State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1923 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,830 Indiana births in 1923 across 825 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#82Lowell#194 nationally
#35Max#122 nationally
#25Rosemary#110 nationally
#40Joan#117 nationally
#82Donna#156 nationally
#79Bette#148 nationally
#93Marcella#158 nationally
#55Marilyn#118 nationally
#80Gene#140 nationally
#67Bonnie#126 nationally
#49Marion#106 nationally
#95Roberta#152 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,398US #1
#2Betty1,584US #5
#3Dorothy1,068US #2
#4Helen963US #3
#5Ruth681US #6
#6Margaret647US #4
#7Virginia646US #7
#8Martha489US #21
#9Marjorie472US #16
#10Mildred419US #8
#11Doris367US #11
#12Evelyn340US #12
#13Anna326US #13
#14Elizabeth316US #9
#15Alice314US #15
#16Norma313US #41
#17Frances309US #10
#18Lois254US #27
#19Jean244US #19
#20Phyllis238US #45
#21Wilma235US #74
#22Thelma233US #31
#23Barbara205US #33
#24Maxine192US #76
#25Rosemary189US #110
#26Florence188US #18
#27Juanita183US #51
#28Ruby180US #25
#29Irene179US #17
#30Pauline167US #37
#31Marie166US #14
#32Patricia166US #56
#33Esther163US #47
#34June161US #42
#35Edna155US #32
#36Catherine152US #24
#37Wanda151US #80
#38Lucille149US #35
#39Gladys147US #29
#40Joan138US #117
#41Edith137US #36
#42Emma134US #53
#43Hazel133US #40
#44Rose128US #23
#45Eleanor125US #28
#46Ethel123US #38
#47Clara121US #49
#48Lillian118US #20
#49Louise118US #22
#50Vivian114US #69
#51Charlotte113US #77
#52Jane112US #55
#53Vera109US #82
#54Grace105US #39
#55Marilyn104US #118
#56Violet104US #86
#57Kathryn103US #72
#58Marian103US #65
#59Katherine101US #60
#60Eva100US #66
#61Kathleen100US #70
#62Sarah100US #54
#63Alma94US #89
#64Josephine94US #30
#65Leona94US #100
#66Opal92US #113
#67Bonnie91US #126
#68Gertrude90US #59
#69Rita90US #50
#70Eileen88US #95
#71Elsie88US #61
#72Ann87US #52
#73Bertha87US #64
#74Shirley87US #26
#75Julia86US #62
#76Bernice85US #43
#77Geneva85US #111
#78Geraldine84US #58
#79Bette82US #148
#80Loretta80US #124
#81Mabel80US #102
#82Donna78US #156
#83Laura78US #73
#84Nellie77US #88
#85Beulah76US #129
#86Genevieve75US #97
#87Alberta73US #135
#88Velma73US #116
#89Viola72US #79
#90Beatrice71US #46
#91Georgia70US #112
#92Jeanne69US #90
#93Marcella69US #158
#94Naomi69US #137
#95Roberta69US #152
#96Ellen68US #103
#97Jeanette68US #131
#98Margie67US #101
#99Agnes64US #63
#100Gloria62US #48

Boys

#1Robert2,282US #2
#2William1,439US #3
#3John1,294US #1
#4James1,290US #4
#5Charles1,102US #5
#6Richard753US #9
#7George657US #6
#8Donald636US #10
#9Paul550US #14
#10Harold491US #13
#11Joseph433US #7
#12Jack404US #17
#13Edward366US #8
#14Kenneth364US #21
#15Ralph349US #23
#16Raymond328US #15
#17Carl285US #28
#18Thomas280US #12
#19Walter279US #16
#20Harry277US #22
#21Frank256US #11
#22Eugene237US #25
#23Arthur232US #19
#24Howard220US #26
#25David201US #24
#26Earl199US #31
#27Albert178US #20
#28Clarence173US #29
#29Russell169US #52
#30Roy163US #32
#31Lawrence155US #36
#32Fred152US #33
#33Henry147US #18
#34Louis138US #27
#35Max138US #122
#36Wayne138US #75
#37Francis134US #34
#38Gerald133US #54
#39Herbert127US #40
#40Elmer120US #57
#41Lloyd119US #59
#42Bernard118US #46
#43Dale116US #90
#44Leonard115US #37
#45Glenn113US #84
#46Norman112US #44
#47Joe110US #35
#48Warren109US #43
#49Marion108US #106
#50Ernest107US #38
#51Frederick105US #60
#52Marvin105US #51
#53Wilbur103US #105
#54Floyd99US #64
#55Chester97US #63
#56Lester97US #71
#57Maurice97US #101
#58Stanley97US #41
#59Melvin93US #48
#60Daniel83US #47
#61Leo83US #49
#62Ray82US #61
#63Alfred81US #42
#64Clifford79US #65
#65Lewis79US #74
#66Clyde77US #68
#67Virgil77US #100
#68Leroy76US #55
#69Herman75US #66
#70Glen74US #121
#71Edwin72US #56
#72Alvin69US #73
#73Wallace68US #69
#74Bill66US #98
#75Edgar66US #94
#76Vernon66US #67
#77Everett64US #99
#78Samuel63US #45
#79Homer62US #113
#80Gene61US #140
#81Gilbert61US #102
#82Lowell61US #194
#83Claude60US #103
#84Jesse59US #83
#85Philip59US #70
#86Roger57US #95
#87Don56US #130
#88Gordon56US #76
#89Theodore56US #62
#90Billy55US #78
#91Andrew52US #53
#92Cecil52US #87
#93Willard52US #92
#94Keith49US #145
#95Leon49US #77
#96Hubert48US #117
#97Orville48US #152
#98Anthony45US #39
#99Delbert45US #156
#100Lee45US #85

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑33Glenn#45
↑31Marilyn#55
↑30Patricia#32
↑26Glen#70
↑25Wallace#73
↑23Joan#40
↑22Alma#63
↑22Rita#69

Falling

↓28Ellen#96
↓28Agnes#99
↓25Margie#98
↓23Julia#75
↓22Lillian#48
↓20Josephine#64
↓20Bernice#76
↓20Roberta#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.