State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1925 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,598 Indiana births in 1925 across 806 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#79Lowell#196 nationally
#30Max#128 nationally
#26Rosemary#103 nationally
#86Delores#163 nationally
#75Keith#146 nationally
#91Bette#155 nationally
#81Naomi#144 nationally
#67Bob#129 nationally
#79Alberta#140 nationally
#47Bonnie#107 nationally
#60Glen#117 nationally
#71Carolyn#127 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,222US #1
#2Betty1,843US #3
#3Dorothy984US #2
#4Helen800US #4
#5Ruth627US #6
#6Margaret602US #5
#7Virginia548US #7
#8Martha481US #23
#9Norma446US #34
#10Doris435US #8
#11Marjorie415US #21
#12Phyllis399US #40
#13Barbara363US #22
#14Mildred362US #9
#15Anna322US #13
#16Evelyn320US #12
#17Lois320US #18
#18Patricia320US #28
#19Alice318US #15
#20Wilma270US #62
#21Jean268US #14
#22Frances256US #11
#23Elizabeth237US #10
#24Joan219US #66
#25Thelma198US #35
#26Rosemary179US #103
#27Wanda168US #72
#28Esther161US #56
#29Juanita161US #49
#30Catherine157US #29
#31June157US #39
#32Maxine153US #79
#33Marie148US #16
#34Shirley145US #17
#35Irene143US #19
#36Kathryn143US #88
#37Gloria142US #20
#38Rose142US #26
#39Edna138US #37
#40Pauline138US #38
#41Florence135US #24
#42Lillian135US #25
#43Marilyn134US #83
#44Ruby133US #30
#45Ethel127US #43
#46Jane127US #53
#47Bonnie122US #107
#48Edith117US #42
#49Eleanor110US #31
#50Violet110US #92
#51Louise108US #27
#52Eva104US #71
#53Dolores103US #64
#54Elsie102US #63
#55Gladys102US #33
#56Marian102US #67
#57Vera102US #86
#58Hazel101US #45
#59Donna100US #110
#60Emma100US #57
#61Lucille100US #41
#62Geraldine98US #54
#63Charlotte95US #77
#64Clara93US #55
#65Vivian93US #76
#66Joyce92US #59
#67Katherine90US #61
#68Josephine89US #36
#69Julia87US #65
#70Laura86US #75
#71Carolyn84US #127
#72Bernice82US #46
#73Carol82US #119
#74Leona82US #108
#75Eileen81US #96
#76Kathleen81US #81
#77Rita81US #48
#78Beverly80US #105
#79Alberta78US #140
#80Ellen77US #101
#81Naomi77US #144
#82Grace75US #44
#83Janet74US #111
#84Velma73US #128
#85Jeanne72US #89
#86Delores71US #163
#87Viola71US #84
#88Agnes70US #69
#89Ann69US #52
#90Jeanette69US #137
#91Bette68US #155
#92Peggy68US #117
#93Alma67US #94
#94Nancy67US #60
#95Georgia66US #112
#96Sarah66US #58
#97Beulah64US #143
#98Margie63US #99
#99Geneva62US #109
#100Lorraine62US #51

Boys

#1Robert2,414US #1
#2William1,366US #3
#3James1,325US #4
#4John1,235US #2
#5Charles1,092US #5
#6Richard901US #8
#7Donald712US #10
#8Paul602US #13
#9George574US #6
#10Harold468US #14
#11Jack463US #17
#12Joseph395US #7
#13Kenneth355US #19
#14Edward345US #9
#15Thomas329US #11
#16Raymond304US #15
#17Ralph295US #25
#18Frank282US #12
#19Walter273US #16
#20Harry246US #23
#21Eugene236US #24
#22Carl229US #28
#23Arthur203US #20
#24David192US #22
#25Howard191US #26
#26Earl186US #31
#27Albert181US #21
#28Norman177US #41
#29Clarence172US #30
#30Max159US #128
#31Wayne157US #74
#32Russell152US #53
#33Gerald149US #45
#34Roy149US #32
#35Billy140US #49
#36Henry138US #18
#37Lawrence136US #36
#38Francis128US #35
#39Louis128US #29
#40Ernest122US #37
#41Marvin120US #51
#42Fred119US #33
#43Dale117US #86
#44Joe117US #34
#45Lloyd115US #62
#46Floyd114US #58
#47Melvin114US #50
#48Bernard105US #48
#49Glenn101US #77
#50Chester99US #73
#51Herbert97US #42
#52Frederick96US #65
#53Leonard95US #38
#54Leroy90US #52
#55Daniel89US #44
#56Elmer89US #61
#57Gene86US #112
#58Lester86US #81
#59Stanley86US #40
#60Glen84US #117
#61Marion83US #109
#62Everett82US #108
#63Don81US #106
#64Leo81US #54
#65Wilbur80US #110
#66Ray76US #64
#67Bob75US #129
#68Theodore75US #63
#69Clifford74US #59
#70Bill73US #84
#71Edwin73US #57
#72Virgil72US #120
#73Calvin71US #47
#74Alfred68US #43
#75Keith68US #146
#76Philip68US #75
#77Clyde67US #68
#78Lee65US #82
#79Lowell63US #196
#80Maurice63US #111
#81Samuel63US #46
#82Warren62US #66
#83Lewis61US #79
#84Vernon61US #67
#85Jesse60US #85
#86Andrew59US #56
#87Herman59US #69
#88Alvin58US #70
#89Cecil58US #87
#90Junior56US #115
#91Hubert55US #124
#92Gordon52US #72
#93Claude51US #102
#94Dean51US #140
#95Ronald51US #104
#96Victor51US #89
#97Roger50US #90
#98Edgar48US #96
#99Harvey48US #88
#100Franklin47US #134

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑60Gloria#37
↑29Bob#67
↑25Glenn#49
↑24Dolores#53
↑21Violet#50
↑20Don#63
↑19Joyce#66
↑19Gene#57

Falling

↓25Geneva#99
↓24Bette#91
↓24Warren#82
↓22Clara#64
↓22Lewis#83
↓19Vivian#65
↓19Calvin#73
↓18Grace#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.