#40Dale118US #89
#41Gerald115US #58
#42Floyd114US #61
#43Chester112US #64
#44Elmer111US #54
#45Lloyd110US #59
#46Ernest107US #37
#47Virgil107US #99
#48Joe101US #35
#49Melvin100US #50
#50Warren95US #45
#51Maurice93US #103
#52Leonard92US #38
#53Bernard91US #46
#54Edwin90US #52
#55Frederick90US #60
#56Lester90US #69
#57Stanley90US #41
#58Marion87US #107
#59Marvin85US #56
#60Leo80US #51
#61Leroy80US #55
#62Wilbur79US #102
#63Clyde78US #67
#64Everett78US #98
#65Lewis78US #75
#66Ray78US #65
#67Gene76US #144
#68Clifford74US #63
#69Herman73US #66
#70Alfred72US #42
#71Vernon72US #68
#72Daniel70US #47
#73Samuel68US #43
#74Theodore66US #62
#75Billy60US #90
#76Claude60US #97
#77Gilbert60US #100
#78Glenn60US #79
#79Willard60US #91
#80Cecil58US #85
#81Lowell56US #197
#82Hubert55US #116
#83Philip54US #70
#84Keith53US #157
#85Andrew52US #53
#86Delbert52US #162
#87Don52US #136
#88Homer52US #108
#89Jesse52US #81
#90Hugh51US #120
#91Victor51US #86
#92Alvin50US #73
#93Gordon50US #76
#94Lee50US #83
#95Edgar48US #93
#96Glen47US #123
#97Junior47US #149
#98Wallace47US #87
#99Forrest46US #182
#100Morris46US #109

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑30Gene#67
↑24Bette#72
↑21Joan#63
↑17Hubert#82
↑15Ellen#68
↑14Bonnie#84
↑14Leo#60
↑13Julia#52

Falling

↓31Glen#96
↓27Warren#50
↓25Alma#85
↓24Mabel#94
↓22Viola#89
↓18Glenn#78
↓18Jesse#89
↓15Naomi#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.