State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1926 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 51,981 Indiana births in 1926 across 801 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#32Max#137 nationally
#99Rexoutside the national top 200
#93Imogene#172 nationally
#25Rosemary#95 nationally
#80Delores#145 nationally
#51Carolyn#114 nationally
#100Delbert#163 nationally
#99Janice#159 nationally
#60Everett#119 nationally
#55Marion#113 nationally
#33Donna#90 nationally
#92Keith#148 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,064US #1
#2Betty1,760US #3
#3Dorothy871US #2
#4Helen720US #4
#5Margaret558US #5
#6Ruth544US #6
#7Doris502US #7
#8Norma494US #29
#9Virginia484US #8
#10Barbara456US #16
#11Phyllis446US #33
#12Marjorie414US #22
#13Martha406US #24
#14Patricia384US #23
#15Mildred367US #9
#16Lois328US #19
#17Anna305US #15
#18Evelyn295US #13
#19Joan280US #51
#20Alice270US #17
#21Wilma263US #67
#22Frances258US #10
#23Elizabeth231US #11
#24Jean214US #12
#25Rosemary192US #95
#26Wanda181US #66
#27Marilyn180US #65
#28Juanita174US #52
#29Thelma171US #36
#30Gloria155US #20
#31June154US #40
#32Rose151US #25
#33Donna147US #90
#34Shirley141US #14
#35Irene140US #21
#36Maxine138US #85
#37Edna137US #38
#38Marie137US #18
#39Esther134US #62
#40Dolores133US #49
#41Ruby132US #30
#42Florence130US #26
#43Catherine128US #31
#44Pauline128US #39
#45Lucille123US #43
#46Kathryn118US #87
#47Eleanor114US #32
#48Joyce114US #44
#49Beverly111US #74
#50Bonnie107US #105
#51Carolyn104US #114
#52Clara104US #61
#53Edith104US #42
#54Hazel104US #48
#55Emma103US #59
#56Lillian101US #28
#57Geraldine100US #54
#58Charlotte95US #78
#59Vivian94US #80
#60Ethel93US #41
#61Jane92US #56
#62Marian91US #70
#63Gladys90US #35
#64Violet90US #94
#65Louise89US #27
#66Rita89US #50
#67Josephine85US #37
#68Vera84US #84
#69Eva81US #79
#70Julia80US #75
#71Audrey79US #60
#72Elsie76US #69
#73Laura76US #81
#74Sarah75US #63
#75Bertha74US #76
#76Opal74US #130
#77Janet72US #110
#78Ellen71US #100
#79Leona71US #112
#80Delores70US #145
#81Georgia70US #116
#82Peggy70US #104
#83Roberta70US #135
#84Ann69US #55
#85Grace69US #46
#86Nancy69US #57
#87Agnes67US #77
#88Geneva67US #117
#89Katherine67US #72
#90Margie67US #103
#91Bernice66US #45
#92Naomi66US #141
#93Imogene65US #172
#94Velma64US #124
#95Carol62US #113
#96Eileen62US #92
#97Kathleen62US #83
#98Gertrude61US #71
#99Janice61US #159
#100Alberta60US #143

Boys

#1Robert2,308US #1
#2William1,408US #4
#3James1,356US #3
#4John1,305US #2
#5Charles979US #5
#6Richard971US #7
#7Donald787US #9
#8Paul609US #13
#9George531US #6
#10Jack495US #16
#11Harold460US #14
#12Joseph403US #8
#13Kenneth387US #18
#14Raymond324US #15
#15Thomas323US #11
#16Ralph313US #24
#17Edward297US #10
#18Walter286US #17
#19Eugene271US #23
#20Carl265US #26
#21Frank247US #12
#22Harry242US #25
#23David200US #22
#24Earl192US #32
#25Arthur191US #20
#26Norman182US #39
#27Billy180US #40
#28Albert173US #21
#29Clarence173US #29
#30Howard168US #27
#31Wayne166US #68
#32Max152US #137
#33Russell149US #52
#34Roy147US #34
#35Joe141US #33
#36Gerald133US #41
#37Dale131US #84
#38Henry129US #19
#39Fred128US #31
#40Ernest121US #37
#41Louis118US #30
#42Lloyd117US #60
#43Herbert115US #44
#44Lawrence115US #36
#45Melvin115US #47
#46Francis113US #35
#47Bill111US #74
#48Marvin107US #50
#49Floyd104US #53
#50Frederick103US #64
#51Leonard103US #38
#52Don101US #96
#53Stanley100US #43
#54Bob97US #102
#55Marion93US #113
#56Gene92US #91
#57Elmer89US #61
#58Glenn89US #75
#59Leroy89US #51
#60Everett88US #119
#61Leo86US #54
#62Ray82US #57
#63Edwin80US #55
#64Chester79US #79
#65Herman78US #69
#66Lester76US #78
#67Maurice76US #110
#68Ronald76US #88
#69Clifford75US #62
#70Wilbur75US #122
#71Daniel74US #46
#72Bernard73US #49
#73Vernon71US #66
#74Alfred68US #45
#75Samuel67US #48
#76Leon65US #73
#77Warren65US #71
#78Clyde64US #67
#79Lewis62US #82
#80Philip60US #70
#81Theodore58US #63
#82Victor57US #94
#83Cecil56US #86
#84Junior56US #117
#85Gordon53US #76
#86Jesse52US #87
#87Roger52US #89
#88Willard51US #100
#89Alvin50US #72
#90Calvin50US #65
#91Glen50US #121
#92Keith50US #148
#93Jerry49US #97
#94Claude48US #106
#95Lee48US #85
#96Virgil48US #118
#97Edgar47US #109
#98Dean46US #139
#99Rex46
#100Delbert45US #163

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑29Beverly#49
↑27Ronald#68
↑26Donna#33
↑23Bill#47
↑22Sarah#74
↑22Herman#65
↑20Carolyn#51
↑18Joyce#48

Falling

↓31Glen#91
↓24Bernard#72
↓24Virgil#96
↓22Katherine#89
↓22Carol#95
↓21Eileen#96
↓21Kathleen#97
↓21Alberta#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.