State roster

Top names in Indiana

The names most likely to appear on 1927 Indiana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,168 Indiana births in 1927 across 785 distinct names.

Distinctively Indiana

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

#77Jooutside the national top 200
#88Joannoutside the national top 200
#34Max#142 nationally
#92Lowell#193 nationally
#87Imogene#157 nationally
#66Delores#128 nationally
#79Keith#141 nationally
#60Virgil#121 nationally
#41Bonnie#100 nationally
#100Delbert#159 nationally
#65Roberta#122 nationally
#30Rosemary#86 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,188US #1
#2Betty1,766US #3
#3Dorothy841US #2
#4Helen625US #4
#5Norma557US #26
#6Barbara546US #10
#7Ruth513US #6
#8Phyllis495US #29
#9Margaret486US #5
#10Doris472US #7
#11Patricia451US #18
#12Virginia432US #8
#13Martha391US #24
#14Lois373US #19
#15Marjorie366US #25
#16Joan304US #41
#17Anna297US #16
#18Mildred287US #11
#19Frances272US #12
#20Wilma261US #68
#21Evelyn254US #15
#22Jean246US #14
#23Alice243US #17
#24Elizabeth224US #13
#25Shirley206US #9
#26Marilyn205US #46
#27Wanda205US #66
#28Donna193US #70
#29Joyce185US #35
#30Rosemary185US #86
#31Beverly184US #57
#32Rose177US #23
#33Juanita176US #55
#34Thelma163US #38
#35June153US #43
#36Maxine153US #87
#37Ruby150US #30
#38Gloria136US #22
#39Catherine130US #31
#40Irene129US #21
#41Bonnie127US #100
#42Dolores126US #34
#43Esther126US #65
#44Pauline126US #42
#45Carolyn124US #99
#46Florence123US #28
#47Lillian122US #32
#48Lucille119US #45
#49Edna116US #40
#50Clara113US #63
#51Jane109US #60
#52Gladys108US #37
#53Charlotte104US #75
#54Eleanor101US #33
#55Nancy100US #56
#56Louise98US #27
#57Vera96US #89
#58Edith95US #48
#59Marie94US #20
#60Geraldine93US #58
#61Vivian93US #77
#62Emma92US #64
#63Sarah92US #61
#64Ethel90US #47
#65Roberta89US #122
#66Delores83US #128
#67Carol82US #106
#68Eva82US #79
#69Elsie80US #72
#70Kathleen80US #83
#71Kathryn80US #90
#72Hazel79US #53
#73Josephine79US #39
#74Violet78US #103
#75Margie77US #104
#76Georgia76US #120
#77Jo76
#78Laura76US #82
#79Rita75US #54
#80Peggy73US #96
#81Ann72US #59
#82Julia72US #76
#83Marian72US #74
#84Audrey71US #62
#85Grace70US #50
#86Katherine70US #73
#87Imogene69US #157
#88Joann68
#89Jacqueline67US #115
#90Janet67US #111
#91Leona67US #121
#92Agnes65US #81
#93Velma65US #118
#94Lorraine62US #44
#95Geneva61US #119
#96Naomi61US #137
#97Nellie61US #105
#98Alberta59US #142
#99Bernice59US #49
#100Gertrude59US #78

Boys

#1Robert2,342US #1
#2William1,396US #4
#3James1,308US #3
#4John1,226US #2
#5Charles1,068US #5
#6Richard1,023US #6
#7Donald909US #8
#8George543US #7
#9Jack538US #16
#10Paul533US #13
#11Harold462US #14
#12Kenneth384US #18
#13Joseph362US #9
#14Thomas336US #11
#15Raymond308US #15
#16Edward307US #10
#17Ralph289US #24
#18Eugene288US #20
#19Carl256US #26
#20Walter251US #17
#21Harry240US #25
#22Billy218US #31
#23Frank216US #12
#24Howard197US #28
#25Arthur193US #22
#26Norman192US #39
#27Earl180US #33
#28David169US #21
#29Albert166US #23
#30Clarence166US #32
#31Russell160US #54
#32Wayne153US #67
#33Gerald145US #38
#34Max140US #142
#35Lawrence137US #37
#36Dale131US #81
#37Melvin131US #48
#38Roy130US #34
#39Fred128US #35
#40Louis127US #29
#41Joe124US #30
#42Bill123US #69
#43Marvin117US #47
#44Gene111US #72
#45Floyd107US #53
#46Bernard102US #50
#47Stanley102US #44
#48Henry100US #19
#49Herbert100US #42
#50Lloyd100US #58
#51Edwin99US #57
#52Ernest98US #41
#53Don96US #90
#54Francis95US #36
#55Bob93US #100
#56Ronald91US #63
#57Chester87US #85
#58Daniel84US #46
#59Frederick84US #64
#60Virgil83US #121
#61Ray82US #60
#62Leroy81US #51
#63Glenn79US #76
#64Herman76US #70
#65Leo76US #55
#66Lewis76US #82
#67Marion76US #117
#68Theodore76US #62
#69Glen75US #115
#70Bobby74US #91
#71Elmer74US #61
#72Maurice74US #122
#73Everett73US #120
#74Leonard72US #40
#75Lester72US #83
#76Clifford70US #65
#77Samuel70US #49
#78Wilbur70US #130
#79Keith65US #141
#80Vernon65US #71
#81Cecil64US #92
#82Alfred63US #45
#83Jesse61US #89
#84Philip59US #75
#85Lee58US #86
#86Hubert56US #128
#87Jerry56US #93
#88Gilbert55US #99
#89Victor55US #98
#90Clyde54US #68
#91Roger54US #84
#92Lowell53US #193
#93Homer51US #129
#94Willard51US #106
#95Warren49US #79
#96Phillip48US #152
#97Claude46US #114
#98Wallace46US #96
#99Calvin45US #73
#100Delbert45US #159

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑36Virgil#60
↑31Nancy#55
↑28Carol#67
↑27Kathleen#70
↑26Bernard#46
↑22Glen#69
↑19Joyce#29
↑18Beverly#31

Falling

↓25Kathryn#71
↓23Leonard#74
↓21Marie#59
↓21Marian#83
↓18Hazel#72
↓18Warren#95
↓14Elmer#71
↓13Rita#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.