State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1924 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 55,124 Indiana births in 1924 across 833 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#85Forrest#200 nationally
#98Byronoutside the national top 200
#75Lowell#175 nationally
#86Imogene#182 nationally
#92Ivan#183 nationally
#39Max#126 nationally
#67Bette#151 nationally
#100Bettie#183 nationally
#25Rosemary#106 nationally
#55Donna#131 nationally
#99Delores#174 nationally
#87Delbert#161 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,399US #1
#2Betty1,852US #4
#3Dorothy987US #2
#4Helen896US #3
#5Virginia683US #7
#6Margaret656US #5
#7Ruth647US #6
#8Martha512US #21
#9Marjorie477US #17
#10Norma410US #40
#11Doris403US #9
#12Mildred393US #8
#13Evelyn362US #12
#14Anna337US #13
#15Lois334US #22
#16Alice326US #15
#17Wilma318US #67
#18Phyllis305US #44
#19Jean302US #16
#20Frances291US #10
#21Barbara280US #28
#22Elizabeth269US #11
#23Patricia253US #35
#24Thelma223US #33
#25Rosemary210US #106
#26Wanda197US #74
#27Esther192US #51
#28Edna186US #31
#29Maxine183US #77
#30Juanita182US #48
#31Irene176US #18
#32June174US #45
#33Joan172US #95
#34Ruby172US #26
#35Pauline170US #38
#36Lillian165US #23
#37Marie165US #14
#38Florence157US #20
#39Catherine145US #27
#40Eleanor145US #29
#41Edith137US #36
#42Clara130US #56
#43Rose130US #25
#44Marilyn127US #101
#45Hazel126US #42
#46Vivian126US #71
#47Shirley125US #19
#48Ethel124US #39
#49Kathryn124US #81
#50Marian123US #64
#51Emma120US #57
#52Lucille120US #37
#53Gladys115US #30
#54Charlotte110US #80
#55Donna110US #131
#56Louise110US #24
#57Geraldine108US #58
#58Jane106US #53
#59Josephine103US #34
#60Bernice98US #47
#61Elsie98US #61
#62Bonnie95US #117
#63Eva91US #66
#64Grace91US #43
#65Vera91US #85
#66Katherine90US #59
#67Bette89US #151
#68Julia89US #62
#69Jeanne87US #90
#70Kathleen87US #76
#71Violet87US #88
#72Eileen86US #93
#73Bertha85US #65
#74Geneva85US #110
#75Carolyn83US #127
#76Rita81US #49
#77Dolores79US #75
#78Sarah78US #54
#79Nancy77US #69
#80Alma76US #87
#81Janet76US #118
#82Leona76US #103
#83Agnes75US #63
#84Naomi75US #140
#85Joyce74US #83
#86Imogene73US #182
#87Loretta73US #124
#88Mabel73US #108
#89Velma73US #123
#90Marcella71US #164
#91Opal71US #120
#92Roberta71US #147
#93Ann70US #55
#94Ellen70US #99
#95Audrey68US #84
#96Beverly68US #121
#97Gloria68US #41
#98Beatrice66US #50
#99Delores66US #174
#100Bettie65US #183

Boys

#1Robert2,419US #1
#2William1,446US #3
#3John1,389US #2
#4James1,250US #4
#5Charles1,110US #5
#6Richard815US #8
#7Donald711US #10
#8George618US #6
#9Paul573US #14
#10Harold511US #13
#11Jack461US #17
#12Joseph454US #7
#13Edward419US #9
#14Kenneth375US #19
#15Raymond374US #15
#16Thomas332US #11
#17Ralph316US #23
#18Eugene271US #25
#19Walter268US #16
#20Frank266US #12
#21Harry256US #22
#22Carl254US #27
#23Earl216US #33
#24Arthur201US #20
#25Russell200US #52
#26Albert198US #21
#27David188US #24
#28Clarence184US #29
#29Howard184US #26
#30Fred173US #32
#31Norman173US #42
#32Lawrence159US #36
#33Louis158US #28
#34Henry150US #18
#35Wayne150US #74
#36Roy149US #31
#37Herbert145US #41
#38Francis143US #34
#39Max140US #126
#40Dale139US #84
#41Gerald135US #49
#42Ernest129US #37
#43Marvin128US #50
#44Bernard125US #46
#45Elmer123US #57
#46Billy113US #63
#47Wilbur112US #106
#48Melvin110US #48
#49Chester106US #67
#50Floyd106US #66
#51Lloyd106US #61
#52Joe102US #35
#53Ray102US #60
#54Calvin99US #44
#55Frederick96US #62
#56Leonard92US #38
#57Leo91US #51
#58Warren90US #58
#59Clyde88US #69
#60Everett86US #104
#61Lewis86US #77
#62Lester84US #72
#63Virgil83US #111
#64Stanley82US #40
#65Edwin80US #55
#66Philip80US #71
#67Daniel79US #47
#68Leroy79US #53
#69Gilbert78US #100
#70Maurice78US #102
#71Clifford77US #64
#72Marion77US #112
#73Herman75US #70
#74Glenn74US #79
#75Lowell72US #175
#76Gene71US #135
#77Glen71US #118
#78Alfred70US #43
#79Samuel67US #45
#80Theodore65US #65
#81Vernon65US #68
#82Bill63US #92
#83Don60US #125
#84Victor57US #90
#85Forrest56US #200
#86Cecil55US #85
#87Delbert55US #161
#88Jesse53US #86
#89Wallace53US #87
#90Junior52US #121
#91Martin52US #82
#92Ivan51US #183
#93Edgar50US #96
#94Keith50US #150
#95Andrew49US #56
#96Bob49US #142
#97Homer48US #109
#98Byron47
#99Alvin46US #73
#100Hubert46US #115

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑44Billy#46
↑27Shirley#47
↑27Donna#55
↑23Jeanne#69
↑21Geraldine#57
↑19Philip#66
↑17Everett#60
↑16Bernice#60

Falling

↓29Glenn#74
↓27Alvin#99
↓25Opal#91
↓23Marion#72
↓21Ann#93
↓18Edgar#93
↓18Homer#97
↓17Alma#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.